My house has a sliding glass door as the main entrance and I need a solution to have it secure from tiny hands. My problem is it needs to be able to unlock and lock on both sides of the door so a pin drop or cross bar won’t work.
Put the lock high up?
If I’m able to build a landing/porch on the outside this is the easiest solution. But at the moment my stairs make it 1.5 feet lower than the inside floor which means it’ll to high on the outside but to low on the inside.
Ah. Sorry I missed that.
Remote control then. Getting into the house requires push of a button or typing in code. Getting out can be done with manual turn of deadbolt because inside you’re high enough to reach:
- fire failsafe because you’ve got mechanical control when trying to exit even if electricity’s out
- harder to copy your key because it’ll be a key fob or something
- if you do lose a key you can simply de-authorize it instead of having to change locks
- probably cost you a few hundred to a thousand for the hardware and install labor. Just my guesses at price haven’t looked into it
How about a traditional deadbolt at the top or bottom?
Deadbolt at the top can cause the door to shift out of its tracks when pulled on and if it’s at the bottom it’s easily accessible to tiny hands playing with it. If I place it more in the top centre it’ll be Duffy to reach with a key unless it’s electronic… and that comes with many other issues
I’ve only ever seen deadbolts on swinging doors but this has gotta be a thing for sliding doors also
Some kind of a magnet pin situation? Like the child cabinet locks that use a magnet. From one side your can just move the lock. From the other side your can use a magnet to move the lock.
Probably not what you want to hear, but when I was growing up my dad used a few tubes of silicone to seal up some of the windows and sliding door at my house. When we got older he just took a utility knife and cut it off
Can you put a baby gate between the stationary pane and the frame?
Also, consider crossposting to !dadsplain@lemmy.ca. Not sure if you are a dad, but they’re not too picky. !homeimprovement@lemmy.world and !diy@lemmy.ml are good choices, too.
