There have been some threads about home security lately and it has me wondering. I know my house is not entry proof. Its virtually impossible to prevent someone from entering my house given all the windows and glass on the doors. I really would need to replace all my doors with no-glass doors, reinforce all of the jambs with metal, and put bars on windows. The wife will never go for that not to mention it would be ugly and cost a fortune.
It got me thinking about replacing just my bedroom doors with a solid wood or maybe even metal doors, metal door jamb reinforcement, and possibly a digital deadbolt combo lock for the outside. At night we could simply close the door, which locks automatically, and be sure that it would take more than a few kicks to break into the bedroom. The upstairs windows are much more difficult to reach that downstairs, and I would want those open anyways in case of a fire.
Also, I have also been thinking about putting a battery powered light at the top of the stairs in front of our bedroom door. I the event of a power outage, or if someone maliciously cuts power to the house the light at the top of the stairs would turn on, powered by battery. If its a normal outage, great I can see whats going on. If someone cuts the power, they will be a little less tempted to come upstairs knowing they are fully illuminated, not to mention their night vision is completely shot.
Anyways, if someone breaks into my house they can take whatever they want and hopefully the cops arrive before they escape. If they want to come upstairs for whatever reason, I don't want easy access to our bedroom and they had better hope they don't try coming through that door!
Comments? Additional ideas?
It got me thinking about replacing just my bedroom doors with a solid wood or maybe even metal doors, metal door jamb reinforcement, and possibly a digital deadbolt combo lock for the outside. At night we could simply close the door, which locks automatically, and be sure that it would take more than a few kicks to break into the bedroom. The upstairs windows are much more difficult to reach that downstairs, and I would want those open anyways in case of a fire.
Also, I have also been thinking about putting a battery powered light at the top of the stairs in front of our bedroom door. I the event of a power outage, or if someone maliciously cuts power to the house the light at the top of the stairs would turn on, powered by battery. If its a normal outage, great I can see whats going on. If someone cuts the power, they will be a little less tempted to come upstairs knowing they are fully illuminated, not to mention their night vision is completely shot.
Anyways, if someone breaks into my house they can take whatever they want and hopefully the cops arrive before they escape. If they want to come upstairs for whatever reason, I don't want easy access to our bedroom and they had better hope they don't try coming through that door!
Comments? Additional ideas?
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