Quote Originally Posted by Stefan-A View Post
I also have a plan to reduce the gap between the doors to an absolute minimum, so it should preferably be a lock or locking mechanism that doesn't need to fit between the doors. Or if it did need to fit between them, it shouldn't need more than a millimeter or two.
The dowel suggestion was taking this into account, but ultimately it's just a suggestion.
Yes at worst you may need to lift up two pieces of dowel if you want to open both, or the inside door. Any sort of lock will require some sort of unlocking prodecure to open.