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Build an easy temporary door chain lock

Build an easy temporary door chain lock
After a "this stuff belongs to me becuase your a jerk" war that I recently had with my younger sister. Instead of fighting with her childish games, I decided to out-smart her.
In this instructable, we will be building a temporary door lock using a chain.
Its a one-way lock meaning it can be locked from the outside and not the inside although if you do this right, you can unlock it from the inside as well.
This should take you no longer than 10 minutes if you have all of these parts around your house.
As usual I am NOT responsible for damages or injuries.
Not recomended for weak doors, or strong sibblings.
This lock is in no way to keep out a cat burgalar or a real robber and should NOT  be used that way. This lock was designed to keep out a 12 year old girl from entering my bedrooom when Im away. If sombody really wanted in that room they would just kick the door down.
 
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Step 1What you need

What you need
This is what you need

Tools
-channel lock pliers (or some sort of heavy, strong, pliers)\
-measureing tape

Supplies
-chain (at least 7ft. 10in.)
-lock (MAKE SURE YOU HAVE THE KEY OR COMBINATION TO IT)

Thats everything.
I had all of this around my house so it didnt cost me a dime to build this.
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10 comments
Feb 10, 2012. 5:20 AMsoundgod06 says:
If you can open the door this far what prevents someone from sliding the chain around the corner of the door so they can lift it off the knob?
Feb 9, 2012. 1:31 PMcriggie says:
Please edit and spell-check your work.


becuase your ... because you're
sibblings... siblings
burgalar ...burglar
bedrooom... bedroom
Im ...I'm
measureing... measuring
didnt ... didn't
Thats ... That's
insure ... ensure
youre ... you're
happin ... happen
disengauged... disengaged
Nov 21, 2011. 10:49 AMchamunks says:
Better pictures aren't necessery but it would be nice to get a better shot of the way you secured it to the wall. But maybe I'm not RTA'ing well enough.
Nov 21, 2011. 11:44 PMchamunks says:
haha well that sounds good enough. sometimes its easier to change the environment/situation than the people contained within the equation.

Ok well Usually more often than not, its advantageous to generally manipulate the environment to suit ones needs in such a way that it encourages good behavior of the people stuck in bad patterns.

:P That may just be my view though.
Nov 21, 2011. 10:48 AMchamunks says:
its an interesting idea but I'd not want to secure the chain to the outside of the door unless i had an eyebolt ran straight through the wall to the Secure side of the door so that it would be annoyingly difficult to undo the securing of said room.
Feb 20, 2011. 12:02 AMrickharris says:
Don't know about your house but MY wife would go nuts if the kids did that here

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