Chain Door Fastener Configuration

May. 29th, 2007 at 11:02 PM

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Settle an argument for us.

Suppose you had a chain door fastener. From the side, the fastener looked like this:

Poll #993778 Chain Door Fastener Configuration

Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All. Participants: 35

How would you fasten this door?

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12(34.3%)

23(65.7%)

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choptliver

May. 30th, 2007 07:33 am (UTC)

I probably would do the top one, but on closer examination, I think the bottom one is a more secure choice.

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bride

May. 30th, 2007 02:33 pm (UTC)

*beam* That's what I think too =)

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concept236

May. 30th, 2007 09:46 am (UTC)

Given only those choices, I would probably secure it as #2 even though it's clearly designed to fit as #1. But my real choice would be to get a new lock, since that chain looks like it would barely hold the door closed in a gust of wind.

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bride

May. 30th, 2007 02:38 pm (UTC)

Hey! I'm glad you finally did get an LJ. I had to turn off anonymous commenting altogether because of spammers =P

Re: door fastener

Yeah, I think these apartment fastener things are for show anyway. =)

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xinit

May. 30th, 2007 10:14 am (UTC)

I'm having trouble differentiating the orientation in the images, but typically you would turn it so the tabs are vertical.

Though, fighting about the effectiveness of those chains is another issue entirely. If someone wanted to get in, the weak point isn't at that end of the chain, regardless of how you fasten it; it's at the bit that fastens to the door frame or wall.

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bride

May. 30th, 2007 02:42 pm (UTC)

The tab is horizontal, it won't slide in if I turn it vertically. =}

We haven't even gotten to fighting about the effectiveness yet. We're just on aesthetics at the moment. XD

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blue_hours_too

May. 30th, 2007 09:57 pm (UTC)

It's meant to be fastened as shown in #1 and makes more sense to me that way. It's to do with resistance.

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compscilin

May. 31st, 2007 04:17 am (UTC)

The only solution I see for this is to experiment. Destructively.

It looks like some other part might fail first though.

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derusto

May. 31st, 2007 04:34 am (UTC)

With the information given I would have to say it looks like both ways are perfectly fine, however I would prefer option 2 if for no other reason than that it seems to fit well. :o

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