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This article was co-authored by Robert Vallelunga and writer Glenn Carreau. Robert Vallelunga is a locksmith and owner of ACME Locksmith in the Phoenix metro area. Robert has over 15 years of experience in the industry and specializes in automotive ignitions, locks, keys and master key systems. Robert and the ACME team rank #1 in Phoenix Locksmith Service and are winners of an Ethics Award from the Better Business Bureau. Robert holds a residential and commercial contractor’s license and holds a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from Arizona State University.

How Can You Open An Apartment Door If Its Been Locked From The Outside And There Is No Key On Your Side Of The Lock

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The basic door in You has a very simple design: a large board is attached to the frame with a few “pintle” hinges. This design has several advantages – it is easy to build, easy to install and easy to repair. Of course, disassembly is also very easy – by removing the lamp pins, the door is completely separated from the frame.

While this can be of great help to the homeowner – for example, you can remove the door to squeeze in a large couch – it’s not something you want to share with intruders. For this reason, the hinge must be installed inside the house. With a conventional hinge design, this means that the door opens inwards.

Public buildings, of course, have the same safety requirements, but they must also take into account other safety factors. Unlike a private business, there are likely to be a large number of people in a public building. In the event of a fire or other emergency, these people should be evacuated as quickly and easily as possible.

When a group of people are running out, it is very difficult for someone to open the door in – everyone is pushing towards the door and there is no room left to open it. For this reason, an effective emergency exit must open outward and be crowd-powered. For this reason, many emergency exits are equipped with wide “panic doors” instead of standard door handles. The basic idea is to build an exit through which even the most unruly crowd can escape.

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To maintain perimeter security, public exits are usually constructed with hidden or covered hinges, which are much more difficult to loosen than regular hinges. These doors are more expensive to install and repair, making them impractical for home use. And unless you have an unruly crowd living with you, those outward opening doors offer no real advantage in…

“Why do most front doors open inwards and most public buildings have front doors that open outwards?” 02/03/2001 There is no doubt that our apartment is very burglar-proof. See the locking system on the outside of our doors in the photo on the left. There is a top lock and one just below the handle.

I know most homes have two of these locks, so you’re probably thinking, “What’s the problem?” But you must remember that this is the door to our apartment. Getting this far required another key to the street-level front door.

Additionally, both locks have deadbolts. In Prague it is very common to have to turn the key twice to open the bolt and then turn it once more to move the lock and open the door.

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So if both bolts are closed, to open the door you need to turn two different keys in both locks five times. It’s safe (and sometimes boring).

You will also notice in the photo on the right that our door handle is not an ordinary door handle. This is a fixed position handle. You cannot enter the door without the key, even if the door is not locked. Every time you want to enter the door, you have to turn the key half a turn to open the lock.

Believe me, we are very conscientious about holding the key in our hands before the door to the apartment closes.

Sure, our doors look weird from the inside, but at least there’s a handle you can turn to move the latch and open the door.

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We have found that with complex key systems it is best to always leave the keys in the locks. This is one way to never lose your keys. They are always at the door to greet you when you leave the apartment.

To show you all the keys to our apartment, I took the photo on the right. Yes, we need a skeleton key for our apartment building. A skeleton key opens the balcony door in the yard if someone wants to hang clothes on the balcony. The other keys are the outside key to the building, the key to the mailbox and our two keys to the door of our apartment.

It took us a few days to determine which key should go to our apartment. I’m not too concerned about thieves breaking in.

Speaking of keys, look at the keys my husband needs to enter our church. These are REAL keys. There are two smaller skeleton keys for the entrance door of our church and the door to the sacristy. He couldn’t believe he had to carry his house keys with him every Sunday after church. They are quite heavy in the pocket.

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The largest one is on the back door of our church. It’s literally bigger than my husband’s hand. Needless to say, my husband doesn’t bring that key home every week. She is unique and cannot leave the church property. (At least don’t forget it in your pocket.)

Here is a photo of the door she opens. The outer part is made of metal and the inner part is made of wood. We believe the door is approximately 400 years old. I’ve never seen anyone actually lock that door. A deacon from another congregation who serves in our church closes the door when he leaves.

P.S. The history of our church dates back to 1150. This part of our building is still used weekly. The most recent addition to our facility was around 5 p.m. This means, of course, that we have no heating in the building. However, recently (say fifty years ago) heaters have been installed under the pews, so at least part of me will be warm in church in the winter.

Orthodox Cathedral – Riga The golden domes of the Cathedral of the Nativity rise above the trees near Riga’s Old Town. We pass this large building in the park near our apartment. The

How Can You Open An Apartment Door If Its Been Locked From The Outside And There Is No Key On Your Side Of The Lock