Front door with only a thumbturn

[gregbbb]

Hello all

I'm just arranging for a new Solidor front door which has a long bar handle on the outside front. The plan was to have the same bar on the inside of the door but as the door will open flush against a wall, I'm conscious the bar will prevent the door from opening completely.

The suggestion is to do away with the bar on the inside of the door and go with just the thumbturn.

Would it be easy to open the door with just a thumbturn?

Cheers

Greg

 

[EddieM]

Doubt it, it probably has multi point locking, which requires the handle.

 

[gregbbb]

No, I believe the bar handle is more cosmetic. It's just used to pull the door. The actual thumbturn does the locking.

I may be wrong though but it's not the traditional handle you pull up to engage the multipoint locks, it's just a single fixed vertical bar.

 

[EddieM]

Suppose the best would be to contact Solidor

 

[crank39]

Doubt it, it probably has multi point locking, which requires the handle.

If it has an AV2 locking mech then all the hooks and latch are operated by the thumbturn, they have to be Eddie as the pole handle outside is just that, its fixed and doesn't operate the mech, you open the door with a great big chunky key, for what its worth I have the same install and I always still pull my thumbturn despite having a pole handle inside, there is some slight resistance as the door rubs on the monkey fur draught excluder but can be overcome

 

[EddieM]

ok, fair enough.

 

[Ian H]

I have a Solidor with that lock. It’s easy to use with just the key.

 

[gregbbb]

I have a Solidor with that lock. It’s easy to use with just the key.

Thanks. Do you mean opening the door from the inside using just the thumb lock?

 

[Ian H]

Yes, going in or out is easy. We have knobs in and out put only use the outside one to pull it closed.

 

[foxhole]

Can they build in a recessed handle if space outside is limited?

 

[crank39]

It would all depend on the slab, if a manufacturer makes one then I can't see any reason not to put a pull knob in there but I haven't seen that slab yet