need advice on hardening a bedroom door/safe room tips suggestions

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March 06, 2020, 06:46 AM

MattW

need advice on hardening a bedroom door/safe room tips suggestions

How’s her health/she live alone?What if something happens and she needs medical help in the middle of the night? Now EMS could potentially be left with trying to break in.

March 06, 2020, 08:26 AM

Fenris

quote:
Originally posted by MattW:
How’s her health/she live alone?What if something happens and she needs medical help in the middle of the night? Now EMS could potentially be left with trying to break in.

This would not just be an issue with a locked interior but also an exterior door.

Fortunately there is a solution. Allow me to present the Knox Box. You've seen them on businesses. Well they are also available for private residences. Buy. Mount. Call. The fire department come out and lock a key inside. Only they have the key to open the Knox Box, so they won't have to break down any door in an emergency.

Even if a bad guy has a key, there are far more tempting commercial targets and probably easier ways to break into a home. These things are built like a tank.

March 06, 2020, 09:05 AM

ggile

Also consider that it doesn't take much effort to bust through a sheetrock wall either.

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March 06, 2020, 10:44 AM

jimmy123x

I'm surprised that nobody has mentioned an Alarm system. This would probably be the best deterrent.

March 06, 2020, 04:20 PM

BBMW

No, not really. An alarm is only as good as the speed of the response. When LE gets alarm calls, they get pretty low priority.

She needs something that, if an attacker tries to break in, will slow them down until she can arm herself (if that's viable in this situation) and/or get a call off to 911. Live call from people claiming that a break in is in process get high priority. But she still has to be able to keep the attackers out, or be able to defend herself until LE gets there.

quote:
Originally posted by jimmy123x:
I'm surprised that nobody has mentioned an Alarm system. This would probably be the best deterrent.

March 06, 2020, 05:02 PM

erj_pilot

quote:
Originally posted by ggile:
Also consider that it doesn't take much effort to bust through a sheetrock wall either.

Yeah...but those 2x4's are a total BITCH, though.

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March 06, 2020, 05:31 PM

golddot

Awesome awesome awesome info guys..yes, she lives alone, she , so far, has refused to get a dog, her medical condition is good, but she is 80, she does have and alarm and it worked well when the window was broke.

March 06, 2020, 05:43 PM

Yellow Jacket

Here you go. Chainsaw vs wall:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCpNMgnFKA0

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March 06, 2020, 08:44 PM

Fenris

quote:
Originally posted by Yellow Jacket:
Here you go. Chainsaw vs wall:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCpNMgnFKA0

That wall had no studs at all.

March 07, 2020, 08:16 AM

golddot

LOL, the goal here is to buy her 20 seconds or so, to call 911 and get her 357 mag, this has been a helpful thread fellas thx !

March 07, 2020, 11:40 AM

bigguy

I hope that she does not live in the City of Dallas. Please tell me that she lives in another jurisdiction.

March 07, 2020, 01:09 PM

dynorat

quote:
Originally posted by golddot:
LOL, the goal here is to buy her 20 seconds or so, to call 911 and get her 357 mag, this has been a helpful thread fellas thx !

Any chance she likes dogs? A good rehomed mastiff, great dane or german shepard might just eliminate the problem altogether.