| Your home may be your castle, but the chances | | | | invisible, is very nearly impenetrable and |
| are you don't have it protected with a moat | | | | indestructible. The locks are steel bolts |
| and drawbridge. Regardless of the number of | | | | positioned at intervals along the security |
| locks which you have on your doors, there is | | | | door's edges; when the security door's key is |
| no way to keep would-be intruders from going | | | | turned it slides the steel bolts into aligned |
| after the door panels or doorframe if they | | | | openings in its frame. |
| are determined enough, and know that there is | | | | |
| no one either in your house or expected to | | | | A steel security door will be constructed of |
| arrive any time soon. | | | | heavy gauge steel; there are models available |
| | | | with tempered glass inlays for those who |
| Thinking you can simply reinforce your | | | | would like to identify their visitors. The |
| existing wooden door by bolting a sheet of | | | | best steel security doors will be strong |
| metal to it is also taking a risk; a | | | | enough to withstand hurricane force winds and |
| sledgehammer exerted with enough force will | | | | rain, and soundproof as well. Available in a |
| buckle the metal and pulverize the door's | | | | variety of thicknesses, security doors can be |
| frame. If you are serious about making your | | | | used in a home's interior walls as well as in |
| homes entryway intruder-proof, you need to | | | | its entrances. When used in partition walls, |
| replace your wooden door and door frame with | | | | they require a reinforced frame to support |
| the solid steel of a security door, and a | | | | the weight of the door and strengthen the |
| frame capable of withstanding the worst your | | | | wall against intruders. For more info see on |
| unwanted guest can throw at it. | | | | Home Security Gate. |
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| If your first reaction is to think "Won't | | | | Security Door Warranties |
| having a steel security door make my home | | | | |
| look like a factory?" relax. Steel security | | | | Even better, the warranty on a security door |
| doors are available with wood cladding which | | | | is usually far superior to that of a standard |
| be stained or painted to blend perfectly into | | | | wood one. A steel security doer is not |
| your home's appearance. And they are easy to | | | | susceptible to warping and dry rot like a |
| maintain, cleaning up very well with just | | | | wooden door, and will need replacing far less |
| warm water and soap or stainless steel | | | | often. And if you select a security door |
| cleanser. | | | | which contains tempered glass, even if the |
| | | | glass needs replacing, you are facing a much |
| Security Door Locks | | | | smaller expense than you would have from |
| | | | buying a completely new door. |
| A security door's locking system, while | | | | |