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Also, some security mechanisms can make your home less safe by making it difficult to escape in the event of a fire. A fireman once told me he’s seen people die
by patentatt 6y ago
Also, some security mechanisms can make your home less safe by making it difficult to escape in the event of a fire. A fireman once told me he’s seen people die in fires because there were security bars over the windows and they couldn’t get out.
- Chirael 6y agoI've thought about that a lot recently as I have a double cylinder deadbolt I want to replace our single cylinder one with, since the door has 3 panes of glass that can be easily smashed allowing the single deadbolt to then be easily opened. Sounds great until you think about a fire situation. I think we're just going to keep an extra key very close by but that solution only works because we don't have kids; I'm not sure I would go with the double cylinder deadbolt if we did. (And yes I know it's against the building code but I also know people regularly do double cylinders on their own personal homes. You'd never do it in a rental, AirBnB or commercial building of course.)