Monday, August 26, 2013

An Essential Intro To Scandinavian Exit Door Locks & Handles

By Pierre Fontaine


If you want to make a distinctive statement or strengthen the beauty of a home's exterior look then French doors would be the well-liked approach to go. Some people make a decision to install French doors within the interior of their property and use them to give access to a dining or living room.

The best approach to place French doors would be to have them overlooking a beautiful garden, greenery or any glorious landscape. You may have noticed that in home decor magazines too the positioning of French doors is often such that they open to lush greenery.

The importance of acquiring excellent high quality locks and handles for your French doors can not be underestimated. While French doors can be a charming addition to any interior living room, kitchen, patio or even bedroom, the truth that French door panels are created predominantly of glass makes them much more vulnerable to breakage than ordinary wooden or metal doors.

For this reason it truly is imperative, that in addition to purchasing French doors created from sturdy shatter proof glass, you invest in good locks & handles for your doors. In many cases, insurance companies will raise their annual premium on a house that has French doors and the only way of mitigating these costs at least slightly is to invest in a great set of locks for your French doors.

And if you still don't do so then be prepared to get a massive cut in compensation from the insurance company when you put up a claim due to any break-in thanks to the French doors.

Generally, there are no hard and fast rules as to what constitutes an acceptable color for you French door handle, and provided you are happy with the color that should be the only thing that matters.

Different suppliers of French door locks and handles supply different colors although industry standards offer normally provide a choice of three colors: White, gold or silver.

The throw bars of the door locks are of immense significance and should be considered at the time of buying. Check their thickness and length to gauge their strength. As French doors are created of glass that can easily be broken if throw bar mechanism is not there. This mechanism adds strength to the glass and provides protection form breakage till a particular throw length.

Nevertheless, there are French doors with extra wide skirting which can allow for the maximum length of throw bar on the French door lock.




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