"Broadback" wrote in message
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Lobster wrote:
benpost wrote:
fitted all my doors with b & q value pack silver handles... but need
to be able to lock the bathroom from inside. whats the cheapest way
of doing this? i'm not sure if i just need new handles with a knob on
to stop the handle from moving, or a new mechanism inside the door
frame. do screwfix do this sorta thing? appreciate any help!

If you're hung up on having an integral lock (which is very neat, for
sure), them you need new handles incorporating this featu some ranges
of handles have them, others don't.

However it's probably the most expensive way of doing it, too.

David
I would never consider a bathroom lock that cannot be released from the
outside. My daughter, when just a toddler locked herself in one day. I had
to get a ladder, smash the window, climb in, then spent the next half hour
calming her down!

The OP's " handles with a knob on to stop the handle from moving" are sold
as bathroom/toilet door locks and have an external coin/screwdriver operated
release for this reason. They require a second hole drilled through the door
but that's usually all.


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