Securing your house (windows doors etc.)

[Mosinowner]

Pungi Deadfall Traps are not as effective as the Movies would lead you to believe...

Piano wire all over the place to confuse them. Spikes in the front to disable vehicles. Civilian legal explosives ect ect

 

[Car Ramrod]

Piano wire all over the place to confuse them. Spikes in the front to disable vehicles. Civilian legal explosives ect ect

ect ect?

 

[jeremy]

Piano wire all over the place to confuse them. Spikes in the front to disable vehicles. Civilian legal explosives ect ect

You really need to read more, less of it from the Internet too...

 

[Mosinowner]

ect ect?

Guns.

 

[Mosinowner]

You really need to read more, less of it from the Internet too...

What are those things the police put in the middle of the road. You can go over one way not the other?

 

[melensdad]

3M Security Film on all the glass.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYdVK3BqPfk&feature=player_embedded

 

[Mosinowner]

3M Security Film on all the glass.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYdVK3BqPfk&feature=player_embedded

This too

 

[jeremy]

What are those things the police put in the middle of the road. You can go over one way not the other?

What these?!

Spike strip - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

You do realize that it is very easy to make a tire Spike Resistant to Spike Proof if you have enough time...

 

[Mosinowner]

What these?!

Spike strip - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

You do realize that it is very easy to make a tire Spike Resistant to Spike Proof if you have enough time...

True. I'll stick to guns. And a BIG fence

 

[Mosinowner]

Also what about a good guard dog? Or 2

 

[jeremy]

Also what about a good guard dog? Or 2

Great if you take the time to train them. Useless if you are not...

 

[melensdad]

Also what about a good guard dog? Or 2

I have a 100# aggressive and territorial Akita. When my house was broken into (before I installed the 3M security film) the dog was in the house. They threw concrete blocks at the dog until she could fight no more. She survived but was traumatized.

Don't count on a big mean dog.

Fortunately neighbors chased down the burglars, caught one at and held him at gun point.

I now have updated my security system and also have a commercial grade camera system with long range IR night vision and high resolution color daylight cameras.

Oh, and they may have come though my windows because they couldn't come through my door? I have these on my doors => http://kickproof.com/Compare_Door_Frame_Reinforcement.php

 

[Car Ramrod]

Guns.

I was hinting at it being etc, not ect.

 

[ATOMonkey]

There are companies that make very attractive hurricane shutters that should do a fair job of slowing down an intruder.

Steel doors, and steel frames (a door is only as good as the frame), will take care of the rest.

All of that is just there to slow down the really determined and repel the opportunistic.

 

[churchmouse]

Standard doors and windows only keep the not so intent out of your domicile. If someone really wants in they use a battery sawzall and come through the wall. Seen it happen at a friends bike shop. If they want in badly enough, they are getting in.

 

[churchmouse]

I have known people who have built their own steel door jams for their steel doors...

I have used a sheet metal break to cover a wimpy wooden jamb with 20 ga. galvanized and it was one tough SOB after that. Sisters house had the rear door kicked in twice by stupid X-boy friend. I put new door in place, did the sheet galvy covering, pinned the hinges, anchored jamb to the studs and it did not give the next time he tried. It made enough noise the neighbors called LEO. He was dealt with severely at a later date but that is another story for another thread. Point, with some effort you can slow them down enough to set up for them.

 

[Car Ramrod]

Standard doors and windows only keep the not so intent out of your domicile. If someone really wants in they use a battery sawzall and come through the wall. Seen it happen at a friends bike shop. If they want in badly enough, they are getting in.

Locks only keep the honest out.

 

[churchmouse]

Locks only keep the honest out.

^^^^Yes, this^^^^

If you slow them down enough then you can introduce them to your "Little friend"

 

[army bratt]

My home plan is digital video out side to chronicle everything, two obnocious pitbulls inside( grampa caint hear good) and a mini 14 in full combat battery as a pillow gun. Good enough ya think?

 

[NathanJefferson]

So who has had the 3m door/window tape installed? How much did it cost?

I've been thinking about getting this installed on my lower level windows and the upstairs that have roofing below them. Especially interested in getting this on my sliding glass door - what a huge security risk... ugh.