bvernon-clinch

Hi Tom, That's really helpful - I didn't know such a thing existed. This should solve the problem. Thanks, Becky

Hello, We have a fire exit door with a push bar which is the main door for our offices. This door is also controlled by a keypad enabling access to staff, and visitors can be buzzed in. To complicate matters, we also then have a second fire exit door which doesn't have any security, but is the final fire exit door as this leads outside. This door doesn't have a bolt or catch, and can be pushed and pulled open freely. Between these two doors is a very small lobby area which we encourage the general public to enter to help themselves to free leaflets. When the office is unoccupied, we lock this final door using a chubb key. We would like to be able to lock the final door during lunchtimes so that the general public are unable to access the lobby. We thought that one solution might be installing a small catch which can be opened/released and closed from the inside. In an emergency, the first fire exit door can be pushed open with the bar, and the final door would either be open or temporarily closed by the catch. Please can you advise whether this is legal, or if there might be some other way of resolving this problem. Thanks, Becky