Re: Door hardware with electric strike

[nobody@xxxxxxxxxxxx (Dave Houston)]

I haven't tried to keep up with this area but, for a few years, I used an
automated deadbolt that was operated with a small keychain IR remote. I have
a spinal cord injury which impedes my mobility and I gave remotes to
everyone who needed to get in regularly. Inside, operation was the same as a
normal deadbolt - the only difference being a housing which held the
batteries. Outside, it also could be opened with a key and looked like a
normal deadbolt except for a small IR target and a small LED that flashed
when the lock operated.

I live in a small 4-unit apartment building and, after there was an incident
where the police were called about someone being in the building who had no
business in the building, the landlord installed a lock and door-closer on
the main entrance to the building. That made my automated lock obsolete.

However, I suspect you will find that RFID and biometric locks are available
that also operate more or less like traditional key operated locks.

One final note - if you do your research you will find that most RF operated
locks are easily compromised - I would avoid them.

Doug Meredith <doug.meredith@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>I'm building a new house and plan to have electric strikes on two
>doors.  I'm having trouble getting my head around how the door
>hardware should work.
>
>For egress I don't want to have to unlock the door to get out, nor do
>I want to have to engage the strike, so this presumably means a knob
>(or lever) that will turn on the inside even when locked.
>
>I'm not really sure what to do about a dead bolt either.  I don't want
>to have the situation where the dead bolt is locked and now I can't
>get in the house (using an RFID card or punching a code in an external
>keypad).  I'm considering forgoing the dead bolt entirely on the
>theory that with an alarm system a dead bolt doesn't really add a
>great deal of security.
>
>Just to put this in perspective, the family's normal way of entering
>the house will be by driving a vehicle into the attached garage.  The
>man doors won't see a huge amount of use.  Guests will be let in this
>way when we are home.  Extended family and our cleaning lady will have
>RFID cards and will come in this way.  I would be willing to accept
>(and might prefer) a solution that doesn't have a way to mechanically
>leave the doors unlocked.
>
>I'd really appreciate any insight from the folks here.  Thanks.
>
>Doug


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