hi,
i wasnt able to unlock the door all the locks were unlocked top and bottom but no way was it going to open,tryed mica to slip the latch(cut my hands to shreds doing it),tryed jemmying but didnt want to apply to much force as it had big panes of glass top and bottom,the woman wasnt locked out so i had access to the inside looked at the hinges they were the kind with little grub screws in to stop you taking them off.
overall nightmare first job that got me stummped,ah well live and learn.
ray
forget the last question just found out what they are,do you use it like a crowbar for the above situation?.
going to order 1 tomorrow maybe i will go back to that job and see if it works
I leave the sash jammers there as additional security. I have them fitted to my door anyway as at night i dont want to leave it locked and with the key not in the lock because of thefire risk but if i leave the key in someone may get it through the letterbox and if its unlocked a letterbox opening is a risk. 2 sash jammers solve this problem and allow easy escape in a fire.
Last edited by toomush2drink on 8 Feb 2005 16:23, edited 1 time in total.
Had a job on a UPVC door last night. The customer couldn't lock it by lifting the handle to manipulate the multi locks. Took the cylinder out, had a play with the linkages and everything seemed ok. Spent about half an hour in total on the linkages and then noticed that the door has two additional bolts which shoot out; one on the top and one on the bottom of the door. The top one slots into a hole in the door top frame and the bottom one slots into a bracket on the bottom of the frame. This bracket is held in place by two philips screws, one of which had snapped and allowed the bracket to move slightly. On trying to lock the door the bottom bolt was butting against the bracket which stopped the linkage from operating fully; one new screw and a tap with a fine adjusting tool and the door closed. Taught me a lesson that it is not always the lock at fault.
we have these on our french doors and bottom one gets lots of crap in it and cleaning out every so often, this make multi point seem like its sticking but its not.
I had a job recently where the problem was only 50% lock and 50% hinge. The lock was broken and replaced but the hinges had dropped and was making the lock latch intermitently. After a lot of trial and error I did rectify the problem but have since seen a tool in a catalogue which slides over the hinges and resets their position. Has anyone used these and are they any good?
IF A POLAR BEAR'S SKIN IS BLACK AND IT'S FUR CLEAR, WHY DOES IT LOOK WHITE?
all the locks were unlocked top and bottom but no way was it going to open,tryed mica to slip the latch(cut my hands to shreds doing it),tryed jemmying but didnt want to apply to much force as it had big panes of glass top and bottom,the woman wasnt locked out so i had access to the inside looked at the hinges they were the kind with little grub screws in to stop you taking them off.
