alabasterjar
Sharpshooter
Claymores and a M2 facing each direction....
Hmmm...did I mention the 4 kids? LOL Remember, I am on a budget!!! Now the M2 on the other hand....
Claymores and a M2 facing each direction....
Eh, easier to modify in other ways IMO. It's easier to break a window but the bad guys don't really ever think of that. I've replace 2 doors on the same house. And old house where the windows are only 2' above the floor. The second time they "kicked" in the door they actually stripped the steel siding away from the door. Again, it's easier to break a window.Steel doors. Peep-holes ONLY if you intend to use the 'camera screen' type, so no one outside knows you're looking at them. Door monitoring cameras ONLY if they're installed so they can't be disabled. Otherwise, what's the point? And outer doors that open outward. Kicking in the door is one of the most (if not 'the' most) common type of break in.
Never had a door failure point at the lockset. It's always the door frame.LOCKS - Forget Kwikset, Schlage, etc. Period. Go with something like Abloy, BiLock, or EVVA MCS, etc. (I recommend Abloy Protec2). Yes, they're more expensive. Yes, they're WORTH it.
This. There's prudence and there's prison. There's a point of diminishing returns relative to risk. Not sure half of the suggestions are effective when the big picture is evaluated. Of course, it's a personal choice. If it makes someone feel better, do it. I won't. Not worth the cost for the slight increase in risk reduction it gets me.Something to consider regarding shatterproof glass and how you set up your doors/windows is that in the event of a fire or other danger inside the home, you will still need an escape route. Don't work so hard to protect people from coming in that you and your family can't get out when you need to.
There's prudence and there's prison. There's a point of diminishing returns relative to risk. Not sure half of the suggestions are effective when the big picture is evaluated. Of course, it's a personal choice. If it makes someone feel better, do it. I won't. Not worth the cost for the slight increase in risk reduction it gets me.
Hmmm...did I mention the 4 kids? LOL Remember, I am on a budget!!! Now the M2 on the other hand....
Take the opportunity to have the basement bumped out for a safe room (which can be a gun vault until you need it to be a safe room - which is hopefully never). If you are going to be on a well, and the well site makes it feasible, bring the water entry point into the house through the safe room...
... Steel doors. And outer doors that open outward. Kicking in the door is one of the most (if not 'the' most) common type of break in...
That's WHY ya use steel framed / reinforced doors. 'Proper' ones don't look like "an inside-out version of a North Korean prison", LOL. And outward opening doors have two advantages: 1) They're harder for BG's to break in (and as noted, most break-ins occur in this manner) and, 2) In an emergency / 'panic' situation, they're easier to exit. BOTH advantages while maintaining a 'normal' aesthetic.Eh, easier to modify in other ways IMO. It's easier to break a window but the bad guys don't really ever think of that. I've replace 2 doors on the same house. And old house where the windows are only 2' above the floor. The second time they "kicked" in the door they actually stripped the steel siding away from the door. Again, it's easier to break a window.
I hate exterior doors that open out. And I don't want to design a house so bad guy-proof that I'm living in an inside-out version of a North Korean prison.
Seen plenty. And lock bumping is VERY common nowadays and has the 'advantage' to the BG of not leaving 'tell-tale' signs. Might wanna watch someone defeat a 'security' Quickset in (approx.) 20 seconds with little noise before one passes judgment. The locks recommended address both issues mentioned in the quote (lockset, door frame). The locks (doorknob and/or deadbolt) have a 'standard' look, except the key slot looks 'weird', not something many people are going to gripe about, LOL.Never had a door failure point at the lockset. It's always the door frame.
Of course. And there's also "It'll never happen to ME" 'syndrome'. Or, did someone mention their home has already been broken into (once, or twice).There's prudence and there's prison. There's a point of diminishing returns relative to risk. Not sure half of the suggestions are effective when the big picture is evaluated. Of course, it's a personal choice. If it makes someone feel better, do it. I won't. Not worth the cost for the slight increase in risk reduction it gets me.
But it's...for the children.Now here's a basement -
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I actually looked into these until I realized that I couldn't maintain the lifestyle that my wife was accustomed too in the first place.
But it's...for the children.
Eh, with mine it's postmodern art. Well, and shoes. And nicknacky crap to fill shelf space.It was hard enough to feed the kids while paying for all my wife's shoes.
No, thanks. On outward-opening door precludes the option for a screened security door.That's WHY ya use steel framed / reinforced doors. 'Proper' ones don't look like "an inside-out version of a North Korean prison", LOL. And outward opening doors have two advantages: 1) They're harder for BG's to break in (and as noted, most break-ins occur in this manner) and, 2) In an emergency / 'panic' situation, they're easier to exit. BOTH advantages while maintaining a 'normal' aesthetic.
Window: Hence the reason for shatter-resistant glass. Properly installed, resist breakage / intrusion from the outside, offer no interference in exiting from the inside in an emergency.
Passes judgment on what? I didn't say it couldn't be done. Simply said the majority of breaches occur from door-frame failure due to kick-in.Seen plenty. And lock bumping is VERY common nowadays and has the 'advantage' to the BG of not leaving 'tell-tale' signs. Might wanna watch someone defeat a 'security' Quickset in (approx.) 20 seconds with little noise before one passes judgment. The locks recommended address both issues mentioned in the quote (lockset, door frame). The locks (doorknob and/or deadbolt) have a 'standard' look, except the key slot looks 'weird', not something many people are going to gripe about, LOL.
thankfully, neither of those characterizations are applicable to me.Of course. And there's also "It'll never happen to ME" 'syndrome'. Or, did someone mention their home has already been broken into (once, or twice).
Depends on how 'valuable' one views their home and 'contents', especially when home, LOL. And most assuredly, it's a significant increase in risk reduction, LOL. SOME scumbags get into the house just to 'have fun and tear things up'. Of course, that's typically only when the homeowners are gone more than a few hours, or on vacation. I'm afraid the 'light timer' going on and off doesn't fool too many scumbags any more (can't imagine why!).
Never had a door failure point at the lockset. It's always the door frame.