Yeah, just about everyone had one of those Yales in 60s 😆 Our door was on the latch from about 0700 to 2200 - it was like Piccadilly Circus in our house 😂 Happy Days, great video mate 🍻 🍻 CHEERS 🍻 🍻
Thanks for watching mate. Its surprising how many of the traditional nightlatches I see on doors without a mortice lock. Not needed to lock your door in the 60s probably because nobody had anything worth stealing. How times change and not always for the better.
These videos are great Derek! I have always enjoyed seeing the different types of security options that are "normal", depending on where in the world you are located. Here in the US, things are usually so much different than everywhere else. I've seen many locks like this in older houses in my area, but not really ever in anyplace new. Just a standard doorknob and maybe a deadbolt, but not always. That's pretty much normal around here. Many people, don't even use any extra security measures on the inside, to protect themselves and it's surprising how many lock installations including in new homes, are not done correctly, leaving the option to use a card shim attack on them. It's probably due to there being a lack of locksmiths doing these installations. Many contractors don't do this correctly. Not saying they all don't but many don't. I needed locks replaced, in an apartment I once lived in because there was no deadbolt, so I pushed my landlord to get it installed and had to explain to the "professional" contractor, exactly how to install it correctly so it couldn't be shimmed!
Thanks for watching and commenting Adam, I also like history and am surprised how Yale developed locks for different countries but they didnt catch on in their own Country. My understanding in the UK is that Yale bought out already established Lock Manufacturers and just developed these types of locks such as rim locks, mortice and nightlatches. In the UK now on new properties there is some regulations to design out crime and so the builders have to install a certain accreditation of locks/handles.
I think a lot of purple in the US are thinking "WHAT"!!!!!! The good old rim cylinder latch. I drill use some of those in work 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 Internal doors only. Cheers Derek.
The traditional nightlatch is still used on some bedroom doors on houses of multiple occupancy Roy and it complies with fire regs when a keyless egress is required.
Thanks for watching and commenting. My understanding of the fire regs is that the lock on a door should have keyless egress so if in a fire no key is required to open the door. As a locksmith I would suggest to a customer that if they wanted to fit a nightlatch on a apartment door then it should not be deadlocking.
Very interesting Derek, I suppose it makes it harder for the locksmith to use a letterbox tool to overcome the new versions with the double lock feature, but I’m assuming the newer type can be picked out of deadlock unlike the older version?
Thanks for watching Brett. On a lockout situation in order to double lock the nightlatch they must have had the key on the outside so usually have lost keys so I would be replacing the lock anyway so have options to pick or drill depending on the make of rim cylinder or gain entry on another door. We do still get some lockouts on the traditional nightlatch whereby the customer shuts the door with the latch out but snib on and they can be a pain on some internal bedroom doors in homes of multiple occupancy where there is no letterbox. In this situation you need to remove the cylinder by drilling out the retaining screws and then either use a snib mouse which templates where to drill a hole into the nightlatch and open the snib or you have to knock off the nightlatch from the door. (brutal but works)
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Been enjoying your recent video's cheers Derek 👍
Thanks for watching and commenting its appreciated
Yeah, just about everyone had one of those Yales in 60s 😆 Our door was on the latch from about 0700 to 2200 - it was like Piccadilly Circus in our house 😂
Happy Days, great video mate
🍻 🍻 CHEERS 🍻 🍻
Thanks for watching mate. Its surprising how many of the traditional nightlatches I see on doors without a mortice lock. Not needed to lock your door in the 60s probably because nobody had anything worth stealing. How times change and not always for the better.
These videos are great Derek! I have always enjoyed seeing the different types of security options that are "normal", depending on where in the world you are located. Here in the US, things are usually so much different than everywhere else. I've seen many locks like this in older houses in my area, but not really ever in anyplace new. Just a standard doorknob and maybe a deadbolt, but not always. That's pretty much normal around here. Many people, don't even use any extra security measures on the inside, to protect themselves and it's surprising how many lock installations including in new homes, are not done correctly, leaving the option to use a card shim attack on them. It's probably due to there being a lack of locksmiths doing these installations. Many contractors don't do this correctly. Not saying they all don't but many don't. I needed locks replaced, in an apartment I once lived in because there was no deadbolt, so I pushed my landlord to get it installed and had to explain to the "professional" contractor, exactly how to install it correctly so it couldn't be shimmed!
Thanks for watching and commenting Adam, I also like history and am surprised how Yale developed locks for different countries but they didnt catch on in their own Country. My understanding in the UK is that Yale bought out already established Lock Manufacturers and just developed these types of locks such as rim locks, mortice and nightlatches. In the UK now on new properties there is some regulations to design out crime and so the builders have to install a certain accreditation of locks/handles.
I think a lot of purple in the US are thinking "WHAT"!!!!!!
The good old rim cylinder latch. I drill use some of those in work 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 Internal doors only.
Cheers Derek.
The traditional nightlatch is still used on some bedroom doors on houses of multiple occupancy Roy and it complies with fire regs when a keyless egress is required.
Pretty sure fire regulations say you can’t have a dead lock type on a flat door in a block
Thanks for watching and commenting. My understanding of the fire regs is that the lock on a door should have keyless egress so if in a fire no key is required to open the door. As a locksmith I would suggest to a customer that if they wanted to fit a nightlatch on a apartment door then it should not be deadlocking.
Very interesting Derek, I suppose it makes it harder for the locksmith to use a letterbox tool to overcome the new versions with the double lock feature, but I’m assuming the newer type can be picked out of deadlock unlike the older version?
Thanks for watching Brett. On a lockout situation in order to double lock the nightlatch they must have had the key on the outside so usually have lost keys so I would be replacing the lock anyway so have options to pick or drill depending on the make of rim cylinder or gain entry on another door. We do still get some lockouts on the traditional nightlatch whereby the customer shuts the door with the latch out but snib on and they can be a pain on some internal bedroom doors in homes of multiple occupancy where there is no letterbox. In this situation you need to remove the cylinder by drilling out the retaining screws and then either use a snib mouse which templates where to drill a hole into the nightlatch and open the snib or you have to knock off the nightlatch from the door. (brutal but works)