cledry wrote:When a strike plate is installed correctly the small part of the latch (deadlock pin) should not enter the hole in the strike plate, only the larger part of the latch should go into the hole. Secondly the gap between the door and strike plate should be no more than about the thickness of a nickel. You can stack strike plates to narrow this.
Next the kid will be removing the hinge pins so get some of these. A pair will prevent door removal if the hinge pin is removed.
http://www.hardwaresource.com/hinges/do ... for-hinges
You don't actually need this special part to make a hinge pin defense.
You can use a long wood screw. I like to remove a screw from one hinge, and drill the hole deeper for my new
wood screw. Leave the wood screw about 3/8" to 1/2" from being fully screwed in place &cut the head of the screw
off with a bolt cutter or hacksaw. Drill an opposing hole for the stub to enter and you are done, unless you'd like to
do a second hinge pin defense as well, like I do.
