Browse Forums Safer Living Re: Front Door Handles - Pull or Lever? 2Feb 12, 2008 9:40 am Internal and External Building and Colour Consultant Online - Worldwide http://www.denovoconcepts.com Re: Front Door Handles - Pull or Lever? 5Feb 12, 2008 9:50 am Internal and External Building and Colour Consultant Online - Worldwide http://www.denovoconcepts.com Re: Front Door Handles - Pull or Lever? 12Feb 12, 2008 2:00 pm Hi P,
This is a pic of our dooe. We are having the pull type on both sides and a roller mortise lock and deadlock like in the pic, with our door it will suit better than a lever handle Adam. Re: Front Door Handles - Pull or Lever? 13Feb 12, 2008 2:24 pm adamtram Hi P, This is a pic of our dooe. We are having the pull type on both sides and a roller mortise lock and deadlock like in the pic, with our door it will suit better than a lever handle Adam. Just out of curiosity….is the glass in all these new doors security glass? Meaning…can they be broken easily, or are they a laminated glass? I get concerned about how close the glass sections are to the locks. If anyone is like me….I leave my key in my deadlock (Inside) ….just for safely. Mine…if I need to get out in a hurry, so for me that sort of door would be useless. Internal and External Building and Colour Consultant Online - Worldwide http://www.denovoconcepts.com Re: Front Door Handles - Pull or Lever? 14Feb 12, 2008 2:34 pm Michelle adamtram Hi P, This is a pic of our dooe. We are having the pull type on both sides and a roller mortise lock and deadlock like in the pic, with our door it will suit better than a lever handle Adam. Just out of curiosity….is the glass in all these new doors security glass? Meaning…can they be broken easily, or are they a laminated glass? I get concerned about how close the glass sections are to the locks. If anyone is like me….I leave my key in my deadlock (Inside) ….just for safely. Mine…if I need to get out in a hurry, so for me that sort of door would be useless. Hi Mish, I believe that it is safety laminated glass only that is why we are putting an alarm system in and upping our insurance just in case. Adam Re: Front Door Handles - Pull or Lever? 15Feb 12, 2008 6:06 pm Glass in front foors may good for light, but it's rotten for privacy. I'd rather see them (visitors) before they see me. Re: Front Door Handles - Pull or Lever? 16Feb 12, 2008 6:10 pm Cabinfever Glass in front foors may good for light, but it's rotten for privacy. I'd rather see them (visitors) before they see me. C/F, get yourself a video door bell set up then. We're looking at one too. Re: Front Door Handles - Pull or Lever? 17Feb 12, 2008 7:14 pm **Phoenix** Cabinfever Glass in front foors may good for light, but it's rotten for privacy. I'd rather see them (visitors) before they see me. C/F, get yourself a video door bell set up then. We're looking at one too. Please consider where you are going to locate the door station Phoenix. For it to be effective it must show the people standing in front of the door. I opted for a separate camera over looking the front. No hiding. Re: Front Door Handles - Pull or Lever? 18Feb 12, 2008 10:12 pm dna I agree that the pull handles look nice. May I ask what are the security concerns with them vs trilocks? Also is there a significant cost difference between them? dna, we haven't had one of the pull style handles before, only tri-locks so we want to make sure that the roller mortice locks are just as safe...(well as safe as a lock can be i suppose???) kiwi056 Please consider where you are going to locate the door station Phoenix. For it to be effective it must show the people standing in front of the door. I opted for a separate camera over looking the front. No hiding. Thanks kiwi056, we have already looked into that and we know where we "want" to put it. But it depends on the degree or angle of view i suppose on the camera concerned. If the degree/angle is not adequate then we will look into a little camera for the ceiling space. I need to spend some time looking into those though, there is not many good ones around, IMO, we want one with a decent quality 7" colour screen that we can wall mount in the kitchen area too. Not one of the Aiphones either, can't be bothered picking up a handset. Too lazy!!! Re: Front Door Handles - Pull or Lever? 19Feb 12, 2008 10:57 pm So your hubby likes tri-locks for "security reasons" although he's doesn't know if tri-locks are more secure or not
Another thing I'd be concerned with would be the force required to open the door. If it's too hard for kids, I suspect they would forcefully open the door by charging into them and thus possibly causing damage to the wall as the door swings open . Re: Front Door Handles - Pull or Lever? 20Feb 13, 2008 10:21 am If those big parallel handles are also on the inside - and are robust and not just show ponies - you could work security like an old castle. A big, fat metal or wooden bar that slides across through the handles. Easy to do from the inside, but it'd take a little engineering thought of how to move it into place from the outside. Black on light wood does look good. Not sure if it will be as long lasting as a steel finish? 6 6351 3 3992 Building Standards; Getting It Right! AS2047 Section 6 Page 31 speaks to Construction/Tolerances of Windows and external glazed doors in buildings Check also New South Wales Guide to Standards and Tolerances,… 12 24800 |