Making Your Front Door Burglar-Proof

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Making Your Front Door Burglar-Proof
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• Neighbourhood burglaries can often occur in
  waves, with one property being targeted one
  night, and the rest soon falling prey to
  criminals as the days pass. If there has been a
  spate of burglaries in your street or vicinity
  or even if its usually a crime-free area it
  might be time to ensure that your front door is
  burglar proof. While some intruders will enter
  through windows, many will get in through your
  front door, and without taking any preventative
  measures, your home could be extremely
  vulnerable.
• It goes without saying that a high rated lock
  should be the first line of defense against
  burglars, but there are a few other ways that you
  can heighten your security, too

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• Start by replacing your door lock with the
  highest-grade deadbolt
• An ANSI Grade 1 or Grade 2 deadbolt should do the
  trick.
• For a burglar who is intent on simply smashing
  your front door down, consider fortifying it by
  replacing the deadbolt strike plate
• The metal piece named the strike plate is where
  the deadbolt latch secures into the door frame,
  and its usually only capable of keeping the door
  shut, rather than preventing it from being
  forcefully opened. By replacing the strike plate
  with a stronger one or having a strike plate
  installed if you dont already have one, will
  significantly improve the chances of your door
  being able to withstand a forceful entry.

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• Think about reinforcing the door and jamb
• While a strike plate will undoubtedly make a
  forceful entry impossible or a lot less
  straightforward, a persistent and strong burglar
  may still get through. One additional way of
  preventing a forceful entry is to reinforce your
  door and the door jamb.
• You may need to get new solid wood or metal doors
• While hollow doors are perfectly acceptable for
  interior use, they are not at all suited for
  outside entry purposes. Not as strong as pine or
  hardwood doors, hollow ones can be easily
  damaged, and a hurricane-rated steel door will
  give you the best protection against intruders.

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• Are your door hinges secure enough?
• Seasoned burglars may take note of outward
  swinging doors and resort to trying to break them
  at the hinges. Several ways of reinforcing such
  doors are to setscrew in the hinge, use
  fast-riveted pins or use safety studs. Each one
  greatly improves the security of the front door
  by ensuring that the hinge pin cannot be removed,
  and so preventing the door from being lifted and
  removed.
• For a thorough assessment of your property and
  its entrance points, speak to your local lock
  fitting and repair service, and ask them for
  recommendations on how to make your home as
  burglar-proof as possible.

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