I have never seen a door from the house to the garage that swung into the garage, present house included.
That's because you don't break into houses for a living.it’s darn near impossible to break into our home
That's because you don't break into houses for a living.
People who do it professionally so to speak see things differently to you.
All the doors I've seen in Florida open outward into the garage. I think I'll install some of those security hinge screws on mine.
Keep in mind a burglar could grab the circular saw off the workbench then easily cut through the wood door. It might be quicker than a pry bar and Jack.
I heard All Doors must now Swing both waysNever heard of such a rule but I have only lived in a few states. Outswing door is very unusual in my experience. Others have posted some options for hinges that are more secure for pins on the outside. But even for inswing doors I have heard of using a jack to pry the jamb apart enough to clear the deadbolt so a long throw is best. I would guess the hinge with raised tab would be fairly easy to overcome with a pry bar to spring the jamb a little. The long screw heads look better in that regard. If they want in bad enough they will get in but you want to make that hard to do.
Sounds like your driver knew you were going to be out for a while and that's the link to the break in. That could explain them looking in so many out of the way places - if they knew they had lots of time and little risk then why not look everywhere.
The Door would hit our car if it did that here...I have never seen a door from the house to the garage that swung into the garage, present house included.
The last house I owned in Houston was like that. The house was built in 1992 and had an attached garage that the door swung out into the garage.I have never seen a door from the house to the garage that swung into the garage, present house included.
Are we still talking about doors? Mine only go one way and that's not going to change.I heard All Doors must now Swing both ways
You are out of "Woke" codeAre we still talking about doors? Mine only go one way and that's not going to change.
Our previous house had sliding glass doors, one in our bedroom and the other in our livingroom. The one in our livingroom was mounted backwards, no joke, if the door was not locked you could lift up on the door from the outside and remove the whole door, In other words the door that slides was on the outside....LOLThe last house I owned in Houston was like that. The house was built in 1992 and had an attached garage that the door swung out into the garage.
One day my wife locked herself out of the house when I wasn't home. A neighbor came over and popped the hinge pins off the door to get her back in!
I always hated that design door and was planning on replacing it, but then the house was flooded by hurricane Harvey. So that took care of that. We moved! lol
Out of curiosity, what do you hope to achieve if this were to happen again? It sounds like they can cut the power off no matter what. If backup batteries are in place, the alarm will sound at some point? And, then how long would it take for them to disable that? Is it sufficient to scare them away or could they proceed till they disable that as well? And, even if you get some level of backup either by mirroring a NVR or cloud, is that sufficient if they take everything? People wear masks all the time now.I got recently broken into while not at home. Power was cut and alarm was bypassed as my alarm backup battery had expired!
They took my NVR so makes the cameras not that useful.
I did not have cloud backup.
Could I trouble the brain trust for a backup solution to the cloud assuming that I have a UPS running long enough to upload to the cloud?
I run a Dahua NVR with 6 cameras.
Many thanks!
Those are nice. I installed these on Front and Back Doors. Won't stop a Pro but should stop or detour the Average thief. Glass Break Sensors help too...I wonder if people are aware there are different door grades at least in the EU?
Most doors fitted are SR grade 1 or at best 2. Yet there are high security ratings to grade 5 with doors that can resist jemmys, sledgehammers, stihl saws (!), police hydraulic spreaders etc for up to 20 mins.
Of course theives may just break a window....
One company making higher security doors that have a few pics of the mechanisms of some on their web sites (unsure what grades this company does) : External security doors UK manufactured & police approved
Just drill two holes opposite each other that lineup better than what I put on the pic:Crap, I just looked at the hinges on my out swinging door and see that the hinge holes on the door side don't line up with the hinge holes on the frame side. This means using the security hinge screws isn't the simple solution I wanted. I guess that means changing the hinges out. Poot.
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That's pretty much the standard in Australia too.I can't beleive in the US that most people still seem to have traditional wooden doors with 2 ordinary hinges and a handle lock.
An alarm would have 8+ hours of backup with a working battery. With video You simply need 10-15 minuets of power reserves unless they cut power and wait. This allows you to detect someone before they enter the home. I can get push notifications anywhere I am. Instantly. A direct call to the local police with visual confirmation of someone on you property gets a very quick response in almost every municipality.Out of curiosity, what do you hope to achieve if this were to happen again? It sounds like they can cut the power off no matter what. If backup batteries are in place, the alarm will sound at some point? And, then how long would it take for them to disable that? Is it sufficient to scare them away or could they proceed till they disable that as well? And, even if you get some level of backup either by mirroring a NVR or cloud, is that sufficient if they take everything? People wear masks all the time now.
What level of response time would you have if you got sufficient notification that something was happening? Email/push notification? How often would you check it if you are say abroad somewhere? Is there someone else whom could receive those?
So, to me, the question is how do I prevent them from being capable of rummaging through the entire place? And, that may require a separate solution if you are going to be away for a couple weeks. There are some camera systems that can operate independently of your houses power. And, some can also operate independently of your network (3/4G). It might be worthwhile to have one or two of those in key places when away for long periods such that you can either temporarily enable to get a notification (no mater what) and/or a subscription that allows for independent review of the security of your home. Or, you have to ensure full power redundancy and appropriate notifications such that once things start a happening someone is ready to get to cops out there.