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Jeff Eastman
09-29-2007, 08:36 PM
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Joe Nernberg
09-29-2007, 09:39 PM
Section 1003.3.1.8 of the Uniform Building Code states "Regardless of the occupant load served, exit doors shall be openable from the inside without the use of a key or any special knowledge or effort."

Further, you can see a similar warning on new packages of double-keyed dead bolt locks at your favorite big box store.

Matt Fellman
09-29-2007, 11:53 PM
Section 1003.3.1.8 of the Uniform Building Code states "Regardless of the occupant load served, exit doors shall be openable from the inside without the use of a key or any special knowledge or effort."

Further, you can see a similar warning on new packages of double-keyed dead bolt locks at your favorite big box store.

This one always cracks me up.... you buy a product and it basically tells you not to use it when you get home and open it up. Only in America...

fwiw..... I always call them when I see them

Bruce Breedlove
09-30-2007, 03:30 AM
This one always cracks me up.... you buy a product and it basically tells you not to use it when you get home and open it up. Only in America...


Not really. We aren't the only ones that sell cigarettes.

Rick Hurst
09-30-2007, 09:25 AM
Its like Don't Drink and Drive, yet they don't deliver to your home.

Jerry McCarthy
09-30-2007, 10:17 AM
2006 IBC – 1008.1.8.3 Locks and Latches: (4) Doors from individual dwelling or sleeping units of Group R occupancies having an occupant load of 10 or less are permitted to be equipped with a night latch, dead bolt or security chain, provided such devices are openable from the inside without the use of a key or tool.
The 2007 CBC, to be adopted Jan. 1, 2008, states exactly the same language.

Billy Stephens
09-30-2007, 11:18 AM
Its like Don't Drink and Drive, yet they don't deliver to your home.


The first Drive Thru Liquor Store I ever saw was in TEXAS.:)

Jerry Peck
09-30-2007, 06:39 PM
Is it allowed?

As everyone else has said ...

NO!

william siegel
10-08-2007, 04:24 PM
Take the double keyed doors, security bars on the windows (that do not open), and you have the perfect death trap.

All too often I have see people remove the bars to pass the HUD or FHA inspection, only to put them right back up again once they move in.

Rick Hurst
10-08-2007, 04:56 PM
Another example of why you shouldn't have double-faced dead bolts and bars over doors / windows.

Richard Rushing
10-08-2007, 10:39 PM
Are you sure the double-keyed lock is what you are looking at... it could be a temporary lock installed for HUD homes.

As others have said... they just can't be required to have a key to open from the inside.