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sjtill
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Thanks for all the replies, guys.
I think you've convinced my wife, and our updates will be simpler without the keyed lock on the levers. We're changing to levers partly for style, but also because my wife is having more trouble with tendons in her wrists.


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My 14# orange tabby cat can open levered doors.
 
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sjtill
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So thumbs are not needed. I’ll tell my wife, thanks! Big Grin


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At the risk of sounding like an old grump, see below.

"We live in a safe neighborhood;"

No such thing!

Overall lower crime rate, yeah, safe, noooooooooo!
 
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sjtill
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You’re right. If you are an outdoor cat you will be eaten by coyotes. There are rattlesnakes. And there are break-ins rarely but no home invasions or the like...yet.


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Originally posted by SeaCliff:
I have the key type lock with turn knob on inside and the double cylinder lock on 2 sets of french doors.
I think the door knob one is more for a sense of security as all you have to do is break a glass panel and its defeated.


Use impact rated glass.
You can still kick it in but breaking glass is out.


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Originally posted by Skull Leader:
Wouldn't having a locking knob and deadbolt help spread the force of a forced entry over a wider area and make it more difficult to force the door open?


Theoretically.

Of course the theoretical flip side being, your door jamb now has two holes drilled in it, making it weaker and easier to break.


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