Re: Safe Room Door Lock

["Bob Worthy" <securinc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

"Crash Gordon" <webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> All block except the roof.
> Yep, gonna do a phone and low voltage backup lighting.
>
> Still undecided about putting power in or out of room.

Then error to the side of safety. Go inside.
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> "Bob Worthy" <securinc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> | "Crash Gordon" <webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> | it coulda
> | > been if they had consulted with me 2 months ago instead of yesterday.
> |
> | Don't ya luv it..
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> | >
> | > I'm thinking of hiding the control/pwr supply & backup outside the
room
> | > instead of inside since I want the lock to fail-secure...whaddya
think?
> |
> | Your call... but, if the door fails secure, which it should, and the
perp
> | has access to the control, you need to consider a mechanical type rex
> button
> | (pneumatic type possibly) and not an electronic type rex device and that
> | connection needs to stay within the protected area and not the
control/pwr
> | supply. I usually add an emergency button and if budget allows a
dedicated
> | phone line, which I also use for the alarm panel. I put a wall phone in
as
> | well. Safe rooms can be used for storm protection as well as personnal
> | protection during a crime. A phone is handy as long as there is service.
I
> | know someone here mentioned a cellphone, but in a bunker you don't alway
> | have cell signal, so I would be leary of limiting it to this suggestion
> | alone. Have electrical outlet for TV/Radio and an exhaust fan. Put the
> light
> | on a dimmer switch. Total light or total darkness can get to a person if
> | they spend an extended amount of time in there. Any wall that is not
block
> | or concrete, line with 3/4" plywood before drywall. Makes the door jamb
a
> | little tricky but that is why they have split jambs or extention jambs.
> But
> | then again you said this one is to late...Oh well...there is always next
> | time.
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