Browse Forums Safer Living Re: Deadlocks scare me, are there any alternatives? 25Feb 12, 2009 10:04 pm Building Upside down house in Wantirna VIC Current Stage: Procrastination... it's just all too hard.... Blog: http://thereluctantbuilder.blogspot.com/ Re: Deadlocks scare me, are there any alternatives? 29Feb 13, 2009 10:01 pm Building Upside down house in Wantirna VIC Current Stage: Procrastination... it's just all too hard.... Blog: http://thereluctantbuilder.blogspot.com/ Re: Deadlocks scare me, are there any alternatives? 35Jan 16, 2011 5:50 pm ![]() Is it beter for them to be at the bottom or top of the doors? in the middle works best. within reaching distance at least. "Your emotions are the slaves to your thoughts, and you are the slave to your emotions." — Elizabeth Gilbert Living in our new house. Currently scaping the land. Re: Deadlocks scare me, are there any alternatives? 36Jan 16, 2011 5:53 pm Cheers donuts. What about sliding doors? Re: Deadlocks scare me, are there any alternatives? 37Jan 16, 2011 5:56 pm sliding doors? you might be referring to patio locks rather than deadlocks then? deadlocks as far as I know refer to hinged doors only. do a search on patio locks. they are normally installed at the top. "Your emotions are the slaves to your thoughts, and you are the slave to your emotions." — Elizabeth Gilbert Living in our new house. Currently scaping the land. Re: Deadlocks scare me, are there any alternatives? 39Jan 17, 2011 2:04 pm don't know, but we have a keypad entry on the door from garage to inside of house just in case. saves carrying another key around. "Your emotions are the slaves to your thoughts, and you are the slave to your emotions." — Elizabeth Gilbert Living in our new house. Currently scaping the land. Re: Deadlocks scare me, are there any alternatives? 40Jan 19, 2011 1:47 pm Just put a deadlock on your internal access door, keyed alike to all your other locks. Problem solved. Of course, it would be wise to use a solid door, not the usual lightweight internal types. 11 25318 I am looking at building a house. Has anyone used Construkt Homes (based in Adelaide)? Does anyone have experience with this builder? 0 6734 Hey Mate, I faced the same issue that you are facing. My builder left my house incomplete after going through liquidation. In… 1 22514 |