Making The Doors Of Your Home Burglar Proof

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Making The Doors Of Your Home Burglar Proof
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• Doors, unsurprisingly, are the focal point for
  burglars and intruders and once these are
  bypassed, they are given full and easy access to
  your home and any valuables inside it. The
  importance of burglar-proofing your doors should
  not be underestimated, as some criminals will
  stop at nothing in their efforts to get in if
  they think the rewards will be worth it
• Some criminal methods for getting past your
  doors
• By using brute force, some burglars will kick and
  ram down a door. Others may resort to drilling
  into the locks on your doors, attacking the lock
  cylinder and if successful, giving them entry to
  your home. Picking the locks takes a lot longer
  and so is not such a common method used by
  criminals.

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• One method that does prove popular among
  criminals, however, is lock bumping, in which
  specially modified keys are used to exploit
  vulnerabilities in most pin tumbler locks.
• How can you protect your doors, and your home,
  from burglars?
• Begin by looking at the material that your entry
  doors are made from ideally your doors should be
  solid, core doors and not be constructed out of
  plywood. They should be strong enough to resist
  when kicked, rammed or forced and should be
  proofed against the elements, too.

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• Then take a good long look at your door frames
  do your doors hang strongly from their frames and
  are the frames themselves strong enough to
  support the door if a burglar were trying to
  force their way into your home? Once youve
  established that your entry doors are solid, not
  damaged and can hold up to force, then you can
  start thinking about the locks that youll need.
• The best kinds of locks are never the cheapest
  ones, and should stand against brute force
  attacks, lock picking and the many other methods
  used by criminals to illegally enter homes. For
  most residential properties, deadlock bolts are
  commonly used, along with other, higher security
  locks, and are effective against many criminal
  entry methods.

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• That said, choosing the right locks for your
  doors may not be as straightforward, and youd be
  advised to talk to your local locksmith about
  your options. They may recommend that you select
  a Grade 1 deadbolt for exterior doors and make
  the lock more burglar proof by using longer
  screws to attach the strike late to the door
  jamb. They may also advise you to purchase a lock
  that has anti-drill, anti-pick, anti-bump and
  anti-snap features that will greatly minimize the
  chances of a criminal being able to compromise
  the lock.
• Whether you use other deterrents in and around
  your home, such as closed circuit cameras, a
  burglar alarm or even a ferocious dog, you still
  need to ensure that your locks are strong enough
  to prevent a burglar or intruder from being able
  to force their way into your home.

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• Talk to your local locksmith today if you are at
  all concerned about your doors and locks, and if
  there has been a spate of burglaries in your
  area, then make this your top priority.
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