Make sure your sliding doors are made from reinforced glass or plastic like polycarbonate and not thin easy to break glass.
How to make a glass door safe from burglary.
You can also use these screws to secure the hinges to the wall side of the door.
Plexiglas or polycarbonate windows.
Place a wooden or metal dowel in the track no more than 1 4 less than the track length to prevent forced entry.
Because we have little children i worried about them not being able to find the key and get out of the house in the event of a fire.
If broken this type of glass will crumble rather than break into jagged pieces.
A good way of doing this is to insert a bar into the tracks of the door to impede movement and prevent them from being opened.
Door frames are often only tacked into place which means that the frame can easily get broken if the door is kicked too hard.
If you re willing to pay more plexiglas is impact resistant and ten times stronger than.
A simple fix to increase security is to install 3 inch long screws through the frame.
The goal is to make the screws sink into the studs.
Burglars will have a harder time trying to get into your home with this type of glass and they don t want to make a disturbance.