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My house has a sliding glass door as the main entrance and I need a solution to have it secure from tiny hands. My problem is it needs to be able to unlock and lock on both sides of the door so a pin drop or cross bar won’t work.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Not being able to exit your home in an emergency without a key is a serious safety problem. In most places it is not permitted.

International Residential Code R311.4.4 “All egress doors shall be readily openable from the side from which egress is to be made without the use of a key or special knowledge or effort”. Most local codes are derived from this.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago (2 children)

they asked for advice on a door to protect a child, not a lesson on municipal code. go out there and fix it yourself.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

This comment feels needlessly hostile.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

i'm sorry that I was too aggressive. I still feel that a lot of commenters were throwing shade where it didn't belong.