Domestic Lockout Amersham

This customer introduced me to a previously unseen situation, but one which could affect many people.

The customer had gone out of her front door first thing in the morning to pick up the post and so didn’t have the key to unlock the porch door. Unfortunately, she didn’t have the front door key either and it had shut behind her – leaving her trapped in the porch.

Regrettably, it took a couple of hours for her to raise the alarm with a neighbour (the garden was surrounded by hedges which screened the porch from sight).

On arrival, both doors were quickly opened and the customer warmed up with a much-needed cuppa!

The solution to this particular problem was to fit keyed alike locks to the front and porch doors so that only a single key was needed to open both doors – this takes away the risk of picking up the wrong key

To remove the possibility of being stuck between two doors with no key we fitted a thumb-turn lock to the porch door. This means that a key is needed to open the lock from outside but that the door can be unlocked from inside by simply turning a knob.  Another satisfied customer from Amersham.