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Posted: 10/29/2018 9:39:55 AM EST
[#1]
Get a dog.
Replace windows, sliding doors, all glass with the stuff you can't break even with a hammer. |
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Posted: 10/29/2018 9:40:13 AM EST
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I use these on all my exterior doors. Makes it a bit harder to kick in.
I am sure after a kick or two, they will just bust out a window. https://www.amazon.com/Door-Armor-MAX-Complete-Reinforcement/dp/B00E9ZGWNQ/ref=asc_df_B00E9ZGWNQ/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=194883046452&hvpos=1o3&hvnetw=g&hvrand=14939160437115477649&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9027196&hvtargid=pla-314702811323&psc=1 |
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Posted: 10/29/2018 9:42:26 AM EST
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Get a dog. 
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Posted: 10/29/2018 9:42:58 AM EST
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Get a dog. Replace windows, sliding doors, all glass with the stuff you can't break even with a hammer. Already have a few dogs. |
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Posted: 10/29/2018 9:43:37 AM EST
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hesco barriers
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Posted: 10/29/2018 9:43:49 AM EST
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I use these on all my exterior doors. Makes it a bit harder to kick in. I am sure after a kick or two, they will just bust out a window. https://www.amazon.com/Door-Armor-MAX-Complete-Reinforcement/dp/B00E9ZGWNQ/ref=asc_df_B00E9ZGWNQ/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=194883046452&hvpos=1o3&hvnetw=g&hvrand=14939160437115477649&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9027196&hvtargid=pla-314702811323&psc=1 |
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Posted: 10/29/2018 9:43:53 AM EST
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Put the fence totally around the house if codes allow it.
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Posted: 10/29/2018 9:44:40 AM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Doesn't sound easy...or cheap. Already have a few dogs. Works great. |
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Posted: 10/29/2018 9:47:26 AM EST
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Don't leave tools or items outside that can be improvised as tools that can defeat your security measures. That is, don't leave a 4' iron pipe or ax by the backdoor.
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Posted: 10/29/2018 9:50:04 AM EST
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Most people put longer screws in their door lock strike plates but almost nobody replaces the tiny little screws in the hinges.
Depending on your hinges, you might need to run a countersink in each hinge to open up the hole for the head of larger screws. Get the Spax brand screws at Depot, they have a much higher sheer strength! |
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Posted: 10/29/2018 9:51:35 AM EST
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Most people put longer screws in their door lock strike plates but almost nobody replaces the tiny little screws in the hinges. Depending on your hinges, you might need to run a countersink in each hinge to open up the hole for the head of larger screws. Get the Spax brand screws at Depot, they have a much higher sheer strength! |
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Posted: 10/29/2018 9:53:23 AM EST
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Posted: 10/29/2018 9:54:58 AM EST
[#13]
Do you lock your bedroom door at night?
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Posted: 10/29/2018 9:55:37 AM EST
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Do you lock your bedroom door at night? |
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Posted: 10/29/2018 9:57:24 AM EST
[#15]
 Hot iron on your doorknob OP. |
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Posted: 10/29/2018 9:58:53 AM EST
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OP, someone told me this once (and I've shared it here many times):
You will NEVER stop a determined criminal. You may slow him down (with better locks, hardened windows, etc), or you may embarrass him (with alarms and bright lights). You may even scare him (with dogs, racking a shotgun, really ugly wife) but you will never stop him IF he thinks the payoff is enough. My wife insisted on having better security on my doors. The first thing I did was to put in security doors. These things are noisy enough just opening and closing them; tearing them off the hinges will certainly wake me and give me time to get to my weapons, and my wife or son to the phone. ********** Another tip: Any cell phone can be used to call 911, if the technology is supported*. Keep your old cell phones charged, and have every "Instant Dial" button set to 911. Keep them in strategic locations in case of emergency. *Old analog phones for example are not supported. There are some "newer" technologies that aren't supported any more. |
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Posted: 10/29/2018 9:59:39 AM EST
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Watch Death Wish 3, or whichever one is he moves in to a gang area.
Take notes. |
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Posted: 10/29/2018 10:02:05 AM EST
[#18]
Reinforce the door frames and put that 3m stuff on your windows that makes them hard to break out
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Posted: 10/29/2018 10:03:25 AM EST
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My house is Spanish Stucco style. I put this on my front door and iron bars over my lower level windows
If someone really wants in they will get it, but it will take longer to do 
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Posted: 10/29/2018 10:04:50 AM EST
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Dags. Big dags.
Bushes with thorns Locks on gates. Lock doors. All relativity cheap. |
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Posted: 10/29/2018 10:05:43 AM EST
[#21]
Quote HistoryQuoted:
OP, someone told me this once (and I've shared it here many times): You will NEVER stop a determined criminal. You may slow him down (with better locks, hardened windows, etc), or you may embarrass him (with alarms and bright lights). You may even scare him (with dogs, racking a shotgun, really ugly wife) but you will never stop him IF he thinks the payoff is enough. My wife insisted on having better security on my doors. The first thing I did was to put in security doors. These things are noisy enough just opening and closing them; tearing them off the hinges will certainly wake me and give me time to get to my weapons, and my wife or son to the phone. ********** Another tip: Any cell phone can be used to call 911, if the technology is supported*. Keep your old cell phones charged, and have every "Instant Dial" button set to 911. Keep them in strategic locations in case of emergency. *Old analog phones for example are not supported. There are some "newer" technologies that aren't supported any more. |
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Posted: 10/29/2018 10:07:04 AM EST
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Security strike plates and the 3M Security window film come to mind as well.
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Posted: 10/29/2018 10:07:10 AM EST
[#23]
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Get a dog. Replace windows, sliding doors, all glass with the stuff you can't break even with a hammer. 
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Posted: 10/29/2018 10:09:14 AM EST
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Reinforce the door frames and put that 3m stuff on your windows that makes them hard to break out Steel reinforcement or steel frames for your doors. Laminate windows. The most important doors to reinforce are: Exterior garage man door. These are one of the most common breach points. Sliding glass or rear double doors-same thing. Doggy doors. Doggy doors are a security nightmare. Your front door is the least likely to be breached unless you are in the illegal narcotics business. They will pound and ring the doorbell to check if anyone is home, while targeting a less observable entrance point in the rear. |
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Posted: 10/29/2018 10:09:29 AM EST
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Get a dog. Replace windows, sliding doors, all glass with the stuff you can't break even with a hammer. |
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Posted: 10/29/2018 10:12:24 AM EST
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A moat with sharks with lasers on their heads.
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Posted: 10/29/2018 10:17:41 AM EST
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And, keep at least one dag inside at night when home.
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Posted: 10/29/2018 10:19:15 AM EST
[#28]
Solar power motion lights around the house. You can get them pretty cheap on Amazon. I've been meaning to get some myself
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Posted: 10/29/2018 10:22:54 AM EST
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hesco barriers |
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Posted: 10/29/2018 10:25:22 AM EST
[#30]
Caltrops
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Posted: 10/29/2018 10:29:52 AM EST
[#31]
in addition to door security kits you are a perfect candidate for an alarm system.
I suggest Simplisafe. Once you accept that nothing can keep a determined person fom getting into your house an alarm will minimize the time they have to spend inside once they do make it in. |
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Posted: 10/29/2018 10:36:49 AM EST
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Strengthening the doors and windows is good, but if you have vinyl siding, someone could come along with one of these and simply cut a hole in the side of your house for entry.
 That is where a nice big dog to greet them would work, or motion detectors. |
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Posted: 10/29/2018 10:40:28 AM EST
[#33]
Learn to pick locks and break glass with a broken piece of ceramic insulator from a spark plug carried in your pocket.
That will help you better assess you security level.
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Posted: 10/29/2018 10:45:01 AM EST
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Strengthening the doors and windows is good, but if you have vinyl siding, someone could come along with one of these and simply cut a hole in the side of your house for entry. https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/31g0hN5-EOL.jpg That is where a nice big dog to greet them would work, or motion detectors.
I could maybe see it in the sticks, but they'd just as soon kick the door down I think. |
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Posted: 10/29/2018 10:51:13 AM EST
[#35]
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in addition to door security kits you are a perfect candidate for an alarm system. I suggest Simplisafe. Once you accept that nothing can keep a determined person fom getting into your house an alarm will minimize the time they have to spend inside once they do make it in. |
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Posted: 10/29/2018 10:51:40 AM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Great top about the cell phones. I have several old ones floating around. Great idea! |
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Posted: 10/29/2018 11:00:07 AM EST
[#37]
Hesco barriers.
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Posted: 10/29/2018 11:05:12 AM EST
[#38]
Tamper-proof your main garage door opener release catch, for free;
https://www.itstactical.com/intellicom/physical-security/safety-announcement-protecting-against-garage-door-break-ins/ 
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Posted: 10/29/2018 11:06:50 AM EST
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Doesn't sound easy...or cheap. Already have a few dogs. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Get a dog. Replace windows, sliding doors, all glass with the stuff you can't break even with a hammer. Already have a few dogs. |
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Posted: 10/29/2018 11:12:38 AM EST
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Move out of the ghetto and/or Projects
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Posted: 10/29/2018 11:24:00 AM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Has this ever actually happened?
I could maybe see it in the sticks, but they'd just as soon kick the door down I think. |
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Posted: 10/29/2018 11:26:07 AM EST
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Tamper-proof your main garage door opener release catch, for free; https://www.itstactical.com/intellicom/physical-security/safety-announcement-protecting-against-garage-door-break-ins/ https://i.pinimg.com/736x/b1/32/aa/b132aac0c3733f3edfbe72bca99c7d1f.jpg |
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Posted: 10/29/2018 11:33:43 AM EST
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Along with the longer screws in your deadbolt catch plate, replace AT LEAST one screw in each hinge with a long screw.
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Posted: 10/29/2018 11:36:27 AM EST
[#44]
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Most people put longer screws in their door lock strike plates but almost nobody replaces the tiny little screws in the hinges. Depending on your hinges, you might need to run a countersink in each hinge to open up the hole for the head of larger screws. Get the Spax brand screws at Depot, they have a much higher sheer strength! That's on the frame side of the hinge. On the door side remove the corresponding screw entirely. You might need to drill the hole a little deeper. If you've aligned everything right, when you close the door that pin will engage the hole on the door thereby making the door impossible to remove by just taking out the hinge pins. Hopefully the hinges open inward so they are unreachable from the outside anyway. |
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Posted: 10/29/2018 11:45:54 AM EST
[#45]
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Don't leave tools or items outside that can be improvised as tools that can defeat your security measures. That is, don't leave a 4' iron pipe or ax by the backdoor. |
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Posted: 10/29/2018 11:51:32 AM EST
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Also, to keep people from simply knocking out the hinge pins and taking the whole door off get an extremely long screw for each of the hinges, so two screws- one for the top hinge, one for the bottom. Replace one of the existing screws but don't screw it all the way down. Cut it off so it protrudes about an inch, inch 1/2. That's on the frame side of the hinge. On the door side remove the corresponding screw entirely. You might need to drill the hole a little deeper. If you've aligned everything right, when you close the door that pin will engage the hole on the door thereby making the door impossible to remove by just taking out the hinge pins. Hopefully the hinges open inward so they are unreachable from the outside anyway. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Most people put longer screws in their door lock strike plates but almost nobody replaces the tiny little screws in the hinges. Depending on your hinges, you might need to run a countersink in each hinge to open up the hole for the head of larger screws. Get the Spax brand screws at Depot, they have a much higher sheer strength! That's on the frame side of the hinge. On the door side remove the corresponding screw entirely. You might need to drill the hole a little deeper. If you've aligned everything right, when you close the door that pin will engage the hole on the door thereby making the door impossible to remove by just taking out the hinge pins. Hopefully the hinges open inward so they are unreachable from the outside anyway. |
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Posted: 10/29/2018 11:59:08 AM EST
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Watch Death Wish 3, or whichever one is he moves in to a gang area. Take notes. |
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Posted: 10/29/2018 12:01:00 PM EST
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$20 will get you a set of hinges with non-removable pins. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Most people put longer screws in their door lock strike plates but almost nobody replaces the tiny little screws in the hinges. Depending on your hinges, you might need to run a countersink in each hinge to open up the hole for the head of larger screws. Get the Spax brand screws at Depot, they have a much higher sheer strength! That's on the frame side of the hinge. On the door side remove the corresponding screw entirely. You might need to drill the hole a little deeper. If you've aligned everything right, when you close the door that pin will engage the hole on the door thereby making the door impossible to remove by just taking out the hinge pins. Hopefully the hinges open inward so they are unreachable from the outside anyway. |
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Posted: 10/29/2018 12:06:03 PM EST
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I have a sliding glass door on the back of my house. I have a security system and cameras but what can be done to secure that large of an opening?
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Posted: 10/29/2018 12:21:24 PM EST
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Motion sensor controlled paintball guns with pepper balls. Full auto too. Plenty of videos online on how to build them.
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