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Originally Posted by topographic
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 occurred because of an incorrect lock I'm sure everyone would have been on the case.
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That's a total load of crap and you know it, the fire brigade did no such thing, HH jumped the gun, now they've ended up with egg on there face and are jumping through hoops to get out of it. The locks on the block of flats where I live could be locked and opened from the inside WITHOUT A KEY and opened from outside with a key, now they are replacing the very same locks they took off in the first place, they couldn't run a tap