So my wife love thrillers, scary and suspenseful movies.

Last night when watching one, the killer snuck in the house by opening well oiled, silent doors (three of them) to sneak up on his prey and make the kill.

I made the comment - "well, now I know to never oil the hinges in our house. Ain't nobody gonna sneak up on me in the middle of the night while I'm sound asleep."

So what say you; a squeaky door to alert you or, a silent door so Jason can get his sneak on?

LOL! I like your sense of humor.

The Legos only work if the intruder is barefooted.

Maybe some squeaky dog toys.

Or pistachios (I've seen James Bond)

I clean and lube every door except the main entry door.

That one I leave real noisy.

We have one squeaky door and it's to our stairway. The grandkids sleep up there when they stay at our house so those hinges do not get oiled so they maintain their "alert" status.

Let it squeak. Two weeks ago I was woken (at about 2 or 3 AM) by along slow squeak of the front door. I was seconds from having a gun in my hand. That’s when my daughter identified herself. She had a fight with her husband and just wanted another place to sleep. A squeak is a low tech alarm.

Barbed wire tanglefoot. No lubrication concerns with that system.

I preferred my door oiled, my kids doors squeaky, and dry leaves outside my daughter's window.

Reminds me of this:

Ancient Japanese Used Squeaky Floors As An Efficient Anti-Theft Alarm System

https://wonderfulengineering.c...-theft-alarm-system/

"We all know how annoying squeaky floors can be. We have all come across them and we have all done everything in our power to make them stop squeaking. However, in ancient Japanese societies, squeaky floors were a preference, especially among royal families as they were used as an effective anti-theft alarm system."

I vote creaky floor

As a child I was comforted knowing that we had a squeaky floor so any masked burglars with horizontally oriented black and white striped shirts would wake me up in time to hide my prized possessions.

While some may think the OP is humorous and he is, I keep doors squeaky and I learned it from my Dad who worked both sides of the Law and Order street in his lifetime.

A good dog sleeping in the bedroom with you is also nice to have.

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Originally posted by sns3guppy:
I preferred my door oiled, my kids doors squeaky, and dry leaves outside my daughter's window.

OK, that’s funny

Squeaky door would never wake me upstairs, but my hound dog would, so I hope I'm good. My neighborhood makes me feel safe too.

Doesn't matter in my house. A closed door makes the cats crazy, it's been years since any has been closed save the front door, which is oiled. I always kinda hoped it would be the garage door, it's so loud it wakes me and I sleep without hearing aids in.

Have all the window locks been checked?
How about those
basement windows ?

I oil my doors. They are all quite silent.

I have sensors that chime the alarm on all the windows and doors.

And exterior cameras that alert on motion

I'd have to check to even know; I live alone and the only door (other than closets, and the basement steps) that gets closed is the front. And I wouldn't hear it over the white noise fan in the bedroom. Guess I live dangerously!

House built on crawlspace
Creaky (hardwood) floors
Squeaky (1945) doors ...
A pit bull and a medium mixed breed that sleep with me ...
Come on in. We were expecting you