Re: Armor Glass on Replacement Windows -- does it work?

All Thumbs <all-thumbs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
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> Jim Yanik wrote:
>>
>> Bad thing about burglar bars is that they often trap the occupants
>> inside if a fire occurs
>
> I've seen on TV a kind of burlgar bars that are like a hinged steel
> gate mounted inside the house. A cable-linked, pedal-operated
> mechanism allows the burglar bars to be unlocked from the inside.

Except that under the stress of a home fire,with the room full of
smoke,crawling around on the floor,they still get trapped.
Or the mechanism is not exercised and freezes up/rusts.
>
> It's not an elegant solution (nor a perfectly safe one -- firefighters
> would still have a hard time breaking in to rescue unconscious
> victims),
> but I think an emergency release of some sort is a must for burglar
> bars.
>



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