Household Security |
Common terms and phrases
alarm system aluminium battery bell braced door British Standards Institution caller casement fastener casement stay casement windows chip pan conduit connected consumer unit control unit cover cylinder deadbolt deadlocking Door contact door frame door is closed double-pole wiring drilled electrical ensure equipment final exit door fire fixed floor flush door flush-fitting contact foil four-core cable front door fuse fuseways hole householder inserted inside installed interior doors intruder junction box key is turned latch ledged and braced levers light locking bar locking devices magnetic contacts metal method mortise lock mortise rack-bolt muntins necessary nightlatch occupant open circuit operated padlocking bolt pin tumbler pin tumbler lock position possible precautions premises pressure mats prevent protected putty reed switch removed replace rim lock ring ring circuit sash windows sheet glass sliding patio doors sliding window smoke detectors staple steel time-switch type of lock under-floor safe vertical wall safe window lock