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by **jdeacon** » 29 Apr 2006 18:04

What a depressing thing to behold. A half-hearted hole in my favourite lock - an Ingersoll SC71 - and in the wrong place. Whoever it was, had then claimed his battery had run out and left. At least the miserable excuse didn't charge the customer as well as having mashed up the keyway.

Still, I may get the the job to replace the cylinder; and maybe I can restore the keyway. I don't think the driller even got to the first lever.

by **Shrub** » 29 Apr 2006 19:24

Por little lock, makes you wonder what he thought it was.

I dont know of any other locks with the same keyway, im sure ill be corrected but thats just in my experiance.

by **taylorgdl** » 29 Apr 2006 19:32

Rockford wrote:

No-one can say for fact (that is apart from the person taking the photo) what condition the door was in, what the lock was, or in fact whether those are indeed drill holes. We are basing our responses, to a partial image, on our gained experience and knowledge, and a bit of common sense. It may well have been a sound door, with a 3 lever Union deadlock (retrofitted with Chubb escutcheon), and a bad case of termite infestation - we just don't know.

I think the door is in poor condition, and is on an old commercial premise down the road from me. Looks like developers have moved in to refurbish and sell on.

The lock IS (or rather was) a 110, but again is in very poor condition post drilling ( in several places !). Not sure what they are going to replace it with.

G.

by **Rockford** » 30 Apr 2006 4:13

Find out the developers name and give them a call. I know you've dropped your card through the letterbox, but these can go missing in the confusion (lost by chippies who want the extra work :wink:

). See what they are turning it into, and tell them you like an opportunity to quote for the supply of any new door hardware for them. If it's a local developer, there's no telling what further work may be generated as a result.

by **EvoRed** » 30 Apr 2006 5:54

For the record, this was on a nightlach with no ADL facility so slipped easily anyway. Besides a big letterbox and lots of glass to enable you to see exactly what you were doing.

by **illusion** » 30 Apr 2006 6:22

You know you're in trouble when you start drilling out BIRD cylinders...

by **Lukekjackson** » 30 Apr 2006 8:40

Well they say ignorance is bliss- some people no so little they wouldnâ€™t even be embarrassed drilling out a BIRD

by **quicklocks** » 30 Apr 2006 11:16

'snigger' he said drilling out a bird 'snigger' :lol:

what was her name :lol:

by **Lukekjackson** » 30 Apr 2006 15:01

I wondered who I would be,

but 2 Â½ hours, took longer than I thought.

by **jordyh** » 30 Apr 2006 15:13

quicklocks wrote::lol: 'snigger' he said drilling out a bird 'snigger'
what was her name

Sparrow.
She was never the same after the drilling.
But if you insert your wrench, she'll still do the twist for you. :wink:

by **illusion** » 30 Apr 2006 15:25

by **quicklocks** » 30 Apr 2006 15:37

ok i lowerd the tone lets get it back on track :lol:

by **NKT** » 30 Apr 2006 20:13

No, I should apologise. I lowered the tone with that Reactfast post. ;-)

by **rohi** » 10 May 2006 16:41

This is what we found at our office last week.

Can you tell it wasn't a locksmith that opened this!! :shock:

At least i got a nice lock to play with out of it :wink:

Ronald

by **rohi** » 10 May 2006 16:43

Oops, pictures are a bit big :oops:

Sorry

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