Before we get into how to secure your sliding glass door we need to address how burglars may get in in the first place.
How to break into a sliding glass door locked.
How burglars break in through your sliding glass door.
Someone tried to break into a house i owned through the patio door.
If you have sliding doors that are near a living room or dining room the effect they have on the room when the sun hits the doors is breathtaking.
The good news is that if you break it it s easy to replace.
The sliding door can usually be lifted about an inch then the bottom can be pushed in.
Most sliding glass doors opposed to traditional hinged doors are not directly fastened to your home s structure.
Many rest in a track and are locked in place and by jumping the door out of the track you can easily bypass it.
The typical sliding glass door is not very secure.
As we briefly mentioned above the locks on most sliding glass doors are really just latches.
To prevent burglars from simply removing your door from the track add a security pin.
Be careful not to drill all the way through.
That description doesn t even begin to do it justice.
It comes as no surprise that a majority of homeowners employ the use of sliding doors and more specifically sliding glass doors.
Just lift it but be careful because it is very heavy and awkward to handle.
It s easy to defeat with a screwdriver or pry bar.
Then insert a hardened steel patio door pin to hold.
One of the reasons that i like this double bolt option is that intruders have other options besides breaking the glass and jimmying the lock on the door.
The third option is to actually lift the door out of its tracks.
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Lifting it will probably also disengage the latch allowing you to slide the door o.
If you ve locked yourself out of your home it s a good option for re entry.
First i hope you are interested in doing this at your house.
He showed me how to use the palms of your hands with your fingers.
Here i show you how to easily open any locked sliding door quick and easy.
When the police arrived they said it was teenagers.
The lock consists of a thin bracket on the frame with an l shaped hook on the door.