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Originally Posted by Neil
You appear to speak with some authority, could you please explain why the locks were removed and why now they will be replaced?
Has someone made a mistake?
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Because the fire Service requested it.
The regulations prohibit the fitting of a locking device on the /final exit door which, if operated, requires a key release to open it from the inside. This would exclude the use of standard mortice deadlocks if they can be operated from the inside. They specify that exit from the flat is achieved by the operation of a single action release, opening being accomplished by means of a handle or thumb turn.
If a fatality occured because of an incorrect lock I'm sure everyone would have been on the case.