John Ziebron
09-02-2016, 8:31 PM
A couple of years ago when I moved into my current house one of the first things I did was change the door locks. The home had all round knobs and I like the lever style, especially for the door coming into the house from the attached garage. This door opens into the house and it is much easier to press down on a lever and push the door open when you have an armful of groceries or whatever.
I have an 8 year old German Shepherd that loves to go with me in the van. Unfortunately, a lot of our summer days this year have been way too hot to take him if he has to be left in the vehicle for any amount of time. Whether I take him or not, when I leave I do not lock this garage to house door as the main garage sectional door is always closed.
Well a couple of months ago coming home and opening the big door I was greeted by my shepherd on the driveway. He managed to push the lever down (probably easy with his big front paws) and then pulled the door open. Just luck I thought at the time. But then it happened again a couple of weeks later. So I started locking this door when I left.
But I figured there should be a solution to this problem, so after a few days of pondering I had it. A simple, yet elegant idea. I bought another lockset, same manufacturer, that had round knobs. Since the lever handle is mostly useful to me on the garage side I put a round knob only on the house side. This worked well and he has not been able to open this door again. Then one day I came home and saw this:
I have an 8 year old German Shepherd that loves to go with me in the van. Unfortunately, a lot of our summer days this year have been way too hot to take him if he has to be left in the vehicle for any amount of time. Whether I take him or not, when I leave I do not lock this garage to house door as the main garage sectional door is always closed.
Well a couple of months ago coming home and opening the big door I was greeted by my shepherd on the driveway. He managed to push the lever down (probably easy with his big front paws) and then pulled the door open. Just luck I thought at the time. But then it happened again a couple of weeks later. So I started locking this door when I left.
But I figured there should be a solution to this problem, so after a few days of pondering I had it. A simple, yet elegant idea. I bought another lockset, same manufacturer, that had round knobs. Since the lever handle is mostly useful to me on the garage side I put a round knob only on the house side. This worked well and he has not been able to open this door again. Then one day I came home and saw this: