break-in prevention

How to Secure a Garage Door From Break-Ins

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Newly installed wooden privacy fence running along a suburban backyard with a gate, green lawn and neighbouring houses in soft daylight

How to Secure a Garage Door From Break-Ins Your garage door is the largest moving part of your house and, too often, its weakest entry point. Thieves know the tricks: fishing the emergency release cord through the top of the door with a coat hanger, exploiting an old fixed-code remote, lifting a lightweight door off … Read more

How to Reinforce Your Front Door Against Break-Ins

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Modern smart lock keypad on a wooden front door beside a traditional brass deadbolt, photographed in warm entryway light

How to Reinforce Your Front Door Against Break-Ins Most burglars do not pick locks like in the movies. They kick. In the majority of forced entries through a front door, the door itself holds — it is the frame, the strike plate, or a short screw that fails, splitting the thin wooden jamb in a … Read more