Re: Safe Room Door Lock

["Crash Gordon" <webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Yes saw the movie.

It's really not intended to be a people safe-room although it could sorta be
one...more of an informal secured room in a snow-bird house for him to hide
large paintings and shit like that.

I doubt though that a screwdriver could pry opened (towards you) a 600lb mag
lock...I've tried blasting against one that opened away and couldn't do it
with my massive super strength :-)


"Robert L Bass" <sales@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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| > Gotta do a safe-room door lock...I'm thinking a 600lb mag lock? The door
| > will be semi hidden and swing towards the opening person/side. No other
| > hardware will be visible on the door...it's in a MBR closet and will
have
| > shelves on it. Heavy wooden door.
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| Mag locks are fine for safe rooms as long as you provide lots of
| backup power and a panic release for the magnet.  Also, assuming
| this is to protect the homeowners in the event of a break-in, I
| would use a 1200 lb lock.  A good size screwdriver can easily
| deliver 600 lbs of leveraged force to pry the door open.
| Recommend to the client that they leave a cell phone inside the
| room at all times.
|
| I had a client who used an old fallout shelter in his basement as
| a safe room.  Turns out nasties from the inner city were more of
| a threat than the USSR.  His room had a manually operated bar
| lock across the door.  Whoever built the place was really into
| preparedness.  There were shelves with provisions for something
| like 90 days for two or three people, a toilet, a hand-pumped
| well and stuff.  When my customer bought the house the previous
| owner left everything intact.
|
| BTW, did you see the movie "Safe Room?"
|
| --
|
| Regards,
| Robert L Bass
|
| Bass Burglar Alarms
| The Online DIY Store
| http://www.BassBurglarAlarms.com
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| > I don't think a door strike will work as it will be visible.
| >
| > Any other ideas before I rough it in tomorrow?
|