 Well, welcome welcome to hinge with the door door where door hardware nerds get together We knock and we slam on different door fills installs and code violations We learn we laugh sometimes we even cry, but most importantly we have fun why we dork out on some doors Today we've got a special guest and I will let him introduce himself, but he's the host of the lock doc security Podcast so Chad why don't you go ahead and just tell us a little bit about yourself? My name is Chad Lingafelt, and I am the host of the coffee break podcast. So there you go I've been around the industry for about 17 years I started as a rookie tech Back in the early 2000s So I've been been in the field. I spent several years in the field and you know, I really enjoy the operation side the business development side kind of Organizational growth people development all that type of stuff And and really have been excited about our industry and kind of the growth opportunities that we've had and how it's been evolving over the years So this is this seems like it's fun. I like to connect with folks I mean obviously we've been sitting here chatting for a little while I am now heavily concerned that I have to be aware of my face when we're transitioning between pictures, but Outside of that, I'm excited to be here and just kind of hang out and and talk shop I guess I this I rarely get to talk shop. I mostly talk business development leadership all that type of stuff. So I'm probably a little rusty pun intended on my on my shop talk, but we'll make it through What once a door hardware nerd always a door hardware nerd. So I know you'll get into the swing of things Okay, here we go. It's it's very true though But in that, you know, I've heard that sentiment before when you once you get into it It's hard to walk through an opening without paying attention to every component of it and and recognizing it. So it's fun Nice and for those who don't already know Mia She is the head door hardware nerd, but I'll let her introduce herself give her a quick intro Yep, me and Meryl senior product manager for Sergeant Corbin Ruslin Yale Producer all things door hardware nerd and chat. I'm sorry. You're not gonna get any personal development here today Probably gonna be tearing it down a little bit, but you know, we're glad to have you And we hope you enjoy being here Well, I'm excited and so me has been to our office before so she's been able to see the place Ben you're gonna have to visit at some point. We'll make you some coffee Sounds great. I am definitely a coffee addict as well as a door hardware nerd. So Okay, so for those who don't know how unhinged works, I will share my screen It'll be a picture of a door or an opening or a lock of some sort We react we slam we knock on the door Throw out any helpful tips for learning opportunities and then we give it a knocking score one through ten One being not too bad and ten being pretty knocking bad How does that sound? Should we get started? Let's do it. Are you ready Chad? I'm as prepared as I can be. Oh my This one had surgery, right? Yeah, yeah I'm wondering how long it takes for a door stitches to heal Well, these are not dissolvable staples. So someone will have to take these out and it's just gonna explode at that point That is an impressive repair job though Let's let's assume that this I mean besides the fact that you can tell that they've been there a while We can assume this was a temporary fix because there was no other options They just tried to pull the door back together somehow The other option is you know putting a new door in yeah Yeah, a new door or even a door wrap Like that's that is a big way to to solve a problem like that because it's not it's not unheard of especially in the field Right that that doors is got a tendency to split especially when it's been abused, but that door Lock has been there for a while. So I'm guessing that they It looks like it's been modified over time because even the latch cutout is doesn't really line up, right? So there's they probably put in some incorrect screws and just split the whole door down the down the edge Yeah, you're you hit the nail the screw on the head right there because that those are drywall screws in and Yeah, that will definitely split some wood right there You could have some issues with that, but they got it back together I I'd like to I would have been excited to see that process happen How many people were there holding the door together so that they could staple it because that was not a one-person job? How many door hardware nerds do you need to staple this Some clamps As long as you got two hands, oh Man, yes, that's that's impressive. I think people were calling this Franken door I just hope it doesn't come alive because it's already given me something. All right Let's give it a knocking score. What do you guys think? On a scale of one to ten. Yes one to ten. All right. I mean, I've seen worse I have seen significantly worse I'm gonna go with a lower score here and I'm also gonna I'm gonna give it a a point value as well So I'm gonna say four point three Yeah, I'm in the I'm in the five or six range here. I don't know if there's any code violations I also don't know what type of building this is in so Five it's kind of a middle of the road for me Yeah, I would say if this is a fire-rated opening, which I don't believe so because that latch is not Fire code compliant But if it was a fire code like violation, then I don't think those are fire-rated staples that could Buff that number up a little bit. But yeah, I don't think it's too bad. You guys ready for the next one All right What do you see at first glance we're exiting to wear though There's kind of there's got to be a stairwell hidden stairwell. This is this is a trick photo Behind there for anything to be there. Is it just like a shoot? Yes Well, hey, how would you even the door doesn't even look like it would be a little open enough or you're going clear out into nowhere It took me a long time to figure this one out. Do you guys do you guys see it? What is the window opening and do what is it opening into it looks like so at first glance It looks like you're just gonna fall right out of this building if you're like trying to exit this door Right, but because of the glass on the other side, it just mirrors the outside So there's actually a whole other side of the building on that other side of the window You just it looks like you're just gonna fall because it's reflecting off of the glass Okay, not really a door hardware fail, but it definitely catches you off by guard like like walking through like oh No, I'm gonna fall slip inside. Yeah, that's incredible. All right. I wish you had a second photo that was like What's actually happening? Yeah, cuz I'm very concerned about this. I don't know that I don't know that I'm gonna buy your reflective story here I think that somebody's just just falling out the side of a building Well, here's the thing if you were panicking and running down this hall like trying to escape and you saw this picture Like you're like you're standing right here. I don't know if I would exactly want to exit out of that door I would open it just to see Worst-case scenario peek in there. I mean, what if you're running from like zombies or something like you don't have time Yeah, it's it looks like it's only about four stories. I think that's doable. They do make like fire escape shoots So like it could be a slide It's an inflatable slide as soon as you open the door exactly and we'll never know because we don't have the rest of the picture Who Brenda? Who's Brenda? She she provided this photo Flash we'll have to ask her Brenda get us another picture here worse. We're stuck We need a video of you falling out of yes Immediately go back to this place and then and open the door So yeah, I don't think there's any necessary code violations I think it's just kind of concerning, you know, like it can't Anytime you're in a path of egress, you shouldn't like want to have to hesitate, you know Like there shouldn't be any hesitation. It should be Natural like you should just be able to go through that exit without even thinking about it And I would think twice about this exit. I I'm still concerned. I want to know what's on the other side of that door. I Guess we'll never know chat. I need This this is an unresolved conversation here. All right any closing comments or remarks before we give this final knocking score Well, if it is as you say an optical illusion, then this would be Then it's a one. I have a question. What are those spikes over there on the left hand side? Is that a are those just window handles? I think they're the window handles. Oh, okay That seems like Yeah, I might not you're gonna be impaled while you're trying to run towards the door I don't know. Yeah, I don't know like a window Violations and path of egress. I'm sure there's oh, it's like you're not allowed to have like a handle sticking out in The path of me grass or something not a fan of brutalism I mean a lot of confusing things here, I don't even know how to rate it because I don't even know what I'm looking at Just an optical illusion. I mean that's partially why they have the return on those handles, you know on lever sets So you don't catch your coat or Fire host doesn't get caught in there as they're running down the hallway. Um, hey, you you you've got something there chat I just there's too many optical illusions here I'm not sure this is probably like probably like a two-foot door as well It's just the way that the pictures taken. It's one of those magic eye pictures. You got to get like really close and like cross your eyes Thank you both of you for joining us today on unhinged Join us next time for the next episode of an hinge our doors are always open because they're unhinged, you know Subscribe to our channel and like this video. We'll see you next time