Door locks - replacement advice needed

lmfy2k · 8 Nov 2015 at 13:13

The centre piece/frame for the French doors is attached to the second door. You can't get access to the side of the second door, its just how they are manufactured. Silly really!

hope that makes sense

Pabl0 · 8 Nov 2015 at 13:38

Just hope you never lose your keys and don't have a spare out of the house!

darkgen · 8 Nov 2015 at 14:13

lmfy2k said:
The centre piece/frame for the French doors is attached to the second door. You can't get access to the side of the second door, its just how they are manufactured. Silly really!

hope that makes sense

Got it;Looked less obvious when viewing from the inside but from the outside I can see its attached to the door itself. I imagine the design provides a better means to insulate between the two doors. I don't see the point of hiding the screw for the second lock though.

Mark A · 8 Nov 2015 at 16:36

Looks like the Ultimate handyman measured those barrels wrong as they are not flush with the handle on the inside lol.

lmfy2k · 8 Nov 2015 at 17:35

Pabl0 said:
Just hope you never lose your keys and don't have a spare out of the house!

That's why I have used a mul t lock garrison secure XP for the front door, still 3 star rated like the abs but allows you to still open the Lock with the key when snapped

http://www.lockandkey.co.uk/product...3-star-£38.99-inc-vat-multilock-xp-31402.aspx

The rest of the house is abs'ed up

Business Man · 10 Nov 2015 at 18:02

Could you use these ABS locks on a garage door, either side hinge doors or up and over ?

kefkef · 10 Nov 2015 at 18:41

Been keyed alike in the house for 6 months now. It's so handy. Garrison mul t lock in the front door and the bi fold doors at the back. Spare keys are expensive if you try the high street. Timpsons wanted £18 a key!! Got them online for £5 each.

lmfy2k · 11 Nov 2015 at 19:49

Those who have used the hoppe pas24 handles

I've fitted my new ones today, the handle though do you just push them on or do you need to use the small Allen key thing to tighten it?

Can't really work out if there is a screw in the tiny hole or if it's only used to take the handle off

Mark A · 14 Nov 2015 at 09:34

If its what I think you mean then there is a little grub screw in there that tightens onto the square spindle.

What do you make of the PAS24 handles?

Werewolf · 20 Nov 2015 at 14:31

This thread has been rather helpful, I need to change the front lock as it's starting to get hard to put a key in at times (not just the one key but any of the ones for it), so I was looking at keyed alike and replacing the back door one at the same time, and given the fun and games we've had recently on my street I'm going to go with the Avocet ABS ones.

It's now looking like I'll end up replacing the front, back, patio and garage door locks with a set of keyed alike ones, and take my house/car keys from 5 to 2.

lmfy2k · 27 Nov 2015 at 12:05

Mark A said:
If its what I think you mean then there is a little grub screw in there that tightens onto the square spindle.

What do you make of the PAS24 handles?

sorry, just seen this post

loving the PAS24, they feel so much better than the rubbish we had one before, really premium feel.