Timeline for What do you call the behaviour of "locking a door so that it cannot be opened inside without a key"?
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| Apr 12 at 5:58 | answer | added | Aristocratic Jack | timeline score: 0 | |
| Feb 2, 2018 at 5:44 | vote | accept | Frederick Zhang | ||
| Jan 30, 2018 at 8:08 | history | edited | Frederick Zhang | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jan 28, 2018 at 14:52 | history | edited | David | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jan 28, 2018 at 4:25 | comment | added | Ron Maupin | @1006a, I deal a lot with network cabling, and just like that, it depends on the AHJ (Authority Having Jurisdiction). Some places don't want you to have single-cylinder deadbolts that are accessible from a broken window, Always, always check with the AHJ about what is necessary. | |
| Jan 28, 2018 at 4:20 | comment | added | 1006a | @RonMaupin That's why I included the bit about Home Improvement SE and "how universal" the rule is--I'd guess very few building codes are 100% standard, but I think this one is pretty widespread. | |
| Jan 28, 2018 at 2:53 | comment | added | Ron Maupin | @1006a "at least in the US, is that it's actually illegal (well, against code) to have a house lock that requires a key to get out." That is not necessaily true. In fact, some jurisdictions require that if a lock is withing 48" of glass that can be broken. I live in such a place (Dallas, TX), and I have what are called double-cylinder deadbolt locks. They require a key to unlock from the inside. The door to the garage does not have this (only a regular deadbolt lock), but the outside doors have double-cylinder deadbolt locks that require a key to get out. | |
| Jan 27, 2018 at 19:50 | answer | added | Bavi_H | timeline score: 14 | |
| Jan 27, 2018 at 19:32 | comment | added | 1006a | One reason this term might not be well-known to modern speakers, at least in the US, is that it's actually illegal (well, against code) to have a house lock that requires a key to get out. That's a relatively recent rule (a couple of decades, maybe; the folks on Home Improvement would have a better idea how recent, and how universal the standard is), meant to prevent people from dying in house fires just inside their front door because they can't find the key. So no new construction or any age of rental will have that kind of lock, and even most older owner-occupied homes have been upgraded. | |
| Jan 27, 2018 at 16:46 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackEnglish/status/957293767698124802 | ||
| Jan 27, 2018 at 16:42 | comment | added | Jenn D. | Though I wouldn't necessarily assume that your friend knows the specialized wording for this action; I'm fairly mechanically-inclined and I have a decent vocabulary, but I had never come across this situation or wording. You might be teaching your friend an English term (I certainly just learned one)! :) | |
| Jan 27, 2018 at 14:00 | comment | added | Nigel J | It is known, as both answers below indicate, as either 'double-locking' or 'dead-locking'. In my trade, security, they are both common (in the UK). | |
| Jan 27, 2018 at 12:02 | answer | added | Edwin Ashworth | timeline score: 9 | |
| Jan 27, 2018 at 11:32 | answer | added | WS2 | timeline score: 12 | |
| Jan 27, 2018 at 11:16 | history | edited | Laurel♦ | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jan 27, 2018 at 11:15 | comment | added | Frederick Zhang | @Laurel Hmm... For instance, how do I say "Hey, buddy, could you please avoid the_word-ing so that I can still open it directly from inside?" | |
| Jan 27, 2018 at 11:12 | comment | added | Laurel♦ | Do you have an example sentence? | |
| Jan 27, 2018 at 11:07 | history | asked | Frederick Zhang | CC BY-SA 3.0 |