Today’s Fixed-it Friday photo has been languishing in my file for a while…it was sent by Angelo Pioli of Hardware Tech Inc. and shows an attempt at solving the problem of a non-ADA-compliant thumbturn in a veterans’ home. The locks have since been replaced with Schlage mortise locks with thumbturns that can be operated without tight grasping, pinching, or twisting of the wrist – as required by the codes and standards (the L9000 series now has 2 options for accessible thumbturns).
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Is that a serving utensil handle? Would it not melt away quickly in fire?
Yes, but does the L9000 have an option so the cat can unlock the door in a real emergency, like the one in the photo?
Hmmm…that’s an idea for the innovation suggestion box! 🙂
– Lori
Well, this explains where Mr.Thornwhistle’s’s belt went and why his bathrobe keeps flapping open at the most inappropriate times.
😀
Have you given up on doing your recap of you daily emails which you did on Fridays
Hi Steve –
The company went to a new system and something went wrong with the Friday emails. 🙁
I will remind I.T. about the problem.
– Lori
When a little will do, humans seem to naturally go to the extreme!
GMS now makes an ADA compliant Mortice Thumbturn. I have been using it for upgrades especially in Glass Aluminum Store Front doors
If this is like most mortise locks I’ve seen, you’d throw the deadbolt by turning the giant thumbturn to horizontal. At this point, if you want to exit by turning the lever, you’ve suddenly increased the amount of force required to exit, since you now have to overcome the weight of that thing as it turns back to vertical.
is that an American Flag chunk??
That was my first thought, but I don’t think so.
There are at least 15 stars visible in the fabric strip.
true.