[Cali Panthers Fan]

Originally Posted by DoubleF

For the door thing and preventing a little one from opening the door, I don't know if others are running into the same issues and like me didn't find a solution that seemed to make sense, but I'll share a solution I tossed together.

I have levers in my home and my little guy learned to open them soon after he started walking. There are seriously poor options for child proofing door levers. Those swinging plastic pieces of crap are ugly and look like they could potentially jam and you'd have issues getting into the room which would be a terrifying scenario. I also want it to look nice and those plastic things look like pixelated slingshots. I saw many front doors that have knob/lever/pinch combinations and thought, "Why not for bed rooms as my little guy can't open knobs yet?". Unfortunately, I could not find a product like this, so I decided to hack my own. On the outside it'll be a nice looking lever, on the inside it'll be a knob with those child proof things that are hard to open without significant adult level gripping force.

I did some boxing day shopping and acquired, then combined two Schlage F40 locks (privacy button lock knob and lever) and it looks like it's working great. (The Schlage F10 knob and levers are without a privacy lock if any of your prefer that.) I specifically chose these because it seems like Schlage is high quality and their products are very well standardized. The internal workings/hardware is the same as long as the hardware code is the same as far as I can tell. To me, I hope this means significantly less risk of the door knob/lever seizing due to incompatible hardware. The components look identical to me and I made sure to look at over a dozen other internal workings of Schlage and other branded knobs/levers before I felt confident in saying that. The hallway side stays a lever to keep the aesthetic of the home, the room itself has a knob which is more practical and easier to child proof.
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I swear by the door monkey. Literally takes one second to put it on or remove it. Works perfectly. You can put it as high as you want so you can get in and out but your child can't.



https://www.amazon.com/DOOR-MONKEY-D...45845900&psc=1