Home Security Doors And Locks

Doors, Locks And Your Home's Security:

Visit the pages below to learn more about securing your home's doors and locks against unwanted intruders:

Choosing The Right Door Lock

Secure Your Entry Doors From Intruders

Protect Yourself From Lock Bumping

If your exterior doors function well and look presentable, checking them isn’t likely to be at the top of your "to-do" list. But for improved security, take a few minutes to evaluate the doors on your home...(more)

Intruders generally will work no longer than 60 seconds to gain entry to your home or business. Quality hardware takes longer than that to crack, so most thieves avoid strong locks. The first indicator of strength is the type of lock...(more)

Lock bumping is all over the Internet and on many local news stations, showing everyone how easy it is to bypass certain types of locks. These videos and reports are causing great concern for everyone from stay-at-home moms to business owners. Every day more and more people are becoming aware of this lock picking bypass method...(more)

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Even burglars who eventually get into a house through a window will generally have tried a door first, since they are less likely to draw the suspicion of neighbors and nearby pedestrians. Obviously, doors are designed to offer quick and convenient entry. For security purposes, however, the trick is to build, equip, and reinforce them so that they offer this convenience only to the people who are actually authorized to enter and exit your home.

"Most doors are a joke," wrote Jack MacLean in his book 'Secrets of a Superthief'. "They can be kicked in easily, or at least have a foot poked through them to make a hole that can be enlarged quickly. Forget about hollow doors. Forget about most wooden doors, unless they are solid and thick enough to resist an axe."

Maclean's opinion is an accurate one, as most home security experts would agree. An issue that crops up regularly with many break-ins is the weakness of outside doors and their frames. Since nearly two-thirds of all illegal entries are made through doors (with the remainder made by climbing through windows), these access points deserve your first and most systematic security review.