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Flip Kwikset left-hand lock knob to right-hand keyhole reversal
Correct..
"DanG" wrote in message
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The little extra pin is called an anti pick feature. If it is depressed,
you should not be able to push the strike back.
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"Nate Nagel" wrote in message
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How...? the little extra pin still retracts when you push the latch
back. unless you can stop that from happening, you will always be able
to use the library card trick.
nate
Roger Cann wrote:
quick 2¢... when installed correctly deadlatch works and library card
doesn't. :-)
Yes when installed wrong almost anybody with the knowledge of how to
bend that card just right can get in with a credit card. That's why we
make the big bucks... When we come across this at a customers location
(via lock-out or break-in) we'll realign the strike plate to bring the
"DEADLATCH" back into the picture and also encourage the purchase of a
deadbolt and maybe a strike protector as well. Hey it is all about the
Benjamin's and public safety is it not?
still in business,
Roger
"Nate Nagel" wrote in message
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How am I wrong? I have defeated several "deadlocking latches" - both
Kwikset and also good quality Weiser and Schlage - with only a thin
piece of flexible plastic. If you want anything that will cause someone
motivated to get into your house to have to take more than a couple
minutes, you need a deadBOLT. As I said, any kid with a library card
can defeat a deadlocking latch UNLESS you take other measures to keep
them from doing so, like cutting a slot to catch the card in the door
jamb. Even so they can sneak the card around the corner above the latch
and slide it down.
nate
Steve wrote:
"Proving he watches a lot of TV and doesn't know what a deadlocking
latch is
Nate Nagel" wrote in message
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wrote:
Of course, if you don't have a deadbolt, there's no point worrying
about
it... any kid with a library card can get in your door.
nate
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