Eye bolts screwed into the studs on either side with a steel bar through the eye are a way to do it and can be repeated for three or so assemblies per door
Old Hollywood had that first door on a lot of houses. They are just yummy looking and they are heavy to open with a key. A lot of those places were built either when Hollywood was still full of hunting lodges or when Prohibition was in effect. Along with massive REAL doors, they also have hidden rooms and closets that lead to other places in the house. Now that was forward thinking! The sad little homes that are mass produced have little, if any, resistance to invasion. We have lost a lot over this "Progressive" century and a half. Dome homes are nice; constructed of concrete and few windows. Build a large one and your local ATF/FBI/Whatever FEDGov will have to work for his/her mafia money.
Get a steel door, 20 minute fire rating if you can afford it. Replace all the screws with 4 inch screws, as heavy as will fit. That's the frame, hinges and strike plate screws.
If you can, make the path to the front door so that you have to make a 90 degree turn there, with minimal room available. My last house used a pyracantha hedge to make that work. Any furniture or large items would be brought through the garage.
Yes, you should have thorny bushes under all windows as well, roses work great there. This makes using the windows difficult and painful. A dog is a must as well.
Remember, all this does is buy a few minutes. They will get in eventually. It's up to you to decide how to spend that time.
Concrete-walled 'alley' enclosing the walk to the entry. Steel entry-door built into the concrete wall. A foyer, then three feet inside the outside door, another steel door. . Another steel door from the family room into the kitchen. . A steel door at the entrance to the hall. A steel door at each bedroom and each bathroom. . Concrete building with a steel roof. Reduces your fire insurance costs... . . An aside: 1980s. Los Molinos, northern California. We developed a residential subdivision of concrete homes. We faced the exteriors with traditional-appearance siding, brick, and stone.
Bring back moats!
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For those of us working on a bidenflation budget: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ccg4QTzDRB8
ReplyDeleteEye bolts screwed into the studs on either side with a steel bar through the eye are a way to do it and can be repeated for three or so assemblies per door
ReplyDeleteOld Hollywood had that first door on a lot of houses. They are just yummy looking and they are heavy to open with a key. A lot of those places were built either when Hollywood was still full of hunting lodges or when Prohibition was in effect. Along with massive REAL doors, they also have hidden rooms and closets that lead to other places in the house. Now that was forward thinking! The sad little homes that are mass produced have little, if any, resistance to invasion. We have lost a lot over this "Progressive" century and a half. Dome homes are nice; constructed of concrete and few windows. Build a large one and your local ATF/FBI/Whatever FEDGov will have to work for his/her mafia money.
ReplyDeleteAesop, you would not happen to have the phone # for the locksmith in the video?
ReplyDeleteThe dude who built that door was the owner. In Romania.
ReplyDeleteIt probably wasn't that hard.
Get a steel door, 20 minute fire rating if you can afford it. Replace all the screws with 4 inch screws, as heavy as will fit. That's the frame, hinges and strike plate screws.
ReplyDeleteIf you can, make the path to the front door so that you have to make a 90 degree turn there, with minimal room available. My last house used a pyracantha hedge to make that work. Any furniture or large items would be brought through the garage.
Yes, you should have thorny bushes under all windows as well, roses work great there. This makes using the windows difficult and painful. A dog is a must as well.
Remember, all this does is buy a few minutes. They will get in eventually. It's up to you to decide how to spend that time.
Concrete-walled 'alley' enclosing the walk to the entry.
ReplyDeleteSteel entry-door built into the concrete wall.
A foyer, then three feet inside the outside door, another steel door.
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Another steel door from the family room into the kitchen.
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A steel door at the entrance to the hall.
A steel door at each bedroom and each bathroom.
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Concrete building with a steel roof.
Reduces your fire insurance costs...
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An aside:
1980s.
Los Molinos, northern California.
We developed a residential subdivision of concrete homes.
We faced the exteriors with traditional-appearance siding, brick, and stone.
Get Smart had a pretty good doorway setup.
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