And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Humans being a tool-using species - a Halligan and a flat-headed axe working a lot better than trying to kick a door. That's how I teach it in FireFighter 1 classes. "Donkey Kicks" work better than front kicks if you don't have tools.
Wrong. In frame construction, there is at most 1/4" of "air" between the door jamb and the jack stud which is nailed to a full stud, maybe 2. That "air" space is where the shims go for plumbing the door frame. The only time you'll find 2 layers of sheet rock is on a fire rated wall and usually in a commercial building.
In-swing residential doors are usually pretty easy to kick in. If it's an out-swing door you're going to need assistance.
Assume there is a 4x4 (or two 2x4s) on either side of the door. The potential problem with going through the wall is that the next stud might be closer than 16", depending on which end of the wall they started framing from. Expect cross studs for light switches near a door. Not always used, but still...
Smash & grab folks in Major Democrat run cities take note.
ReplyDeleteA standard procedure conveniently abandoned in Uvalde.
ReplyDeleteIt wasn't locked.
DeleteHumans being a tool-using species - a Halligan and a flat-headed axe working a lot better than trying to kick a door. That's how I teach it in FireFighter 1 classes. "Donkey Kicks" work better than front kicks if you don't have tools.
ReplyDeleteI agree that the Halligan tool is the smart way of accessing the interior behind a jammed door.
DeleteWhat is a donkey kick? Your back to the door?
Delete15 year firefighter here:
ReplyDeleteUse a mule kick, and you will succeed 95% of the time.
Next to interior doors are two layers of sheet rock and 2-3 inches of air. Go thru the wall if the door is difficult.
ReplyDeleteWrong.
DeleteIn frame construction, there is at most 1/4" of "air" between the door jamb and the jack stud which is nailed to a full stud, maybe 2. That "air" space is where the shims go for plumbing the door frame. The only time you'll find 2 layers of sheet rock is on a fire rated wall and usually in a commercial building.
In-swing residential doors are usually pretty easy to kick in. If it's an out-swing door you're going to need assistance.
Assume there is a 4x4 (or two 2x4s) on either side of the door. The potential problem with going through the wall is that the next stud might be closer than 16", depending on which end of the wall they started framing from. Expect cross studs for light switches near a door. Not always used, but still...
ReplyDeleteI think he means the wallboards separated by a 2x4's worth of air to make a wall.
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