While the alarm will let you know someone broke in to your home and a camera system may show you what happened after the fact we aim to stop you from experiencing a burglary or home invasion in the first place. How do we do that? We make the entry points that a would-be-burglar would use so strong that they resist the attack and make the would-be-thief think twice about even trying.
For us at Mobile Locksmith Halifax stopping Burglary is our speciality. We enjoy making it hard for thieves to hurt our clients and their families. Doors and door frames are usually weak enough that a burglar can break in quite easily with kick, a heavy shoulder or a small pry bar. These attacks are common and easily preventable with the right installation. The proper installation will also alert the would-be home invader to the difficulty of breaking in and deter him from trying in the first place.
There is a particular order to proper door reinforcement.
What we first door is reinforce a wooden door jamb with a longer and stronger heavy duty security strike plate. This prevents the door frame from breaking at the door jamb where the deadbolt and door latch enter the frame and can also be used to repair damage from a forced entry after it has occurred.
The next thing we do is reinforce the door. We install a wrap around sheet metal plate that goes around the edge of the door where the door hardware (the deadbolt and handle) is located. This wrap around plate is sometimes called a door reinforcer. Door reinforcers strengthen a door from splitting out along the edge and can also be used to repair a broken door. This plate is installed under the deadbolt and the door knob, lever or entry set.
Next inward swinging residential doors can be fitted with an interlocking latch guard which prevents doors from being pried open and the frame from being spread as it interlocks when the door is closed.
Outward swinging doors can be fitted with latch guards and full length astragals to prevent prying and to cover the gap where the door meets the frame.
We reinforce doors and repair doors using Door Security Hardware:
- We reinforce strike plates and repair broken door jambs with 12″ and 18″ security strike plates
- We reinforce broken doors with door reinforcers, a wrap around plate that goes around the lock and/or door handle
- We reinforce doors from prying attempts by installing latch guards on out-swinging doors and interlocking latch guards on in-swinging doors
- We secure doors from forced entry by installing heavy duty door guards or door guardians on the inside of in-swinging doors
