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Halcyon:

--- Quote from: PlainName on February 18, 2023, 11:46:30 am ---It's unauthorized. That's enough - the means isn't important.

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Correct. Any decent insurer won't be bothered by the quality of the lock. As long as the dwelling is "capable of being locked up" and you took reasonable care to protect your home and contents against loss or damage. Even personal contents that are located "within the open air" of your property are generally covered, even if they weren't secured.

Of course each insurer/policy is different and some limits do apply. Take the time to actually read the policy you purchased.

5U4GB:

--- Quote from: strawberry on February 15, 2023, 09:37:45 pm ---LockPickingLawyer video

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In defence of any locks LPL goes after, any lock that can hold him up for more than about a minute will be almost impregnable to a normal human.  In one video he picks a BiLock in something like four minutes, which I thought would be an impossible feat.

TimFox:

--- Quote from: HobGoblyn on February 17, 2023, 10:46:44 pm ---
--- Quote from: Haenk on February 16, 2023, 08:24:23 am ---
My front door is reinforced, drill safe lock and cover plate, the whole door is locking itself into the frame at 20 points or so. Sounds great, but is pointless, since all the other doors around the house probably just require one kick to be opened. Fortunately, theft and intrusion are really rare here, so it's not even a risk to leave your car or bike unlocked.

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My concern if all my windows or doors were as secure as your front one, what if there’s an emergency, say a fire and I’m passed out and fire brigade can’t easily break the door down.

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A few years ago, my elderly neighbor passed out on the floor behind his locked door, and neither I nor his other neighbor had a key.
I called 911 when I saw him through the window.
The Chicago Fire Department ambulance crew arrived promptly, and they had a good tool that opened his door without doing permanent damage.

5U4GB:

--- Quote from: HobGoblyn on February 17, 2023, 10:46:44 pm ---My concern if all my windows or doors were as secure as your front one, what if there’s an emergency, say a fire and I’m passed out and fire brigade can’t easily break the door down.

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It's not even that, if they're inside the house with smoke filling the corridors and impeding movement and the ability to breathe there's almost no way they'll be able to get out, and by the time the fire brigade arrives it could be too late.  We have an elderly neighbour whose house is a fortress, locking screens on all the windows, multiple locks on the doors, locks on internal doors, you'd think she was living in Johannesburg or something.  Just trying to get through there while looking after the house for her, with all the necessary keys at hand, can take several minutes.  If there's ever a fire there's pretty much no way she'll get out of there... we haven't been able to convince her that the ability to get out in an emergency vastly outweighs any danger in the essentially zero-crime area she lives in.

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