Ronald Raygun wrote:
One should only ever
lock the door on the mortice from the outside (when one is out and
no-one is in). Locking it from the inside is dangerous - you don't
want to have to be finding and fiddling with a key in a panic when
there's a fire and you need to get out in a hurry.

I'm amazed at the amount of people who lock the front door from inside while
they are at home. Very often when I ring the bell it takes them several
minutes to find the keys & open the door. Those minutes could kill you in a
fire as you say.

I often mention the fire risk, but it seems to go straight over their heads.


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Dave - The Medway Handyman
www.medwayhandyman.co.uk