M14 Forum

NE450N02

Actually most B&E's are through a door.
In over 30 years on the job, a large majority of burgarlies were through the doors.
Rapist however do enter, a lot of times, through the windows, or sliding glass doors...

Most people do not have enough money to really secure their doors and windows.

The answer is a good alarm system. But most people do not have enough money to alarm all their doors and windows.

The answer is to alarm their doors, and then to have motion detectors, so if they get in the windows, they cannot walk around in the house with out setting the alarm off.

Then you must turn on your alarm on every night, when you go to bed, and when ever you leave your house.

When you are gone, a good alarm system keeps the bad guys from staying in your house for several hours...

NE450N02

I have a very good friend that did my alarm system.

He does high tek alarms, on some very big houses, and other buildings.

Many times the alarm systems he does, on houses, cost well over one hundred thousand dollars, just for the Alarm system...

charlesPOSTLEwade

The best you could do For your Rough Door Framing, Layer your Studs with 1/2" or 5/8" plywood. This way your studs cannot be split or broken.
All Exterior Walls with doors of my house are framed with 2x6's. door framing layered with plywood ,Then I have security Doors with Metal jamb. I used not 3" but 3-1/2" screws on the jams and hinges.
No one is ever going to Kick my Door in. At best one will need a Battering Ram and many hits to breach the doors .

arnoldo

Hi,
I have been in the locksmith and security business for over 5 years. I finally have a topic that I can help with. :If you have any more questions feel free to ask. http://www.mr-locks.com

CAVman

Welcome Aboard, arnoldo!

Let Me Ask Mr. Locks A Question?

When you are asked to do an in-home security consultation...
What % Are Motivated To Do So Because They Have ALREADY Had A 'Burglary'(or similiar invasion)???

Thanks,

CAVman in WYoming

Philz M1A

I agree that it's best to have layered security. Dog(s), good locks, alarm system. The biggest advantage is making your home appear harder to break into than your neighbor's home. Have a beware of dog sign on the back fence, one of those ADT (or whatever) alarm signs in the yard and if I'm a random burglar I'm bypassing that house based on perception alone. Why mess with all that potentially when I can go to the house that doesn't have an alarm or big dog...

Like others have said most of that keeps honest people (and small timers) honest. Professionals can get through all that like a hot knife through butter. If you have 10 foot walls around your compound, a security guard, cameras and heat sensors, 3 guard dogs, and you sleep with 1 eye open with your finger on a shotgun....I guarantee there is a group of motivated and trained individuals who can breach your security and will have a pistol to your head before you know what happened. Yadda Yadda...

I think some people are focused on the obvious, good locks, good alarms, and other standard stuff. They go to sleep at night and hit the "on" button with all their doors locked, but that's not when they are vulnerable and not when the largest threat possibly is. What about in the middle of the day when you are sitting in the living room and your garage door is open? What about when your wife or kid comes home from school and are going through the front door or garage? What about when your wife or kid is home and someone rings the doorbell and they are holding balloons and flowers? These are the times when you have to remain vigilant. These are weaknesses that could be exploited. You or anyone in your family comes home from work, that guy working on the cable box runs up the driveway and pushes you inside with a gun to the back of your head. Your daughter opens the door for the guy holding flowers and he pushes himself inside. These are scenarios that catch people off guard...

Just food for thought.

benderkour

I would recommend to go with locksmith. I have been a locksmith for more than ten years. If i want to purchase a lock for quality and security, I would either for a Medeco Deadbolt or a Abloy deadbolt. Both locks are really high security and will offer superb quality and security. I hope this helps, thanks.

fallscity1

I was told this long ago..."locks are only for honest people". If the y want in, they will get in. If your home 24/7 nothing supplements a good lock like the sound of a 12 gauge racking one live! Its the SHOWSTOPPER!

Bart42

I have Medeco deadbolts on my front & back door with a removable key on the inside which I always have removed. I have the side windows around the front door, so someone could break the glass and unlock the door if the deadbolt had a key in it. Nice thing about Medeco, is only I can get a key made from a locksmith and it is a proprietary key design. Usually scores at the top of the list by Consumers Report.

I also have a home alarm system.

NE450N02

When I moved to the country, in addition to the Alarm info I posted above I put combination locks on all of my doors.

The locks are made by Schlage.
They can be opened by a key, or a 4 digit combination.

If you want a relative or friend to be able to get inside the house, say when you are gone on vacation, they can have their own code number, that you can program in or remove, whenever you like.

We never use the key. It is very handy, as when ever you go outside, you lock the door. You do not have to worry about always carrying your keys.

Also I have a detached garage/workshop, that is ALWAYS locked, but if you are out and about, and need to get into it, you do not need a key, only the combo...

We really like the system.

We also have "doorknobs" with levers instead of the regular "knobs"..
You can operate a lever with your elbow, when you have "stuff" in both your hands.

These combo locks also work great on closets inside the house.
You can always keep them locked, never need a key, and you can use a different combination, given only to those that you deem need access.

LausDeo

4 digits is kinda low to me... I'm assuming it locks out for a while when you fail too many times? I just remember finding a 4-number bike lock at elementary school as a kid that sat around unclaimed for a while, so I took it and figured out the combo on the walk home.

Earthquake

If I ever build my own place it will have doors that open out so you can not kick them in, It will have dead bolts [like a gun safe on the hinge side] on the inside of the door so if you take out the hinges the door still will not open. the hinge will also be a continuous hinge the full length of the door, I dont care how pretty it is.

Casey

RandyB45

You and me both. Interrupted a burglary in progress at my place last week.

Punji stakes. And boiling oil.

Dredsen

I actually would like to go bait off the OPS possible intentions and ask about skilled entry.

Is buying the newest lock design the only thing you can do to stay ahead, i know good thieves will always buy them and practice but i really don't know what measure can be taken.