RE: Big Brother house (on topic I promise) and electronic door locks

["Mick Furlong" <dorsai@xxxxxxx>]

Mark

I think you will find that the advice is usually NOT to lock interior
doors.
The reason being that once someone has broken in they aren't going t  think
twice about kicking a few doors down. You then have all that extra damage t
make good and probably more as you will have p***ed of the burglar. That is
of course unless you have steel interior doors ;)

Cheers
Mick


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark Hetherington [mailto:mark.egroups@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 05 July 2001 00:17
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: [ukha_d] Big Brother house (on topic I promise) and
electronic
> door locks
>
>
> Anyone know what system(s) they used for the Big Brother house. They
> seem t  have (remote) control of pretty much everything in there e.g.
> lighting, doorlocks and hot water. I imagine their budget would allow
> them t  go for expensive systems but it would be interesting t  know
> what system they did go for.
>
> I am especially interested in the door locks on the internal doors. I
> was thinking of trying t  get some for the internal doors of the
> house so that when the alarm is set, all internal doors could be
> electronically locked. I haven't seen any electronic door locks
> around so am not sure where t  source them or what kind of price they
> might be.
>
> It would be nice t  have electronic locks on the external doors and
> windows but with them being "standard" double glazing, I
doubt it is
> an option. Windows are press lock (when unlocked) and turn. Handles
> are lift t  weather prrof and secure then lock to lock. Both do not
> seem well suited t  electronic locking.
>
> My next house is going t  have to be self build or complete gut of
> existing house to fulfill my HA ideals but for now I am stuck with
> retro fitting and experimentation. :)
>
> Mark.
>
>
>
>
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