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| Thread ID: 81316 | 2007-07-23 23:13:00 | Anyone with locksmith experience? | Greg (193) | PC World Chat |
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| 571922 | 2007-07-24 04:28:00 | putting a dead bolt in is a fairly simple affair Having said that, a builder recently put a nice new internal door in for me... he drilled a nice big round hole then looked at the old-fashioned rectangular plate on the latch set in disgust :D |
Shortcircuit (1666) | ||
| 571923 | 2007-07-24 05:16:00 | CRC is good for a little while. Best of all, use powdered graphite. Works for ever and doesn't clog if used without oil or CRC etc. | Bryan (147) | ||
| 571924 | 2007-07-24 05:22:00 | At least you came to the right place,we are experts on locks,especially when we can't see them. | Cicero (40) | ||
| 571925 | 2007-07-24 05:37:00 | This time last year the back door blew shut while I was bringing the washing in as it had started to rain, locking me out of the house . :dogeye: We had a spare key hidden but the hiding place had been changed a month or so earlier and I couldn't remember where the new place was . I searched for ages in the freezing rain, getting myself thoroughly cold and wet and since I wasn't wearing the warmest of clothes nearly got myself hypothermia . In desperation I went knocking on all the neighbours' doors to use their phone to ring HWMBO but no one was home . Eventually the chap across the road showed up and I shot across there, got HWMBO on the blower and ordered him to come home pronto . Fortunately he didn't argue and half an hour later I was back indoors, wrapped up nice and warm with a hot drink after spending nearly three hours outside . There's no way that back door is going to slam shut on me ever again . :stare: |
FoxyMX (5) | ||
| 571926 | 2007-07-24 05:52:00 | This time last year the back door blew shut while I was bringing the washing in as it had started to rain, locking me out of the house . :dogeye: We had a spare key hidden but the hiding place had been changed a month or so earlier and I couldn't remember where the new place was . I searched for ages in the freezing rain, getting myself thoroughly cold and wet and since I wasn't wearing the warmest of clothes nearly got myself hypothermia . In desperation I went knocking on all the neighbours' doors to use their phone to ring HWMBO but no one was home . Eventually the chap across the road showed up and I shot across there, got HWMBO on the blower and ordered him to come home pronto . Fortunately he didn't argue and half an hour later I was back indoors, wrapped up nice and warm with a hot drink after spending nearly three hours outside . There's no way that back door is going to slam shut on me ever again . :stare: Unbelievably disorganised . ;) |
Cicero (40) | ||
| 571927 | 2007-07-24 09:34:00 | ...the cheese knife my sister gifted to me a few years ago... I daresay the first time it has ever been used, too, if you're anything like me Greg!!! :) Your surname isn't MacGyver, by any chance?? :D |
johcar (6283) | ||
| 571928 | 2007-07-24 09:38:00 | I daresay the first time it has ever been used, too, if you're anything like me Greg!!! :) Your surname isn't MacGyver, by any chance?? :D What??? Mac would use his Swiss Army knife. And some umber 8 wire. |
bob_doe_nz (92) | ||
| 571929 | 2007-07-24 14:02:00 | I think I would be a bit wary of trusting it again myself. What if you were on the other side of the door next time it happened? Or had to get out in a hurry? Ah, no worries... our little house has another six doors, no less, to the outside. :) |
Greg (193) | ||
| 571930 | 2007-07-24 21:58:00 | We install alot of locks here at work, the ones I hate are the night latches, alot of NZ homes have some from the decades ago and they are caked so often get calls about them. Also if the house has shifted even in the slightest tends to through out how the latch itself sits. ahh...need coffee |
rob_on_guitar (4196) | ||
| 571931 | 2007-07-24 23:39:00 | Some night-latches have a "double lock" system whereby you turn the key anticlockwise one full turn and the latch won't operate from the inside, many people have called me out to "solve" that problem. Another common one is where the "snib" (the little button you slide to keep the latch open) drops down on some left-hand hinged doors when it is badly worn. Handy Hint, If you door latch is stubborn and you have to slam the door for it to close just rub your fingers over the bridge of your nose and wipe the "grease" over the latch and keep, works every time if the latch mechanically sound. |
JackStraw (6573) | ||
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