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I took today's Fixed-it Friday photos at a children's hospital in California, where locks with visual indicators have been installed to help staff ensure the lock status during a lockdown.

FF: Another Indicator in the Wild

I took today’s Fixed-it Friday photos at a children’s hospital in California, where locks with visual indicators have been installed to help staff ensure the lock status during a lockdown.

This is an important post, and I would appreciate your comments to help ensure that indicators for locks and panic hardware continue to be an option for classrooms, restrooms, and other spaces.

Lock Indicators: Special Knowledge or Common Knowledge?

This is an important post, and I would appreciate your comments to help ensure that indicators for locks and panic hardware continue to be an option for classrooms, restrooms, and other spaces.

William Rudd sent me today's Wordless Wednesday photos, taken in a train station. As shown in the first photo, both doors are marked as exits, but it looks like one has been taken out of service.

WW: All Aboard! (if you can get out)

William Rudd sent me today’s Wordless Wednesday photos, taken in a train station. As shown in the first photo, both doors are marked as exits, but it looks like one has been taken out of service.

In this Decoded article for the next issue of Door Security + Safety Magazine, I answered several frequently asked questions that apply to electromagnetic locks.

Decoded: Applications for Electromagnetic Locks

In this Decoded article for the next issue of Door Security + Safety Magazine, I answered several frequently asked questions that apply to electromagnetic locks.

Do you have questions about security glazing vs. ballistic glazing? (I do!) David Vermeulen of Technical Glass Products breaks it down in this article.

Security and Ballistic Glass: How are they different and which is better?

Do you have questions about security glazing vs. ballistic glazing? (I do!) David Vermeulen of Technical Glass Products breaks it down in this article.

Michael Nicasio sent me today's Fixed-it Friday photos and I have to say...I have never seen a mid-rail constructed this way. How about you?

FF: “Mid-Rail”

Michael Nicasio sent me today’s Fixed-it Friday photos and I have to say…I have never seen a mid-rail constructed this way. How about you?

What are the options when a fire door assembly is too difficult for an assisted living resident to open? I'd love to hear your ideas, but I'm also looking for some help with one particular application.

I need some help. (And you could win!)

What are the options when a fire door assembly is too difficult for an assisted living resident to open? I’d love to hear your ideas, but I’m also looking for some help with one particular application.

I always recommend rim panics and a removable mullion for exterior doors with panic hardware, to avoid situations like the one show in today's Wordless Wednesday photos.

WW: Lift in Case of Emergency

I always recommend rim panics and a removable mullion for exterior doors with panic hardware, to avoid situations like the one show in today’s Wordless Wednesday photos.

When I wrote a post about fire doors without closers last year, I really didn't think that the code change proposal would be approved. Unfortunately, a new exception will be included in the 2027 IBC.

FS65-24: Fire Doors Without Closers

When I wrote a post about fire doors without closers last year, I really didn’t think that the code change proposal would be approved. Unfortunately, a new exception will be included in the 2027 IBC.

Would a surface mounted automatic door bottom with a sloped top be permitted by the accessibility standards? Could this application be allowed by the AHJ as an equivalency?

QQ/WWYD? Auto Door Bottoms

Would a surface mounted automatic door bottom with a sloped top be permitted by the accessibility standards? Could this application be allowed by the AHJ as an equivalency?

Last week I realized that a zoo is one of the few types of projects that I have never written a hardware specification for, which is kind of a shame because zoos have some cool applications!

FF: A Day at the Zoo

Last week I realized that a zoo is one of the few types of projects that I have never written a hardware specification for, which is kind of a shame because zoos have some cool applications!

The other day I posted some photos I took in an office building on a recent training trip, and asked if anyone could identify the code issue - or maybe I was just seeing things?

Recessed Doors Revisited

The other day I posted some photos I took in an office building on a recent training trip, and asked if anyone could identify the code issue – or maybe I was just seeing things?