Not Allowed To Lock Doors

And the other day i saw a twitter thread about.

Not allowed to lock doors.

The national fire protection association s nfpa life safety code 101 says that in general every person within the building must be able to exit all doors in their path to the. Natasha mueller a psychologist. Well part of it is because i ll lock my door and take a nap and god forbid i get some rest i don t do anything bad in my room just draw read. Parents sometimes get very freaked out when their children start locking their bedroom doors but they really need to relax and not assume the worst says dr.

I don t really understand why. And i always think why don t they ever lock their doors. This ensures that those in wheelchairs are able to reach door locks as needed. So should teenagers be allowed to lock their doors.

I don t know if it s sort of like a country thing but whenever i watch western movies the protagonists always gets walked in on their parents doing the thing you know. Are you guys really not allowed to lock your doors. Any lock or handle hardware must be mounted no more than 48 inches above a finished floor. All locks and handles attached to your doors must be operable with one hand and not require any extreme grasping or twisting.

My opinion is that having a lock on their door is a right all teens should have so that they can find themselves and grow into the independent adults they will soon be. However that point rests on the assumption that the teen does not take advantage of. While locking outside doors to prevent people from entering a building is permissible under all of the published fire code requirements inhibiting free egress is not.