On 03/04/2018 18:28, Jeff Layman wrote:


I'm a little confused here. Are you saying that you can unlock the door
from the outside but the internal handle still won't move? Or does the
internal handle then move, but you can't then lock it from the inside?
If you can't unlock the internal handle and open the door from the
inside, I'd not like to think of the consequences of a sudden fire.

Out of interest, if the handle is put in the lock position with the door
open, and the key used to lock it, will it then turn to unlock it with
the door open, and the key never having been removed? I ask only because
sometimes the key will not turn in our lock unless the internal handle
is pushed down another mm. Once fully down, it will turn to lock it; I
wondered if something similar is going on but with an "unlock" turn. If
it still doesn't turn, does pushing up or down one of the locking
"claws" make any difference?


If it's like mine, the inside lock locks the *handle* such that it won't
turn regardless of the state of the door. The normal way of using it is
to lock the handle, and then slam lock the door from the outside. You
can unlock the door with the key, but if someone breaks the glass and
reached through, they can't turn the handle to open the door.

So, when locked in this way, the door can't be opened from the inside -
not recommended when there are people inside!
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Cheers,
Roger
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