Posted: 12/10/2010 4:57:00 PM EDT
I have searched the web endlessly about adding an auxiliary lock to entry doors that have a dead bolt installed with a regular handle set. One entry door is fiberglass and the other two are steel. I looked at "jimmy proof" locks for awhile as they deter pry attacks when added with a dead bolt. Either way, I would like to install an additional dead bolt / rim lock to each door for added security. The question is where? Where do I install the additional lock to an existing door to get the maximum strength and not weaken the door itself? What about a foot bolt? Any and all recommendations are appreciated. FB |
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I have searched the web endlessly about adding an auxiliary lock to entry doors that have a dead bolt installed with a regular handle set. One entry door is fiberglass and the other two are steel. I looked at "jimmy proof" locks for awhile as they deter pry attacks when added with a dead bolt. Either way, I would like to install an additional dead bolt / rim lock to each door for added security. The question is where? Where do I install the additional lock to an existing door to get the maximum strength and not weaken the door itself? http://www.mustknowhow.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/swdoorknobbasic1.jpg What about a foot bolt? Any and all recommendations are appreciated. FB The door (metal or fiberglass) shiould have a wood insert in the lock area. The metal doors are a little harder to get a hole saw started in than fiberglass. Make sure you do not let the hole saw itself exit the off face, just the pilot. As soon as the pilot exits stop and drill from the other side. |
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A few tips for you. First, on where to put the additional deadbolt you're thinking about. The best place to put it would be where it is easiest for a perp to kick the door in, and this usually falls somewhere around the opposite end of the middle hinge. Second, if you want to install what you call a foot bolt, the more accurate term is called a slide bolt which attaches to the door and then you slide it down into a hole in the floor when the door is closed, that's fine too but you might also consider if you have a way to also install another slide bolt that you push into the ceiling preferably centered on a joist. Deltana is one company off the top of my head that makes these. Third, if none of those options work for you, you might consider what I and a few other arfcommers have used and that is a sort of horizontal slide bolt more commonly marketed as the Katy Bar. It sells for about $100 and it has bolts that slide out horizontally. Those bolts slide into holes in cams that you mount on either side of the door. Those cams are mounted with 4 really long wood screws that are designed to drill into the wall studs in the house's frame for the door. I've given it a half-hearted kick test because I didn't really want to chance any sort of superficial damage to my door, but that door didn't even so much as budge. Prying will not help with the katy bar engaged and neither will any kind of lockpicking or drilling of the lock. Hope this helps. |
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Quoted: A few tips for you. First, on where to put the additional deadbolt you're thinking about. The best place to put it would be where it is easiest for a perp to kick the door in, and this usually falls somewhere around the opposite end of the middle hinge. Second, if you want to install what you call a foot bolt, the more accurate term is called a slide bolt which attaches to the door and then you slide it down into a hole in the floor when the door is closed, that's fine too but you might also consider if you have a way to also install another slide bolt that you push into the ceiling preferably centered on a joist. Deltana is one company off the top of my head that makes these. Third, if none of those options work for you, you might consider what I and a few other arfcommers have used and that is a sort of horizontal slide bolt more commonly marketed as the Katy Bar. It sells for about $100 and it has bolts that slide out horizontally. Those bolts slide into holes in cams that you mount on either side of the door. Those cams are mounted with 4 really long wood screws that are designed to drill into the wall studs in the house's frame for the door. I've given it a half-hearted kick test because I didn't really want to chance any sort of superficial damage to my door, but that door didn't even so much as budge. Prying will not help with the katy bar engaged and neither will any kind of lockpicking or drilling of the lock. Hope this helps. Thanks. all three doors are equipped with a standard 6'8" door with a locking door knob and dead bolt. I have looked at the katy Bar which looks to be a great product but the woman said no go. The problem I have is finding information if it is possible to install an additional dead bolt or rim lock on these doors? Since they are a 6 panel design can I guess that the frame inside the door(s) are continuous wood all the way around? A pry attack seems like something that be easily done to a 1" dead bolt so the addition of another keyed lock should make it more difficult. |
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Just guessing by the katy lock, you are wanting something when you are inside the house?
http://www.acehardware.com/product/index.jsp?productId=1295225&CAWELAID=109366695 We bought these because the kids figure out how to unlock and open the outside doors. So we mounted them higher then they can reach. they just slide into the door jam, and prevent the door from opening till you unlatch it. Based on some of the reviews I read, pretty kick proof too. |
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Quoted: Thanks. all three doors are equipped with a standard 6'8" door with a locking door knob and dead bolt. I have looked at the katy Bar which looks to be a great product but the woman said no go. The problem I have is finding information if it is possible to install an additional dead bolt or rim lock on these doors? Since they are a 6 panel design can I guess that the frame inside the door(s) are continuous wood all the way around? A pry attack seems like something that be easily done to a 1" dead bolt so the addition of another keyed lock should make it more difficult. Hold on...what lady said the katy bar is a no go, and why? Are you renting? |
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Quoted: Quoted: Thanks. all three doors are equipped with a standard 6'8" door with a locking door knob and dead bolt. I have looked at the katy Bar which looks to be a great product but the woman said no go. The problem I have is finding information if it is possible to install an additional dead bolt or rim lock on these doors? Since they are a 6 panel design can I guess that the frame inside the door(s) are continuous wood all the way around? A pry attack seems like something that be easily done to a 1" dead bolt so the addition of another keyed lock should make it more difficult. Hold on...what lady said the katy bar is a no go, and why? Are you renting? wife unit |