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Originally Posted by john rogers
On all our outside doors I replaced the jam material, many years ago with oak and a 1/4 inch thick embedded plate of steel for the dead bolts to latch into. This should prevent anyone short of a gorilla from breaking the door open. I forget the brand of locks and dead bolts but they have held up for well over 20 years.
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Yes. My neighbor's wife is under the influence of exteme insecurity...he did this as well as building his own steel front door. It's beautiful. I ought to photo it and post it...it's amazing looking...arched top, etc.
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When I bought my place in '10 I went to a Habitat for Humanity thrift store and bought all premium Schlage Home Security door units for pennies on the dollar.
Twelve doors worth, including all 4 bedrooms (each keyed differently from Schlage).
Then had all the exterior doors keyed alike...including kitchen to pantry and pantry door to the garage.
Satin silver with French handles inside...knobs outside.
Then, dual cylinder deadbolts on all 4 exterior doors...again, matching Schlage from the Habitat for Humanity thrift store.