On May 9, 7:27*am, "Stormin Mormon"
wrote:
The latch is a leverset, as I wrote. It is some what similar
to two plain knobs to turn and open, except that the "knobs"
are levers for handicap compliance. It would be possible to
take out the latch, and the door would then be push - pull
function. I suspect the fire marshall wants the latch in
case of fire.

Would be nice if we could dog the latch back.

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"Rich Grise"
wrote in ...

Is it the kind of latch with a panic bar on the inside?
I've seen them able to retract the latch, so that it acts
like there's no latch at all. Many years ago, I saw the
school janitor do this to one of the doors using an Allen
wrench. It should be legal to leave the door "flapping in
the breeze," so to speak, (the closer would keep it from
actually flapping) as long as there's somebody inside, but
the last person out would have to re-latch it, of course.

And if it does have this feature, obviously you have to
have somebody who knows how to do it. ;-)

Good Luck!
Rich

Duct tape.

Last person out pulls it off.