What's on YOUR front door?

[Protec2]

After a few variations of high security lock bodies modified to fit into Schlage housings, this is the setup that I put together for my front door. I just have a standard Mul-T-Lock MT5 with expanding bolt in the back door.
It's a Protec2 deadbolt fitted to a Lockstate electronic dead bolt keypad and backing plate. The lockstate mechanicals are junk but the electronics seem to be fine, and I couldn't find any bypasses/exploits for them. The only customization required was a custom tailpiece that would fit the deadbolt (X) and the thumbturn (flat). I used a Mul-T-Lock expanding bolt because I could never figure out how to change the backset on the Abloy unit. The strikebox actually started to separate when I tightened the #14x4 screws so I added some small welds to reinforce it. This setup works great for my family, the kids will get an entry code as they get responsible enough, I can get keys made if I ever lose one and I even have a remote control on my keychain that locks or unlocks the door.
On to the pics, everybody likes pics!

[MBI]

Abloy Protec 2 with expanding bolt, door armor, and a few other enhancements I won't mention. Back door as well.

[cledry]

Don't bother with fancy locks. Been in business too long to recommend them for most homes in my area.

[billdeserthills]

Don't bother with fancy locks. Been in business too long to recommend them for most homes in my area.

Who needs them, fancy lock on the front door, lotsa windows and medium sized rocks in the back of the house

[Tyler J. Thomas]

Don't bother with fancy locks. Been in business too long to recommend them for most homes in my area.

Who needs them, fancy lock on the front door, lotsa windows and medium sized rocks in the back of the house

That's why I have 3M Ultra Prestige on mine.

MT5+ on all doors. StrikeMaster II's too. Took off my trim and shimmed behind the hinges to sink 3" screws in every screw hole.

But hey, this is Atlanta so your mileage may vary.

[billdeserthills]

Don't bother with fancy locks. Been in business too long to recommend them for most homes in my area.

Who needs them, fancy lock on the front door, lotsa windows and medium sized rocks in the back of the house

That's why I have 3M Ultra Prestige on mine.

MT5+ on all doors. StrikeMaster II's too. Took off my trim and shimmed behind the hinges to sink 3" screws in every screw hole.

But hey, this is Atlanta so your mileage may vary.

I been thinking about roll-up shutters on my next house. Dog seems to scare most of them away right now

[cledry]

I don't want to discuss destructive entry on an open forum but high security locks and film are not hard to breach. They will slow down criminals though.

[billdeserthills]

I don't want to discuss destructive entry on an open forum but high security locks and film are not hard to breach. They will slow down criminals though.

Until criminals begin using the presence of expensive, high security locks as an indicator of wealth, they make the neighbor's home look easier to get into

[Tyler J. Thomas]

I don't want to discuss destructive entry on an open forum but high security locks and film are not hard to breach. They will slow down criminals though.

The UNC-Charlotte study strongly suggests they do a bit more than just slow them down.

[jimu57]

Wooden door jamb? What's on the back door?

[Devhad]

I have a combo lock like the first poster. They are nice both because you never lock yourself out and you don't need a key to lock it. I have never changed the cylinder from the schlage that came with it. I have considered putting some superglue in it to disable the keyway since I have a back door if the batteries die.
Either way it's not what's on my front door that I depend on its what is in the steel box next to my bed.

[GWiens2001]

Have a Schlage similar to the first poster. Did not put glue into the cylinder to disable it. Rather, I took out the KIK cylinder and put a piece of music wire the length of a key pin and driver pin combined, with a spring. Even used a drill and files to make it feel like a spool pin. That way, if some bonehead wants to try to pick it or use a bump key, they can waste time doing that.

As for the real security, I like this variety...



"My alarm tells me you are in my house. My shotgun tells me not for long."

Gordon

[cledry]

You keep an old lady with a gun handy?

[MBI]

I been thinking about roll-up shutters on my next house.

I assume you're talking about the steel storefront shutters. Ever since having them on a house I lived in down in South America, I've had a particular fondness for them. I've wanted to put them on my current house, because... overkill. But while my wife usually doesn't mind whatever I want to do, I think she'd draw the line on getting those. So for now I've just settled on bars for the windows that can be accessed from ground level and security film on the windows that you need a ladder to get to. Hopefully between that and the alarm system it'll look like a hard enough target they'll move on to another house.

[C locked]

i been thinking about roll-up shutters on my next house. Dog seems to scare most of them away right now

Yeah those shutters really hate dogs