"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
Get a lockset. Push the deadlatch back to the point where it would be if it
rests against the face of the strike (not down in the hole next to the
spring latch like it will be on a crappy install like Stormy does all the
time because he doesn't know or care what it's for either) now, while
holding the deadlatch in that position try and push back the spring latch.
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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