I was recently in a house that had “dead bolt” lock on the bedroom doors.\u00a0 I had to wonder if the dead bolts were to keep people out or to keep people in?\u00a0 But, upon closer examination, I determined that the occupants could open the doors from the inside.\u00a0 So, the dead bolts only deterred people from entering bedrooms and not exiting the bedrooms.<\/p>\n
That was a relief!\u00a0 I wasn’t sure what had taken place there.<\/p>\n
But, more to the point, the doors were the standard residential\u00a0 hollow core doors which meant that they would deter an intruder by about 2 seconds.\u00a0 Certainly not enough time to pick up the phone and dial 911.<\/p>\n
What ever.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I was recently in a house that had “dead bolt” lock on the bedroom doors.\u00a0 I had to wonder if the dead bolts were to keep people out or to keep people in?\u00a0 But, upon closer examination, I determined that … Continue reading