Have you ever seen "Storage Wars" - where they cut
padlocks from units to auction the contents.
We own a small storage complex. Each unit has a roll-up door
with a sliding latch. The latch shown is designed for two padlocks - one for
the tenant (it's gone))...another (shown for ref) is for the facility to "over-lock"
a "problem" unit (Supported by a Florida Statute).
A tenant said they didn't
have the key for his padlock (not shown)....so they sawed the latch to allow removal of his closed padlock...and
slide the latch to enter his unit.
Of course, the locked padlock was a four dollar item (with
no key). The new latch cost me $22.75 - and the time to remove, order and install a
new latch.
P.S. "Storage
Wars", shows how quickly we can snip the lock (or grind it off) while
avoiding destruction of the latch. But - no worries....we always demand a tenant
security deposit for such nonsense.
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