greggors84
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| posted on 7/2/11 at 11:14 PM |
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Changing UPVC door lock to one handle
My house has UPVC doors with multipoint locking, there is a handle on both sides of the door and to lock you have to lift the handle and turn the
key.
Is there any way of converting this so I can get rid of the outside handle or to stop it being able to open the door. Ideally I want to keep the multi
point locking so would need to keep the outside handle as it activates the lock, but if its pushed down it doesn't do anything.
The sprung latch can be pulled back by turning the key from the outside but the dead bolt only works once the handle has been lifted.
Are there some sort of 1 way handle that would allow this or a different type of lock altogether?
Hope that makes sense!
Chris
The Magnificent 7!
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austin man
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| posted on 7/2/11 at 11:26 PM |
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confused as to why you dont want to be able to open the door from the outside,
Life is like a bowl of fruit, funny how all the weird looking ones are left alone
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greggors84
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| posted on 7/2/11 at 11:30 PM |
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To stop anyone wandering in. At night the door is locked, but to have to keep locking it and unlocking it during the day would be a pain in the
arse.
I don't live in a bad area and i'm not being paranoid (am i!) but it wouldn't take much for an opportunist to fancy a look in while
someone was upstairs or in the shower.
Just wondering if there is a simple solution, if not I will leave it as it is.
Chris
The Magnificent 7!
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Chippy
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| posted on 7/2/11 at 11:40 PM |
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If sounds the same as ours, and if you don't have full operation of the handle, (both up and down), then you cant open the door from outside as
you have to pull the hadle down, (after unlocking), to release the multi point latches. What I did to make things easier was to fit the knob operated
euro locks so doing away with the key inside, much simpler to lock. HTH Ray
To make a car go faster, just add lightness. Colin Chapman - OR - fit a bigger engine. Chippy
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rgrs
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| posted on 8/2/11 at 07:40 AM |
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Yes you can but may well require a complete locking assembly, the only problem with fitting the euro cylinders with a knob is it will invalidate
your insurance policy as it does not meet minimum standards.
Roger
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tegwin
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| posted on 8/2/11 at 01:26 PM |
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My front door does this...
By pushing the handle down it does nothing... you need the key to open door from outside... the inside one works as normal...
Apparently that is very unusual (as my builder tells me when they locked them selves out!)
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Chippy
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| posted on 8/2/11 at 10:35 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by rgrs
Yes you can but may well require a complete locking assembly, the only problem with fitting the euro cylinders with a knob is it will invalidate
your insurance policy as it does not meet minimum standards.
Roger
Not what my insurance company said when I asked them about it prior to fitting it. Cheers Ray
To make a car go faster, just add lightness. Colin Chapman - OR - fit a bigger engine. Chippy
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rgrs
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| posted on 22/2/11 at 12:29 PM |
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Its fine if you have declared it and they have taken this into account when calculating premiums, however if you look in the small print on most
policies they assume that you have 5 lever DEAD locks fitted as a minimum.
It is one of the declaration questions that they ask you on the phone, unfortunately i have been to a few sites recently with the insurance companys
investigator and trust me they don't miss a thing.
Roger
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DarrenW
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| posted on 22/2/11 at 01:57 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by tegwin
My front door does this...
By pushing the handle down it does nothing... you need the key to open door from outside... the inside one works as normal...
Apparently that is very unusual (as my builder tells me when they locked them selves out!)
Mine does it too. Very annoying, lost count how many times ive forgotten and shut door behind me. Cant be too unusual as i think all houses on the
estate do it (approx 6 years old). I think they are all built by Bryant.
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 22/2/11 at 05:26 PM |
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Standard fitting for front doors - just had double-glazed 2 doors fitted, front and back. The back door is as described by the OP - have to lock it -
but the front door requires a key to open it from the outside, just like a traditional door with a Yale lock.
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Hellfire
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| posted on 22/2/11 at 06:01 PM |
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I fitted a sash jammer to my front UPVC door whilst I replaced the locking mechanism. Works a treat when you dont want to lock the door if
you're nipping upstairs for a quick shower.
Like this:
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