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You mean a porch with a porch door? No need for a fancy name like "airlock" ;)

by chrisper 9y ago

majewsky 9y ago
How does a porch look on an apartment (building), then?
- Kluny 9y ago
  Lots of apartments already have airlocks.
- send_computers 9y ago
  Very similar to an airlock
- BoorishBears 9y ago
  Lots of options. My apartment and several in the area, have a concierge, and they’ll act as a “porch” and even deliver it to your door later in the day Some apartments have mail rooms, some with automated entry based on if you have a package or not It’s largely a solved problem
  - ThomPete 9y ago
    Not on manhattan. There are a lot of issues in older building complexes as they werent build for the amount of deliveries we see today.
    - cat199 9y ago
      probably had more deliveries: dairy man mailman seltzer water man whomever else delivered stuff man but, they also probably had someone at home all day.
      - ThomPete 9y ago
        It's a real problem. People getting giant boxes, rooms not being big enough. Delivery is very different than it used to be.
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- FranOntanaya 9y ago
  A standard little lobby where people leave their shoes and whatnot, except normally the inner door doesn't have its own lock.
  - pythonaut_16 9y ago
    That was the main thing I was thinking of. Even on homes that currently have this, or a mudroom, normally the inner door is not secured or strong in anyway. I also think having a general unlocked mail or package slot is problematic these days, as bad actors could use that to insert all kinds of nefarious and damaging items into your home.
- shagie 9y ago
  For apartments, amazon has a different approach. https://thehub.amazon.com/home https://thehub.amazon.com/home
wiredfool 9y ago
We call that sort of thing a catlock.
- morganvachon 9y ago
  Indeed, we've been planning to screen in our front porch for a while just so we have some security when opening the front door while the cats are on that side of the house. It would also provide some security by obscurity for any packages we get; according to UPS, right now I've got three packages totaling about $500 of equipment sitting on my front porch in plain view to anyone going past the house. Thankfully the house sits nearly half an acre off the main road, with no sidewalk and in a semi-rural area. Still, Murphy's law dictates that today will be the first time I have a package stolen. I'll find out when I get home in a few hours, I guess. (My regular UPS guy normally doesn't deliver to me until after 6pm, he knows my schedule and it lines up well with his driving route most of the time. I'm guessing this is a new driver, or else a really light day for my regular guy.)

You mean a porch with a porch door? No need for a fancy name like "airlock" ;)

majewsky 9y ago

How does a porch look on an apartment (building), then?

Kluny 9y ago
Lots of apartments already have airlocks.
send_computers 9y ago
Very similar to an airlock
BoorishBears 9y ago
Lots of options. My apartment and several in the area, have a concierge, and they’ll act as a “porch” and even deliver it to your door later in the day Some apartments have mail rooms, some with automated entry based on if you have a package or not It’s largely a solved problem
- ThomPete 9y ago
  Not on manhattan. There are a lot of issues in older building complexes as they werent build for the amount of deliveries we see today.
  - cat199 9y ago
    probably had more deliveries: dairy man mailman seltzer water man whomever else delivered stuff man but, they also probably had someone at home all day.
    - ThomPete 9y ago
      It's a real problem. People getting giant boxes, rooms not being big enough. Delivery is very different than it used to be.
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FranOntanaya 9y ago
A standard little lobby where people leave their shoes and whatnot, except normally the inner door doesn't have its own lock.
- pythonaut_16 9y ago
  That was the main thing I was thinking of. Even on homes that currently have this, or a mudroom, normally the inner door is not secured or strong in anyway. I also think having a general unlocked mail or package slot is problematic these days, as bad actors could use that to insert all kinds of nefarious and damaging items into your home.
shagie 9y ago
For apartments, amazon has a different approach. https://thehub.amazon.com/home https://thehub.amazon.com/home

wiredfool 9y ago

We call that sort of thing a catlock.

morganvachon 9y ago
Indeed, we've been planning to screen in our front porch for a while just so we have some security when opening the front door while the cats are on that side of the house. It would also provide some security by obscurity for any packages we get; according to UPS, right now I've got three packages totaling about $500 of equipment sitting on my front porch in plain view to anyone going past the house. Thankfully the house sits nearly half an acre off the main road, with no sidewalk and in a semi-rural area. Still, Murphy's law dictates that today will be the first time I have a package stolen. I'll find out when I get home in a few hours, I guess. (My regular UPS guy normally doesn't deliver to me until after 6pm, he knows my schedule and it lines up well with his driving route most of the time. I'm guessing this is a new driver, or else a really light day for my regular guy.)