Hi folks any advice/ suggestions please.
Our front door is locked by a mortice lock. We have a bar/chain inside which we put on during the day only. We lock the door at night with the key.
Unfortunately problems are occurring when I go out. I lock the door with the key but on a couple of occasions OH has put the bar on (as is our usual routine) or left the key in the lock but either way I can’t get back in. Last time I was locked out for 15mins he did not hear me knocking also if there had been an emergency I would not have been able to get in. My first thought was to add a latch type lock and remove the bar but that means if he went outside he could lock himself out.
I have arranged for a new lock to be fitted, mortice key from the outside and turn knob inside to keep it locked during the day. Thinking that will prevent the key going missing or the key being left in the door
However It has occurred to me that I will have no way of locking the door if OH starts to wander during the night he can just turn the knob and go out.
I suppose I could put a Chubb lock on as well and use it only at night but that means if locked even in an emergency no one can get in . Iis this safe or legal? If I am unwell OH can’t get out either.
We have a key safe in situ.
Who would have thought that fitting a new lock could cause such a dilemma ??
Am I over thinking this?
The back of the house is accessed by an electric rolling gate and glass sliding patio doors locked with a key.
Our front door is locked by a mortice lock. We have a bar/chain inside which we put on during the day only. We lock the door at night with the key.
Unfortunately problems are occurring when I go out. I lock the door with the key but on a couple of occasions OH has put the bar on (as is our usual routine) or left the key in the lock but either way I can’t get back in. Last time I was locked out for 15mins he did not hear me knocking also if there had been an emergency I would not have been able to get in. My first thought was to add a latch type lock and remove the bar but that means if he went outside he could lock himself out.
I have arranged for a new lock to be fitted, mortice key from the outside and turn knob inside to keep it locked during the day. Thinking that will prevent the key going missing or the key being left in the door
However It has occurred to me that I will have no way of locking the door if OH starts to wander during the night he can just turn the knob and go out.
I suppose I could put a Chubb lock on as well and use it only at night but that means if locked even in an emergency no one can get in . Iis this safe or legal? If I am unwell OH can’t get out either.
We have a key safe in situ.
Who would have thought that fitting a new lock could cause such a dilemma ??
Am I over thinking this?
The back of the house is accessed by an electric rolling gate and glass sliding patio doors locked with a key.