As you can see in the photo I’ve taken a simple privacy lock set (like you’d use on a bathroom or bedroom) and reversed it. I’ve placed the push button lock in the stairwell to the basement. I really have no need to secure the basement side of the door because there are deadbolts lock sets on the basement exterior doors.
So if you’ve got little ones you’d like to keep out of certain closets or rooms you can use a privacy lock to accomplish that.
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This is exactly what we do throughout the house. :) Having the 'key' for these doors (we keep them on the trim above each door) is absolutely essential if you do this, for sure.
One afternoon just after we had installed the lock in reverse on our guest bathroom... Dave and the boys went away and were not due back until nightfall - leaving me with the 3 and 4 year old. I took a quick trip to the restroom while they were peacefully watching television... Or so I thought. Next thing you know - my adorable girls had locked me in the bathroom and were unable (or unwilling) to unlock it. We had forgotten to put the key above the door. Oops. BUT since we were still working there just happened to be a screwdriver in the bathroom cabinet that I used to take the knob apart and escape. Whew!
So, perhaps you could inform us on the various steps to change which side of the door is for the key, or which side holds the 'push-button' ...
without that info, I'm afraid your contribution here is much much less useful that it could be ...