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Dateline: Boston,
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Wednesday, September 13, 2017
Are you making a big home security mistake? If you are leaving your doors unlocked, or if you are using low quality lock systems, you are putting yourself…and your home…at risk. However, just because your door is locked, it doesn’t mean that a burglar can’t kick the door down. But, having the door locked can make it more difficult. This is only one secret that your local locksmith won’t tell you, but there are several more. Here are a few: Securing Your Doors - Reinforce the door frame around the hinge and lock. Consider door reinforcement kits, such as Door Devil.
- Install a peephole.
- Don’t answer the door unless you are expecting a visitor. Tell the same to your kids.
- Install hardened steel deadbolts. These are highly encouraged. Make sure they have a five-pin tumbler, too.
- Consider multi-lock deadbolts or vertical deadbolts.
Accessories for Your Door to Make it More Secure - Consider a door brace. These will help to prevent a burglar from opening the door.
- A wedge or door stop will likely not totally stop a burglar, but if you choose one with an alarm, anyone in the home will definitely hear it.
- A door chain will not protect you. It doesn’t take a lot of pressure to break them.
Additional Tips for Door Security - Replace your hollow wood door with a metal or solid wood door.
- Choose a door that does NOT have a window. An intruder can easily break a window and access the lock.
- If you have a current door that DOES have a window, install attractive metal bars over the glass.
- Make sure the hinges of the door are not visible on the outside of the door.
- Consider installing a cross bar. This is a heavy steel bar that you can place across the inside of the door.
- Inspect deadbolts. Any deadbolt that is low quality should be replaced. If you want to have even more security, install a second deadbolt.
- Use door braces when you can. Take one of these braces and stick it under the knob of the door. The other end will remain on the floor at an angle to the doorknob. These are great devices, but too many people forget to put the brace up before they go to bed or leave the home. It is useless if it is just leaning against the wall, and it only takes a couple of seconds to put into place.
- For the best door security, think about installing some type of door reinforcement kit. Imagine how secure your door would be with 1/16-inch of heavy steel. No one could kick through that! Also, imagine a four-foot metal bar that you install right over the strike plates and screw directly into the frame of the door. This will give you one tough security system on your door, and it’s exactly what the door jamb security kit from Door Devil offers. See here on YouTube.
Robert Siciliano is a home and personal security expert to DoorDevil.com. Disclosures. About the Author ROBERT SICILIANO, CEO of IDTheftSecurity.com is fiercely committed to informing, educating, and empowering Americans so they can be protected from violence and crime in the physical and virtual worlds. His "tell it like it is" style is sought after by major media outlets, executives in the C-Suite of leading corporations, meeting planners, and community leaders to get the straight talk they need to stay safe in a world in which physical and virtual crime is commonplace. Siciliano is accessible, real, professional, and ready to weigh in and comment at a moment's notice on breaking news. Similar Posts- What your Locksmith might not tell You
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