@deviantollam Silly lock question, if you don't mind.
We're re-keying our new house. Every exterior door has both locking knobs plus a deadbolt. Currently some have the same key for both locks.
We're thinking about getting the house knobs keyed alike, the garage entry knobs keyed alike, and then all the deadbolts keyed alike (so 3 keys).
Is it even worth having locking knobs that are differently keyed? I like the option of having locking knobs that I can just walk out and have them locked, but having the extra deadbolt for night or when we're gone. But at a certain point, it seems excessively complicated for (seemingly) little benefit. Just looking for a professional's opinion.
(I did notice that our doors have security hinges, which is both neat, and something I learned from your videos.)
Thanks in advance.
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@jjbaumgartner so part of what I might ask would be: is there merit to having the door handles keyed differently than the deadbolts?
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@jjbaumgartner like, I guess I mean, what is the use case or the argument for the different keys?
Access by a dog walker or house cleaner during the day who would only open the door handle but who you wouldn't want entering if the deadbolt was thrown?
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@deviantollam We don't have any functional reasons for the separate keys (right now, anyway). But I hadn't considered limiting access for other people like that. Seems like a good idea for the future.
Mostly I'm trying to keep it as simple as possible while calming my wife's anxiety. She wants different keys for the house vs garage, but with the present state of having two locks per door (I could always just put plain, unlocking knobs in) she's asking about having them be different between the knobs and deadbolts, too. I'm just not sure about the usefulness in reality. I guess at the end of the day if someone wants to break in, there's plenty of windows (which I will NEVER say to her, or she'll have me up all night guarding the house).
Practically speaking, we'll probably use the door between the garage and the house the most. If we leave the knob locked (we're used to that) and just deadbolt it at night (or trips), that keeps us using one key 99% of the time (plus the garage door opener). It doesn't make the 3 keys seem that complicated, and we have options for giving other people limited access.
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@jjbaumgartner I hear you.
It's something that folk do, yeah, but you could also have a special higher level key that operates both the handles and the deadbolts... while a lower level key operates only the handles.
So you folk carry the higher level key but you could temporarily give other folk the lower level key.
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@deviantollam That's not a bad idea, either.
I'll have to see what my wife thinks of that. Thank you for the ideas and extra stuff to consider.
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@jjbaumgartner Happy to help whenever I can. 😁👍
This video might convey some more details that speak to this topic for you...
https://youtu.be/stMkDo8ZsL0
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