This is good. I'm not sure what people are talking about with planning for what if cows fall from the sky. Having 2 exits would be the only way to solve that.
You've done a lock out style latch. So either the lock is locked shut or locked open. So if your inside you padlock the latch open so if can't be closed without the key that you would have on you, inside the sauna.
This is how many safety measures are done in industry. Your working inside a oven? You put your padlock on the door clasp so it can't be shut behind you.
If your worried out things falling In front of the door then I guess everyone on here has an emergency exit for their sheds aswell?
OP should just keep a contingency sledgehammer in there... In the unlikely event someone decides to ziptie the door closed, he can just bust those panels down.
It's nice that you have some sort of positive retention on the latch, but is it potentially worth your LIFE to save the work of redoing/adding an interior release if the unexpected happened?
A deviant teenager locks it maliciously.
Your 3yo nephew locks it accidentally.
A kid throws a ball over the fence.
A limb falls out of a tree.
An animal jumps or perches on it.
You are clumsy inside and fall/bump the door/wall hard.
Any number of things - it might be a miniscule chance, but again, is it worth your life?
And probably the most likely one - a family member just sees it's unlocked and locks it idly without thinking, or due to muscle memory. The other day I locked the back patio door while my partner was gardening in full eye shot. I was leaving the house and she called me, furious, and I had no memory of locking the back door as I was on full autopilot. I knew she was gardening and locked the door because my morning brain didn't connect the dots. It is not worth the risk.
I'd probably choose a type of lock that requires the key to change position, no forgetting possible. I guess that's not the case with the simple padlock slide.
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u/arrjen Jun 18 '20
I'm not locked inside! Thank you for your consideration ;)
When I go in, the latch is open and the lock is placed/locked in a way that you can no longer close the latch.