Effective Door Security For Your Home

By Author: Teresa Bernard
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Amazingly, the simplest way for a thief to get inside a house is through the front, back or garage doors. An experienced crook knows that the garage door is usually the easiest way to get inside followed by the back door. And the reason is that either of these doors are less visible from the road and neighbors. It is easy for a thief to gain entry into your home by a simple kick or "shoulder slam".

According to the FBI 73% of burglars gain entry into a place of residence is by kicking-in the door. What is it about exterior doors that make them so easy for a invader to gain easy access into a home or office? Look carefully at your front door-frame and the lock-set that is installed. The area surrounding the deadbolt and door strike plate is the weakest part of your door. There is less than half an inch of softwood guarding the safety of your dwelling.

The problem isn't the exterior door, hinges, deadbolt or locks. These items are all pretty strong in and of themselves. It's the door-frame (a.k.a door jamb or door casing) that is the weakest area. Door jambs are most often manufactured from softwood trees such ...
... as Pine, Spruce and Fir. These types of wood can not stand up to the force of a half inch to three-quarter inch solid steel deadbolt stem being massively forced against them. This is what happens when a door is being kicked or shoulder slammed. Likewise most common door hinges and strike plates are held to the door and door frame with screws that are less than 1 inch long. Don't believe me? Go remove a screw from one of your door hinges and see for yourself.

So how would you go about securing your entryway doors? To make your doors more secure, start by beefing up the hardware in the door casings. The simplest and most affordable way to "beef-up" your doors is by installing heavy-duty metal door-casing reinforcement hardware using longer, high-strength screws that tunnel down deep into the wall studs. This will effectively replace those small, weak strike plates that are being held by short, inferior screws.

A top selling door-frame strengthening product is the Door Devil Anti-kick Door Security device. Three important and unequaled features distinguish this product as way out in front of its competitors. Those distinctive and useful features are strength, ease of installation and guarantee. Let's discuss each one of those features:

1) Each Door Devil kit comes complete with everything you will need to reinforce one standard-size entry door. The kit includes a 48" steel door-frame reinforcement security unit, 3.5" heavy-duty screws, window decals and a yard sign to signal to any would-be thief that your home is kick-proof. The device is also designed with a unique 45 degree edge making it possible to withstand greater kick force while also making the door easier to close after the device has been installed.

2) Installs easily right onto the existing door-frame. There is no need to disassemble the casing or hardware. The kit also comes with the correct drill bit to make the door security upgrade quick and easy. Typical installation takes less than half an hour per kit.

3) Door Devil comes with a 3x anti kick-in guarantee. No door security product will to stop a determined burglar, however, Door Devil has been so rigorously tested, that the manufacturers will refund triple the purchase price if their product is ever defeated. You will be hard pressed to find another door security product that carries such a guarantee.
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