I feel much safer at night.

[greg vess]

Some nights I feel a little vulnerable up here all alone. If an intruder was to make entry into a house out here it would take at least 30-45 minutes or longer for a law enforcement officer to get here. By that evil-doer could hurt someone, steal everything of value and be gone long before help could arrive. Some nights it's not uncommon to feel a little insecure. So I decided to add an extra measure of security to the homestead. Plus my little house is out of view from the road and the neighbors homes. For just under 25 bucks I decided to add these on both doors to make sure no one can kick the doors in and steal my guns and valuables or possibly injure me or worse. Needless to say I feel a lot more comfortable falling asleep.

 

[atljetmech]

Unless those components are steel and through bolted I don't think it will be much of a deterrent.
The U-brackets and attaching hardware being the weak link imo.
It also appears to be a windowed door which is easy entry.

 

[greg vess]

Those U-brackets aren't going to break. Believe me they are 1/4 of an inch thick. Then three 4 inch lag screws are sunk into the door frame. Nobody will kick those in I pretty much guarantee you that.

 

[greg vess]

Plus those are old doors. Solid wood not that hollow crap on houses these days. If they smash the window I will hear that and have plenty of time to grab a gun. The idea is they have to make way too much noise to get in. They aren't going to just kick those doors in and enter. Say what you will!

 

[Justin87]

It also appears to be a windowed door which is easy entry.

I personally wouldn't worry much about that. By the time some piece of **** breaks my window, unlocks my locks, figures out there's a cross bar and gets it up and clear of the brackets, he already has a rifle pointed at him and waiting.

No window would be preferred though.

 

[greg vess]

I personally wouldn't worry much about that. By the time some piece of **** breaks my window, unlocks my locks, figures out there's a cross bar and gets it up and clear of the brackets, he already has a rifle pointed at him and waiting.

No window would be preferred though.

Exactly! A hail of gunfire is next!

 

[User170512]

Here in Macon its the same response time as well. We are like 150 patrol deputies short iirc.

 

[greg vess]

I have a 4 locks as well. The door lock, a chain, a keyed dead bolt ( they can't unlock that ) and one of those little cross bolt locks which you can see in the pic under the door lock. He would have to totally knock all the glass out and the three panel separators or get cut to ribbons trying to get through the window that is almost 4 foot off the ground. I think I am covered for the most part.

 

[greg vess]

Here in Macon its the same response time as well. We are like 150 patrol deputies short iirc.

It's not that we are short we just don't have any patrolmen in this little town. The closest police station is at least 30 miles away.

 

[BHPSteel]

I hate to harsh your mellow here but that door itself wouldn't hold up to a good kick. It's the mechanical weakness of the door that is where you're vulnerable, no matter how many locks and chains you put on it.

If the invader doesn't know about the bar, he might break his foot or leg, but those cross pieces and the panels will flex and break with a solid impact. If you had a more secure door, you'd also need to upgrade your hinges with inner lock pins, and some really tonkin' big screws securing the hinges to the door jamb - and maybe even beef up the door frame in general.

Those kinds of upgrades will result in you spending a couple years' worth of training ammo, and ruin the 'look' of your house (unless you like the Fort Knox Esthetic).

Save the money on the upgrade, buy more guns and ammo. If someone breaks in when you're not there, it's only "stuff" that they're going to get (and that bar and the other security measures you've installed isn't going to hold them up getting into an empty house). If you're there when they try, you'll be able to teach them the error of their ways.

As you say, they'll make noise getting in - but they'd do that anyway without you having that bar on there.