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russotto · 04-15-2005, 01:23 PM

Lesson 1: Double-cylinder deadlocks suck. (also are illegal on residences in many areas, for obvious reasons)

Lesson 2: Don't use builder grade Kwikpick or Schlage F locks if you want any sort of security against surreptitious entry.
(but note if you use Medeco or another high-security brand, you're just about screaming "SOMETHING GOOD HERE TO STEAL" to the local criminal community)

As a latchkey kid who sometimes forgot his key, I used all sorts of methods to get in. Most adventurous was going through the laundry room window, on the second floor from the ground, using a ladder taken from the (unlocked) garage. There was a fan in the window, which I successfully knocked inside the house. Unfortunately in doing so I knocked the ladder out from under me. I was pretty much committed to climbing in at that point.

04-15-2005, 01:23 PM	#6
russotto Professor Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,788	Lesson 1: Double-cylinder deadlocks suck. (also are illegal on residences in many areas, for obvious reasons) Lesson 2: Don't use builder grade Kwikpick or Schlage F locks if you want any sort of security against surreptitious entry. (but note if you use Medeco or another high-security brand, you're just about screaming "SOMETHING GOOD HERE TO STEAL" to the local criminal community) As a latchkey kid who sometimes forgot his key, I used all sorts of methods to get in. Most adventurous was going through the laundry room window, on the second floor from the ground, using a ladder taken from the (unlocked) garage. There was a fan in the window, which I successfully knocked inside the house. Unfortunately in doing so I knocked the ladder out from under me. I was pretty much committed to climbing in at that point.