On Sun, 31 Mar 2013 10:08:17 +0100, The Medway Handyman wrote:

Need to secure my 6'high garden gate, but I want to be able to
lock/unlock from either side.

Not keen on the rim lock idea, current thinking is a chain & padlock.

Any better ideas?

Next door has a combi cable lock (bicycle type) about 18" long. It goes
round one of the uprights and the (plastic) soil stack. Not super-secure but
probably no worse than the gate itself. It was supplied by her boyfriend -
he's an officer in the Met!
I'd been trying to think of a way of doing it and, quite honestly, realised
that any sort of sash lock or similar wouldn't stay alligned for long; same
with a combi bolt.
The cable can be pulled through, so when I've used it from the outside I
push it so that the lock is on the inside - it's all about delaying tactics.
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Peter.
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