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Thanks for your input. We did have a 'night latch' front door on one of our houses and strangely enough this was the only house that we were ever burgled in - fat lot of use it was then. Another house we lived in for over 12 years had a lever both sides system and we were never burgled either...

Aah right, thank you, I think I see what see what you mean now. I do away with the lower outside pad handle and it's spindle completely and in it's place I fit a long spindle and two handles (inside and out) just through the top handle hole. That seems to make sense. Thanks for taking the...

Thanks Gazman16, I have taken the handles, spindles and spring cassettes off and put them back on again and I would be happy to change the parts for new ones but I'm not actually sure that would affect or change the night latch mechanism/function which is what I am trying to stop. The handles...

I have recently moved house and the front door is a upvc type with handles having an offset spindle, lever pad type mechanism. This works as designed and the 'night-latch' facility works as intended. A key can be put into the lock from the inside or the outside. My question is:- can the...