Upvc door locks

[brightspark]

they generaly fit the turn locks on flats or houses where there isnt a fire escape

 

[GraemeVW]

some manufacturers measure differently and give you 3 numbers for a cylinder.
They give 10mm as the middle number............the width of the locking/turning bit.

Makes it confusing.

I'm just changing house cylinders and have gone for thumb turn inside and keyed alike + garage/shed

Ive noticed this. So is the 10mm latch just a given on ones with 2 numbers, is a 30 10 30 the same as a 30 30, or is a 30 10 30 a 35 35, they just don't mention 10mm of that is the latch?

 

[JOEPRO]

You should buy an insurance kite mark / approved cylinder.

Then when renewing insurance note that. May make little to no difference on premiums but it's still a good idea regardless.

 

[Robotstar5]

thumb turns realy help them as if your out they break in (through window etc )

once in they can open the door to remove your tv as they dont have to get out the widow they come in so easyer to get out

I had a break in through a small kitchen window, they attacked back and front doors from the inside for an easy exit but failed so broke a front window frame to carry their ill gotten gains out, cost the insurance company nearly £6k for 2 new doors and windows (all hardwood)

 

[RichardM]

Thumb turn cylinders also stop you leaving the key in the lock, going to sleep and then having wifey shout at you as she couldn't get in - don't ask me how I know!

 

[wyn]

Ive noticed this. So is the 10mm latch just a given on ones with 2 numbers, is a 30 10 30 the same as a 30 30, or is a 30 10 30 a 35 35, they just don't mention 10mm of that is the latch?

30 10 30 is same as 35 35

 

[welder_dave]

We had to change the thumb turn cylinders back to keyed ones when the toddler worked out how to escape! At least now he needs a key to get out. Will go back to the keyed alike thumb turns when he gets a bit older.

 

[bricol]

One more thing, you can buy these locks with a knob on the ‘inside’.
Saves having to lock it from the inside with a key…daughter’s house insurers stipulated they had to change theirs from the key type to knob, so that there’s no need to scramble looking for keys to unlock the door in case of a fire…makes sense to me…

And conversely, my mum's insurers wouldn't cover when I checked about changing her's to a thumbturn - she kept "losing" the keys when carers visited, so they couldn't leave with the house locked up from the outside and key replaced in the keysafe, as she couldn't get out . . . meaning I got a call to go supply more keys/find keys/stay with her. I wanted to change to to the thumbturn to prevent all that, but . . .

 

[CompoSimmonite]

Just make sure you measure from the centre of the securing screw hole in the body, to either end of the lock, some are asymmetrical….

I've fallen foul of that