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    Steel Entry Door

    Ok so here is the skinny

    Your typical "urban" front door is a wood frame POS that can be breached in .1 seconds with a decent piece of pipe.

    There are ways to reinforce that POS door but only to the point it takes 2-3 strikes to open rather than 1.

    Here is my solution

    http://www.homedepot.com/p/L-I-F-Ind...280R/202516077

    A steel door with a steel frame, many times better than the cheap wood version.

    A lot of security for those that are bugging in, I just installed 1 of these as my main door.

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    The trouble is, by strengthening the door you just encourage attackers to go to the windows. Since houses all have more windows than doors...

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    Nice door. We will have to look into that when we get out of MN and build our new house.
    Thanks.

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    Nice... I can see a few potential moderfacations to make it stronger but its still nice
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    The most overlooked thing that can be done to a door. The metal attachment on the door frame is only attached to the frame. Instead purchase longer screws and drill into the framing (2x4 or 2x6 studs)
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    One thing we did once for a customer, was install angle iron to the framing studs. Once the deadbolt is engaged, (metal door) you can't beat it down.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Inor View Post
    The trouble is, by strengthening the door you just encourage attackers to go to the windows. Since houses all have more windows than doors...
    You have a few options there as well. Just off the top of my head im thinking metal storm shutters, security bars or security film. But the sad truth is that if someone is determined to get in, they will. You just have to make it hard enough for them to consider moving on to the next place.

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    Quote Originally Posted by James m View Post
    The most overlooked thing that can be done to a door. The metal attachment on the door frame is only attached to the frame. Instead purchase longer screws and drill into the framing (2x4 or 2x6 studs)
    Agreed, some 3.5" screws.
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    Get a mean a$$ dog.

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    Get a mean a$$ dog.
    Yep, we got one of those. Plus both front and rear doors are steel with the frames and jambs completely reinforced. All windows are tempered glass. Not unbreakable, but harder and much more noisy to break.

    End result, if ya try to break in you'll make enough noise that by the time you enter, you'll be facing a pi**ed off 100lb dog and a pi**ed 200lb home owner holding a fist full of 1911.
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