Posted by Sacha on March 21, 2011, 6:34 pm
I'm hoping someone here can help me. I'm trying to find a bolt that
can be fitted at the top of a door but which can be slid open from
either side of the door. IOW, it's to keep small children on one side
of the door, while allowing adults to get through the door, too, from
either side! It would be a bit like one of those sliding bolts they
used to have in lavatories but would work from both sides of the door!
I'm almost sure I've seen something of the sort in the past but am not
certain. If I didn't, consider this to be a patent application!!
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Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon
Posted by 'Mike' on March 21, 2011, 6:41 pm
> I'm hoping someone here can help me. I'm trying to find a bolt that can
> be fitted at the top of a door but which can be slid open from either side
> of the door. IOW, it's to keep small children on one side of the door,
> while allowing adults to get through the door, too, from either side! It
> would be a bit like one of those sliding bolts they used to have in
> lavatories but would work from both sides of the door! I'm almost sure
> I've seen something of the sort in the past but am not certain. If I
> didn't, consider this to be a patent application!!
> --
> Sacha
> www.hillhousenursery.com
> South Devon
Anything wrong with fitting one of these higher up and out of reach?
http://www.wickes.co.uk/tubular-mortice-latch/invt/159299/?source 3_4
Mike
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Don't take life too seriously, you'll never get out alive
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Posted by rbel on March 22, 2011, 3:08 pm
> I'm hoping someone here can help me. I'm trying to find a bolt that can
> be fitted at the top of a door but which can be slid open from either
> side of the door. IOW, it's to keep small children on one side of the
> door, while allowing adults to get through the door, too, from either
> side! It would be a bit like one of those sliding bolts they used to
> have in lavatories but would work from both sides of the door! I'm
> almost sure I've seen something of the sort in the past but am not
> certain. If I didn't, consider this to be a patent application!!
Suggest that you have a look in http://www.ironmongerydirect.co.uk/ If
there is such a thing as you describe (other than a rack bolt which would
require a key to be available on either side of the door) they are more
likely to have it in stock than anyone else I can think of.
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rbel
Posted by Sacha on March 22, 2011, 6:38 pm
>
>> I'm hoping someone here can help me. I'm trying to find a bolt that
>> can be fitted at the top of a door but which can be slid open from
>> either side of the door. IOW, it's to keep small children on one side
>> of the door, while allowing adults to get through the door, too, from
>> either side! It would be a bit like one of those sliding bolts they
>> used to have in lavatories but would work from both sides of the door!
>> I'm almost sure I've seen something of the sort in the past but am
>> not certain. If I didn't, consider this to be a patent application!!
>
> Suggest that you have a look in http://www.ironmongerydirect.co.uk/ If
> there is such a thing as you describe (other than a rack bolt which
> would require a key to be available on either side of the door) they
> are more likely to have it in stock than anyone else I can think of.
Thanks. I'll ask our local ironmonger and see if they can come up with
anything. And no, we don't want something with a key either side of
the door - certain to get lost, pocketed, dropped etc.
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Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon
Posted by 'Mike' on March 22, 2011, 3:53 pm
> I'm hoping someone here can help me. I'm trying to find a bolt that
> can be fitted at the top of a door but which can be slid open from
> either side of the door. IOW, it's to keep small children on one side
> of the door, while allowing adults to get through the door, too, from
> either side! It would be a bit like one of those sliding bolts they
> used to have in lavatories but would work from both sides of the door!
> I'm almost sure I've seen something of the sort in the past but am not
> certain. If I didn't, consider this to be a patent application!!
> --
> Sachawww.hillhousenursery.com
> South Devon
Just fit a standard door catch too high for them to reach.
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As I said in an earlier posting ........
"""Anything wrong with fitting one of these higher up and out of reach?
http://www.wickes.co.uk/tubular-mortice-latch/invt/159299/?source 3_4
Mike
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Don't take life too seriously, you'll never get out alive
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> be fitted at the top of a door but which can be slid open from either side
> of the door. IOW, it's to keep small children on one side of the door,
> while allowing adults to get through the door, too, from either side! It
> would be a bit like one of those sliding bolts they used to have in
> lavatories but would work from both sides of the door! I'm almost sure
> I've seen something of the sort in the past but am not certain. If I
> didn't, consider this to be a patent application!!
> --
> Sacha
> www.hillhousenursery.com
> South Devon