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How secure is your home?
Peam:
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--- Quote from: Peam on January 09, 2012, 12:59:08 AM ---
No not by a rock.
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I think that she means that all someone has to do is break the glass with a rock, reach in, unlock the door.
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They could smash the glass and reach in, but if you haven't left the key in the door on the inside then they can't unlock it to get in. Would an opportunist burglar risk making a noise by breaking the glass and maybe alerting either neighbours, passers by, or waking the house occupants if it's in the middle of the night?
No house is fully secure. If they are determined to get in they'll find a way. A more secure lock is just that little bit more deterrent and an opportunist thief might go find somewhere else to burgle.
Guardian:
--- Quote from: anart on January 09, 2012, 01:45:18 AM ---
--- Quote from: Peam on January 09, 2012, 12:59:08 AM ---
No not by a rock.
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I think that she means that all someone has to do is break the glass with a rock, reach in, unlock the door.
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Yeah, that's exactly what I was thinking. I looked at the doors in question and my first thought was that I could put my foot right through that, but I can understand the noise factor if you have close neighbors. I guess it all depends on where you live? Locking the doors on a house full of windows has never made any sense to me anyway...but I guess if you have neighbors close enough to hear breaking glass, locks could be a helpful deterrent?
Where I live we don't lock doors, but we do have guns and large dogs that will eat strangers.
Prometeo:
Is secure, if an atomic bomb falls over it well it's not gonna resist. But about what you are talking about is secure, the last time a guy broke the lass and he spend an hour trying to break the lock, :halo: I was taking care of him from the window of above until he saw me and run to his home.
Gimpy:
--- Quote from: Guardian on January 09, 2012, 04:25:45 PM ---
Where I live we don't lock doors, but we do have guns and large dogs that will eat strangers.
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:lol: Same here, though we do lock doors. We also have a very big Chow-Lab mix that keeps other idiots away.
What we've found that works best? Mounted security cameras in the driveway. That, in addition to the dog, and the fact that I'm always home, keeps the burglars away.
RedFox:
--- Quote from: Guardian on January 09, 2012, 04:25:45 PM ---
--- Quote from: anart on January 09, 2012, 01:45:18 AM ---
--- Quote from: Peam on January 09, 2012, 12:59:08 AM ---
No not by a rock.
--- End quote ---
I think that she means that all someone has to do is break the glass with a rock, reach in, unlock the door.
--- End quote ---
Yeah, that's exactly what I was thinking. I looked at the doors in question and my first thought was that I could put my foot right through that, but I can understand the noise factor if you have close neighbors. I guess it all depends on where you live? Locking the doors on a house full of windows has never made any sense to me anyway...but I guess if you have neighbors close enough to hear breaking glass, locks could be a helpful deterrent?
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fwiw the glass doesn't break that easily (its tempered/shatter resistant for safety reasons - i.e. to make sure it doesn't break if you accidentally try to put you foot through it)
Not the best video (they suck at breaking the glass), but _http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClrB5TSpAgE
Most houses in the UK are built right on top of/next to each other, so that amount of noise wouldn't go unnoticed.
There is however this which looks like a really bad point of weakness _http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gu3afG6TcBw&feature=results_main&playnext=1&list=PLA8730D20A70EB513
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