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Old 03-05-2007, 09:18 AM
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A friend was burgled last night while they slept, they got in through a convervatory door lock.

Something was in the daily mail regarding flaws in these locks recently ive been told???

Anyone know anything about this?
Old 03-05-2007, 10:01 AM
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the monkeys that hung the doors on our conservatory had put the grub screws that hold the hinge pins on the outside, so all you had to do was come along with an allen key and remove them and knock the hinge pins out and lift off the doors

luckily, i noticed and have changed them
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aha, the article was the 'bump' method

http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/a...ses/article.do

and how to...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwTVB...elated&search=

time to buy some more locks!
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