[Build] Items to touch base on with the landlord

[Dr. Jesus]

On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 2:31 PM, Joachim Pedersen<joachimp at gmail.com> wrote:
> Ah ha, if we do get an electric striker plate then we could have a 83c
> keyed external switch that opens the el-striker!

If you have a foot, you can have a kick that opens the gate too :)
Seriously, I wouldn't trust that thing to protect an intern from a
politician, much less electronics from crackheads.

I'm not going to think too much about screwing with the gate until
after we hear back from the landlord about fixing/replacing it.  It
may be that they have some other requirements that we don't know about
yet.  But yes, separating the authentication mechanism from the
locking mechanism is one thing I have in mind.

> When I used to do lock stuff we always got our stuff from Wilco :
> wilcosupply.com‎ on Telegraph near the OAK/BERK border. They have
> _everything_ when it comes to locks. I'm not sure if they are any good
> anymore, but about 4 years ago ~$100 would get you a pretty decent
> Schlage(R) lockset.

For bolt, striker, tumbler, guard, keys, etc?  That sounds kind of
high -- discount builder supply up the street had the light commercial
ANSI 1 model I got for a little over $30 including spool pins.  Are
you talking about something capable of taking more than 2 tons?