Preventing a door from getting kicked in

[eakers]

what about one of those huge steel doors? I think it would hurt their leg to try to kick down

 

[iamtrout]

Proximity mines.

or

Rig up a simple open-door-shotgun-to-face mechanism. With proximity mine backup.

or

Trap door after the entrance that drops into a pit of spikes. With proximity mines. And centipedes.

 

[Jzero]

Originally posted by: mercanucaribe

Originally posted by: dug777
It's sad that you have to care.

Here, i sleep with a cricket bat by the bed, but that's just beause i'm paranoid by our standards...

To protect yourself from crickets?

Have you seen Aussie crickets? The dingoes may eat babies, but CRICKETS eat DINGOES!

 

[TitanDiddly]

Easy- a big bar. If you're handy, you make some steel plates that hold this bar in place on either side of the door. They are anchored well to the frame of the structure. When bar is in place, the door does not open. At all.

Also- prevent them from kicking your door at all. Put small (1/2") spikes on the front of the door. Nobody wants to kick a door that will spike their foot. Landlord/security/cops might have an issue with that one, though.

 

[Schadenfreude]

Simple.

Everytime soneone tries to kick in the door, time it so that you kick the exact same part of the door on the opposite side.

FTW.

 

[MikeyIs4Dcats]

use 3" screws in the hinges and strike plate reinforcer. Buy Grade 1 hardware with an oversize deadbolt throw.

 

[ElFenix]

i think the problem is that your neighbor is an idiot, rather than the strength of the door.

 

[computeerrgghh]

Originally posted by: mugs

Originally posted by: Eli

Originally posted by: ForumMaster

Originally posted by: MS Dawn
Turn it around and make it open out. It is impossible to kick in a outswinging door. If you have someone really heavy set they can charge the door and it will swing open smacking the perp hard enough to really knock him for a loop.

MD Dawn is right again. that is a good idea. you can't kick open a door that opens to the street. also, get a video camera outside?

Uh, what exactly is the difference between a door that swings in, and out?

You'd have to use enough force to bust through the door jamb (no big deal) and rip the hinges out of either the door or the door frame. But I don't think that's really an effective way to prevent it, and of course it leaves the hinges exposed to the outside.

I like the method the guy used in the thread last night - a 30-06.

Exposed hinges is a big problem. A wedge and crowbar can easily lift a door out of the hinges.

 

[Tom]

Tape a ten spot on the outside of the door.

 

[spaceman]

a door is only as strong as the mens who defends it!

 

[swtethan]

pick up acme catalog

buy anvil and some rope

rig a trap

 

[Rubycon]

If one goes to the trouble of making an outswinging door for security purposes the hinges will not be an issue. Vault doors swing outward.

Given the incentive and time, no door is impenetrable. The best boxes can be breached with a thermic lance operator. It's a bear to use but the clever professional thief will have this figured out. We're talking seven figure diamond jobs here.

 

[D1gger]

Something like this might be effective enough, and won't cause you a problem with the building management.

 

[skyking]

If you want to hang a door swinging out, it is easy to secure them. Open the door and drill the hinge and pin from the backside, and drive in a roll pin or tap and set a allenhead screw in the back. The outside of the hinge looks normal, but without access to get that pin out of the hinge pin, it is very hard to remove the door.
to prevent a brute attack with crowbars and such, drill and set a couple of steel dowels in the door that swing into pre-drilled holes on the hinge side. Good luck getting the hinge side out, you could now totally destroy the hinge and still have bank vault action there.
On the strike side, put a steel plate on the door over the bolt area that extends across the jamb. Plate the jamb with a strap, install a 1" or better throw deadbolt, and now it is easier to cut a hole in the wall to get in

 

[SarcasticDwarf]

It depends. I was able to shatter the wood frame and open a locked solid wood front door when I was sixteen, and I am by no means any kind of musclebuilder. Oh, and that was with my shoulder. If you have a good solid core wooden door, you should be fine for that. The problem is the door frame. The best fix for this is to replace the frame with a steel one. This can be overlayed with a thin piece of wood to make it look natural.

 

[SSP]

burrow some zerglings under the door.

 

[pinion9]

Spikes on the outside of your door FTW.
That way, when they kick the door, they get their foot impaled as well.

Might pose a safety hazard to small children and draw attention though.

 

[msi1337]

the easiest solution is to get yourself a 12 gauge shotgun with some buckshot... who cares if they kick in the door?

 

[LiquidImpulse]

Originally posted by: rezinn
The best way I can think of for keeping someone from kicking in your door is to place a bar about 2/3 up between the floor and handle, which slides across the door. By the time they actually got in they'd have to have broken the door, injured themselves, and the police would be on the way. Plus you'd have time to barricade yourself in your secret room.

I believe there is a product like this somewhere in the market. I've seen it on television before but I'm really quite not sure what it is called. I would suggest looking into this product

 

[Compton]

Just leave the door unlocked. Place bear traps all around the door at night.

 

[jagec]

Originally posted by: SSP
burrow some zerglings under the door.

:heart: zerglings