How To Burglar-Proof Your Doors

The majority of devices mentioned in this report cost very

little. All of them will help reduce burglary and make your

house or apartment more secure.

Begin with a home “security” check. Start with the front

door and work clockwise around the entire inside of your

home, finishing with the back yard, fence and shrubs,

gates and garage.

Shrubbery should never block the view of your front

door. This allows an intruder the opportunity of privacy

to gain entrance. A wide angle viewer in the door lets

you know your visitor in advance. This item is recommended

over a chain lock.

LOCKS, BOLTS AND HINGES –

A DEAD-LATCH is an inexpensive lock set which keeps the

burglar from simply slipping your door open with a plastic

credit card. This method of entry is common in many areas,

but very easy to prevent.

AUXILIARY DEADBOLT: 1″ deadbolt, single cylinder with

hardened cylinder guard, and thumb turn.

For extra security, a single cylinder dead bolt lock, with

one inch throw and case-hardened insert, is recommended for

all exterior doors. If you have easily breakable glass

within 40 inches of a deadbolt lock, it should be augmented

with a stronger type of glass or plastic to provide adequate

security.

Most police departments do not recommend deadbolt locks for

residential use. You may be adding additional security at

the expense of personal safety with a double cylinder dead

bolt. For example, you could lock yourself in and not be

able to escape in case of fire or other emergency.

THE RIM LOCK is a 1″ dead bolt lock which is installed

on the inside surface of the door. It is less expensive

than other types of locks, but equally effective for security.

THE “JIMMY-PROOF” RIM LOCK is another lock which is installed

on the inside surface of the door. But this lock has vertical

dead bolts, which is an approved locking device.

CANE BOLTS: 1/2″ in diameter by 12″ high installed at the

top & bottom of the inactive door offers minimum security.

Many homes with pairs of doors, use half-barrel slide bolts

on the inactive door. These are weak and totally inadequate.

FLUSH BOLTS: Installed at the top and bottom of the inactive

door or a pair of doors, flush bolts offer additional security,

since the intruder cannot get at these devices to tamper with

them if the doors are locked.

HINGE PROTECTION:

Some exterior doors are improperly installed so that the hinges

are installed from outside. To protect such a door from being

lifted from its hinges by pulling the hinge pin, follow these

simple steps: (1) Remove two screws, opposite each other,

from both leaves of the hinge. (2) Insert screw or concrete

nail into jamb leaf, protruding 1/2″. (3) Drill out the

opposing screw hole in the door. Do this in the top and

bottom hinge of the door. When closed, the hinge pins may

be removed, but the door will remain firmly in place.

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