I've got a couple of Chubb 8012 locks that won't latch but I can't spot
the screws that hold them on the metal window frame and can't find a pic
on t'web. Is anyone here familar with these locks?

wrote:

I've got a couple of Chubb 8012 locks that won't latch but I can't spot
the screws that hold them on the metal window frame and can't find a pic
on t'web.

A bit squished, but enough of a clue?

http://www.anyweb.co.uk/windows/listings/83.gif

On 29/05/2017 22:48, Andy Burns wrote:
wrote:

I've got a couple of Chubb 8012 locks that won't latch but I can't spot
the screws that hold them on the metal window frame and can't find a pic
on t'web.

A bit squished, but enough of a clue?

http://www.anyweb.co.uk/windows/listings/83.gif

Thanks, it made me realise there was a rubber bung at the top that hid
one of the screws. On my locks it had been painted over and just looked
like a bump on the casting. Three faulty locks now dismanted, oiled and
working - two more to go.

On Tue, 30 May 2017 02:23:27 +0100, wrote:

On 29/05/2017 22:48, Andy Burns wrote:
wrote:

I've got a couple of Chubb 8012 locks that won't latch but I
can't spot the screws that hold them on the metal window frame
and can't find a pic on t'web.

A bit squished, but enough of a clue?

http://www.anyweb.co.uk/windows/listings/83.gif

Thanks, it made me realise there was a rubber bung at the top
that hid one of the screws. On my locks it had been painted over
and just looked like a bump on the casting. Three faulty locks
now dismanted, oiled and working - two more to go.

Do they have different keys? Some replacement windows we have have
identical keys (and don't look line conventional lever lock keys
either). What's the point of locks without proper paired keys?

mechanic wrote:

What's the point of locks without proper paired keys?

Given you have to be *inside* the house to operate the window locks, why
have individual keys? They use keys rather than latches so they aren't
accessible by e.g. hooking coathangers through seals or smaller open
windows.

On Tue, 30 May 2017 13:07:43 +0100, Andy Burns wrote:

mechanic wrote:

What's the point of locks without proper paired keys?

Given you have to be *inside* the house to operate the window
locks, why have individual keys?

Thief smashes glass, then opens window for comfortable entry!

They use keys rather than latches so they aren't accessible by
e.g. hooking coathangers through seals or smaller open windows.

How do insurance companies view these keyless windows, in light of
their insistence on BSwhatever compliance for locks and keys?

mechanic wrote:

Andy Burns wrote:

mechanic wrote:

What's the point of locks without proper paired keys?

Given you have to be *inside* the house to operate the window
locks, why have individual keys?

Thief smashes glass, then opens window for comfortable entry!

Anyone that's willing to smash glass is already in, and could find other
ways past a few bits of jagged glass ... hopefully the jagged glass will
help to extract DNA evidence :-)