| Most people put a high priority on feeling safe and | | | | everyone is gone, but allows easy escape when |
| secure in their own homes, so taking measures to | | | | someone is still home. |
| increase safety and protect against intruders | | | | In order for home security door locks to be really |
| when you are at home and burglars when you | | | | effective, they must have a deadbolt that keeps |
| are away is important and home security door | | | | the door from being opened even if the a burglar |
| locks are a major consideration. Both the kind of | | | | is able to pick the lock. However, the most |
| lock and the way it is mounted matter. | | | | important part of a good, secure lock is the way |
| Front doors are usually given top priority when | | | | the strike plate or box is constructed that the |
| people start thinking about security even though | | | | bolt fits into. According to the majority of security |
| every exterior door and window can provide a | | | | experts, a bolt has to be a minimum of one inch |
| point of entry for intruders. You'll find that some | | | | or longer in order to hold even with kicking and |
| areas of the country have building codes which | | | | prying the lock |
| deal with door security. These statutes may | | | | When looking for the best home security door |
| require a certain type of deadbolt on a rental | | | | locks, choose ones that use a strike box instead |
| property. Or they may disallow the use of the | | | | of just a strike plate. You can also replace any |
| double deadbolts which require a key before | | | | brand of existing strike plates with more secure |
| people can get out of the building in an | | | | strike boxes without needing to change the locks |
| emergency. | | | | themselves. Strike boxes are available for around |
| These double dead bolt home security locks are | | | | $10 a door which makes them a very low-cost |
| harder for intruders to use to gain access to the | | | | but effective security measure. When anchoring |
| home. They prevent being able to just knock out | | | | either a strike plate or box, make sure to that |
| glass in or close to a door lock and just reach in | | | | the screws or nails you're using are at least three |
| to unlock the door. The problem is in escaping a | | | | inches long. |
| fire or other hazards if the key is misplaced or | | | | While no one wants to hear it, more expensive |
| the person is cut off from reaching it. A kind of | | | | locks usually are also more secure home security |
| lock that is called "captured key" has a | | | | door locks and are worth the one time expense. |
| mechanism that is like a double deadbolt when | | | | |