Well if you are going to spray flammible substances, I would assume that you have already made the area fireproof.
Well if you are going to spray flammible substances, I would assume that you have already made the area fireproof.
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Gambit (08-21-2016)
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Wow, one of the few times I disagree with you paul, but unless you really look at one of these steel doors, trust me it isn't a 3 shot and you are in.
Now it could be said that it is a 6-7-8-9 shot and you are in, but my point is most people don't come equipped to breach with shotguns, and this will stand up to the kick test all day long.
I don't mind when folks disagree. Most often I learn a new view at least and sometimes I find that miscommunication enters into the picture.
I put steel, insulated, fire doors on my shop, garage and two entry doors, In the shop and garage there are three 2x6's making up the door jam but I didn't build the house so there are likely two 2x4s around the jam. One good kick and you're in. And that is with the long throw deadbolt locked. If a person can't break a 2x4 with a 1" hole bored in the center of it they're not trying.
I put in the bit about the weak point being the hinges because on the shop and garage the weakest link is the hinge screws into the door itself. A 3/4" sheet metal screw is a weak link no matter what kind of a door you have. One the best side of this is that there are 4 screws on each side of each hinge. Going into the door frame I have 3 1/2" # 12 screws. That is as close to you get as "shotgun proof".
I am pretty sure that with three blasts from 1 1/4 oz. Load at 1400 fps will break the screws going into the doors or shatter enough wood in the frame to tear it loose in my garage or shop. I wouldn't guarantee it because I don't know wood well enough to figure it out but I do know metal and its limitations.
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Gambit (08-21-2016)
Hey Paul, sorry for the late reply but I'm done putting up hay now and have more time to devote to internet.
The door I posted doesn't have a wood frame, both the door and the frame it mounts in is steel, so really even your 1400 fps shotgun load is not a good choice. Unless you have a lot of time and a lot of ammo, but that gives me options on how to respond to the attack, which is my origional point.
Gambit (08-21-2016)
If I had it to do all over again or in my next house ( if ever ) -- no rear sliding glass doors -- instead a 36" basement fire rated door W/ wire lite --
http://www.homedepot.com/p/L-I-F-Ind...680L/202510530
And if I painted it in a nice wood grain finish for the Wifey -- front door too --
In fact I told her if the rear ever gets broken -- there's my excuse --
P of S -- I like piano hinges --
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The goal of security is not to make an impenetrable target, but a target which is harder than your neighbor or the 'next guy'
Door breaching, even of a wooden door, is not that surgical. Even with known hinges, a blast does not 'magically' open the door and make an easy entry. One thing to consider, even if they have breached your door with a 12ga round, that is three rounds and someone clumsily trying to move through the wreckage to alert.
Security in layers.
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