Push Button Locks - how good are they and any recommendations?

wazza

I have two front external doors. The outer one is double glazed pvc door while the inner one is a wooden door with a yale lock and a 5 lever lock.

Daughter has been asking for a key to the door. Plan to fit a push button lock to the wooden door and leave the yale and 5 lever lock unlocked. She will have the key to the pvc door. The idea is she will use the key to get through the front door and input a key code to the second door and then be able to enter the property. If she loses the key then whoever finds it (assuming they know it belongs to her) will not be able to get through the second door unless they use force.

Was wondering how good these push button locks are and if anyone has any recommendations.

have found these..

http://www.toolstation.com/shop/Safety+Security/Push+Button+Locks/d200/sd2793

may go for the second one..

Thanks in advance for any replies

1984ReturnsForReal_2

I dont think your insurance company would be too happy about leaving the 5 lever unlocked

1984ReturnsForReal_2

And the problem with these keycode locks is you will never end up changing the code & once she brings a "mate" home they could be in your house just from memory.

wazza

1984ReturnsForReal wrote: »

I dont think your insurance company would be too happy about leaving the 5 lever unlocked

Well the front door has a good lock.

diable

Why can't you just trust your daughter with the keys?

wazza

hmmmm

well she is 14 and will use the key if she is coming home from school.

1984ReturnsForReal_2

wazza wrote: »

Well the front door has a good lock.

You know what lock is on the PVC door?


The PVC door will be left unlocked in the end.

The 2nd door will hardly ever (if ever) have its code changed & everyone is going to end up knowing it.

wazza

1984ReturnsForReal wrote: »

You know what lock is on the PVC door?


The PVC door will be left unlocked in the end.

The 2nd door will hardly ever (if ever) have its code changed & everyone is going to end up knowing it.

I have fitted a cisa anti snap lock to the door and it is always locked. She will have the key to this door.

1984ReturnsForReal_2

wazza wrote: »

I have fitted a cisa anti snap lock to the door and it is always locked. She will have the key to this door.

Ok. Don't know what that is.

I just know most insurance companies want a 5 lever for cover but a cisa anti snap lock may be better in their eyes?


But I am serious about the code. It never gets changed so after a period of people coming & going in with your daughter it is pretty much worthless as a security device.

diable

wazza wrote: »

hmmmm

well she is 14 and will use the key if she is coming home from school.

Once my kids went to secondary school they had their own keys from the age of 11, you need to teach her about responsibility.





And lock the drinks cabinet ;o)))))))

paddyrg

Just worthy of note - those physical pushbutton locks are activated by the depressed numbers, not the correct sequence - therefore a code of 1972 is opened by entering 1279 or 9721 as well - and without any kind of three-strikes lockout, so you just keep trying combo after combo and you're in!

There are some digital versions that also have key fobs, so you can set a real code and have a small plastic proximity button which you can use as a rule, or use the code in case of loss, or temporary codes for guests/cleaners (which you can delete if things go damp). Much less likely to become an open secret, especially if your daughter doesn't know the code to give to her friends ;-)