Installing electronic door lock?

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Seriously, though - the biometric schlage deadbolts are okay, but I'd just knock the main door-knob of with a ball-peen  or better,a light sledge. Or, better yet, kick the door in.
However, since this is your brother, he can just ring the doorbell.
Meanwhile, you'd be out of hundreds of $$$ for nothing.
This being a necromanced thread, I'm sure that you are well aware of that now.

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Bat AIDS Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List V.I.P. Member Joined: June 15 2020 Status: Offline Points: 100	Post Options Post Reply Quote Bat AIDS Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Installing electronic door lock? Posted: June 18 2020 at 5:47pm
	Seriously, though - the biometric schlage deadbolts are okay, but I'd just knock the main door-knob of with a ball-peen or better,a light sledge. Or, better yet, kick the door in. However, since this is your brother, he can just ring the doorbell. Meanwhile, you'd be out of hundreds of $$$ for nothing. This being a necromanced thread, I'm sure that you are well aware of that now.

jacslater Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Experienced Member Joined: June 17 2020 Location: Abilene Status: Offline Points: 10	Post Options Post Reply Quote jacslater Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: June 17 2020 at 6:02pm
	Have you tried calling a locksmith to do it? I got annoying family members as well who just enter my house when I am not at my other house. I called a locksmith when the virus was just hitting on Asia. Got it installed with new locks and a security system to prevent anyone from going in. Especially in this pandemic where you don't know who has the virus.

KiminNM Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List V.I.P. Member Joined: January 22 2020 Location: NM Status: Offline Points: 6605	Post Options Post Reply Quote KiminNM Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: March 06 2020 at 7:10am
	I spent some time thinking about this, and have to agree with KiwiMum. My folks are extremely active socially, complete extroverts. This won't change their activities at all. They're in good health, but both in their early 80's and have what would be written off as a 'previous medical condition'. And they'll continue life as normal. Even if/when I point out that their activities put me at a higher risk if I break SIP to see them. And there's nothing I can do about it, other than make my own choice about what affects me. As much as we want to, we can't control what others do. :-(

KiwiMum Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Chief Moderator Joined: May 29 2013 Status: Offline Points: 29670	Post Options Post Reply Quote KiwiMum Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: March 05 2020 at 10:44pm
	But surely if his code doesn't work then he'll just knock on the door and your parents will open it? Tell him straight out of the risks and tell him not to visit. How do your parents feel about this? Maybe they want him to visit? Ask them and respect their wishes, they are adults after all.
	Those who got it wrong, for whatever reason, may feel defensive and retrench into a position that doesn’t accord with the facts.

AndyP Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List V.I.P. Member Joined: February 25 2020 Location: Virginia Status: Offline Points: 420	Post Options Post Reply Quote AndyP Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: March 05 2020 at 5:12pm
	Not sure if this is a crazy idea or not.. I've been trying to figure out how to keep my brother from visiting my parents and passing the virus on to them. I see Home Depot sells an electronic door lock that has 10 programmable codes. I was thinking I could "upgrade" the locks that they've had for a while. Then when the pandemic hits, disable my brother's code. I mean, I would tell him not to come here also. But this would be another layer, just in case he gets an urge to come here to pick something up, etc.