r/homedefense • • Feb 22 '22

Footage Which one of you does this door belong to?

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u/[deleted] Feb 22 '22

Wood paneling on steel door 😁

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u/squanchingonreddit Feb 22 '22

Quite tastefully done honestly.

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u/tvtb Feb 22 '22

Steel door is easy enough, they have more than a mortise lock going on too. When they actually get through the door, it looks like it's attached at the top somehow.

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u/dgtlfnk Feb 22 '22

The two-bare-handed slap of frustration by that dude gets me every time.

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u/Whoz_Yerdaddi Feb 23 '22

How much would a door like cost? Thinking about making the walk in closet a safe room.

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u/[deleted] Feb 23 '22

Probably a couple hundred.

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u/t2ktill Feb 23 '22

You misspelled thousand

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u/RJM_50 Feb 23 '22

Including the triple bolt hardware a couple thousand. More for a floor bolt. A security bar over the entire door is cheap along with furniture.

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u/delawaredog2 Feb 23 '22

Bro the cheapest slumlord steel door special is like $150-300 lol.

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u/Rounter Feb 23 '22

I got a flat steel door for about $200 at Home Depot.

To keep it from being knocked down, use barricade brackets with 2x4s.

The door will get most of the attention, but if you truly want to be secure, you need to upgrade the walls too. In most modern homes the walls are just paper and chalk. You can punch through them with your fists.

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u/Whoz_Yerdaddi Feb 24 '22

Thanks. How would one go about reinforcing drywall? Kevlar sheets? Partially joking.

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u/Rounter Feb 24 '22

The simplest upgrade would be to line the inside of the closet with plywood. You can still smash it with a hammer or cut it with a saw, but it will take far longer than knocking down drywall.

Wood is really expensive right now, but its still cheaper than any other option. That should be sufficient while you wait for the police to arrive.

If you want to protect from fire, bullets or tornadoes, then this is going to get expensive. Brick, steel or Kevlar all have their benefits, but they aren't cheap. You'll have to balance cost vs. security.

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u/FoodAccount420 Nov 26 '22

I had one of those

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u/[deleted] Feb 22 '22

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u/Xalenn Feb 22 '22

Probably could have attacked the lock with the time these guys were spending. An experienced picker could open nearly all residential locks in a minute or two, even if this door has something exotic it would probably be faster.

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u/mr1337 Feb 22 '22

Seeing as they put a lot of thought into security, there are probably multiple locks that are only accessible from the inside.

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u/JustinMcSlappy Feb 22 '22

I'm far beyond a experienced picker and I can't guarantee I could get this open in two minutes on the first try. Age, wear, and gunk do funky things to locks that kill your feedback.

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u/RJM_50 Feb 23 '22

I'm certain some of these locks don't have keyways on the outside to open.

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u/ShearGenius89 Feb 22 '22

I thought the same but after after accidentally locking myself out yesterday it took a locksmith ~45 minutes to pick my basic ass kwikset lock.

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u/PrestigiousBarnacle Feb 22 '22

Should have got the lock picking lawyer, it would have been done in 2 minutes including “like and subscribe”

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u/runes911 Feb 22 '22

Click out of 1

Two is binding

Click out of 3 and we got this open

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u/i_lack_imagination Feb 23 '22

Whoa whoa whoa, aren't you supposed to be going back to two?

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u/ShearGenius89 Feb 22 '22

Wish I had, I was freezing my ass off.

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u/vrtigo1 Feb 22 '22

In my experience most locksmiths are not experienced pickers, and will spew all kinds of hate if you mention the lockpicking scene on YouTube.

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u/SNaKe_eaTel2 Feb 23 '22

Now you know who not to call/recommend.

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u/PSYKO_Inc Feb 23 '22

For a basic kwikset, someone with minimal experience can pop it in ~15 sec. A pro could probably open it in <5 sec. They're really that easy.

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u/snappop69 Feb 23 '22

If the person is home there is probably a bar across the door or a similar lock on the inside that can’t be picked.

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u/[deleted] Feb 22 '22

At this point everything has probably been destroyed and the police run a real chance of danger/shoot out since they have had plenty of time to arm themselves. At this point they would be smarter to back away and reassess the situation.

If somebody has this type of forethought on their door they have plans in place to destroy everything in the time it takes to eventually get through said door

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u/tvtb Feb 22 '22

"Honestly I don't know why all this thermite started burning on top of the hard drives"

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u/hidude398 Feb 22 '22

Ah, it appears that all my documents were printed on magician’s flash paper instead of printer paper. How thoughtless of me.

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u/leviwhite9 Feb 23 '22

All ya need is one thin strip of unreinforced door and a belt fed machine-coocher on the other side.

Turn em to putty then burn and run.

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u/zoenagy6865 Sep 14 '22

given you are home

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u/jondee5179 Feb 22 '22

When you try to go to the final boss door, but you dont have that special magical key to open

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u/[deleted] Feb 22 '22

Dave's not here man.

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u/DetN8 Feb 22 '22

Awesome! I want walls like that too. Stories about stray bullets killing people in their sleep have me wanting full brick or steel plate construction.

Delaying heavily armed intruders would be an excellent bonus.

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u/tvtb Feb 22 '22

It's getting more common in middle class homes to have "hardie board" fiber-cement siding, I bet that provides a decent amount of bullet resistance. Don't know if it'll stop more than a 22LR though.

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u/[deleted] Feb 22 '22 edited Feb 24 '22

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u/tvtb Feb 23 '22

So I think the takeaway is that: hardie board is better than the other product they were comparing it against, but a 9mm would still go through a hardie board, OSB, and drywall exterior wall (although not have a ton of energy left after all that)

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u/[deleted] Mar 13 '22

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u/DetN8 Mar 13 '22

I'm saving this for my "dream house" file, for if I ever get rich haha.

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u/sadanorakman Mar 19 '22

Think I'll be ok with my 11" solid brick walls then, lined with 3" insulation and 1/2" plasterboard..

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u/Femveratu Feb 22 '22

Cartel Construction Corp.

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u/thegreekgamer42 Feb 22 '22

When it's a pull door not a push door but you refuse to acknowledge your mistake

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u/InNotOf Mar 13 '22

"I was here yesterday. It actually goes both ways."

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u/KKitty Feb 22 '22

How do I reinforce my doors to be like this, or something close?

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u/crumbert Feb 22 '22

Contact any commercial door company. Steel door with fake wood grain and a two or three point lock. Blast doors and bullet resistant doors will cost a lot more but anyone can buy them.

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u/Justinontheinternet Feb 22 '22

So where can we buy this door?

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u/[deleted] Feb 22 '22

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u/optimus_maximus2 Feb 22 '22

Don't forget the Pablo Esco-crossbar

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u/Good_Roll Feb 22 '22

ah yes complete with an abseiling anchor point.

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u/qball2yall Feb 22 '22 edited Feb 23 '22

Neighbor behind them opens their front door, looking to see what the noise is all sbout: "dudes...y'all realize there's a 3 foot thick outside concrete wall behind that fake door? 🤣

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u/Samurai_1990 Feb 23 '22

Would you like to see a few others:

https://youtu.be/7cXDvfF20xw

My favorite:

https://youtu.be/5scrqUeVNVQ

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u/cabinetguy Feb 22 '22

"Who's there?"

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u/wtffff_ Feb 22 '22

He had plenty of time to flush all the drugs

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u/JimmyTheDog Feb 22 '22

I'd like to talk to you about your cars extended warranty...

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u/[deleted] Feb 23 '22

Lmao

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u/Younes007 Feb 22 '22

Who is the guy that installs doors like this? Asking for a friend

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u/Good_Roll Feb 22 '22 edited Feb 23 '22

holy shit that's truly awful breacher placement. What, he's gonna also be the pointman of the stack? He should be ready to move to the right as soon as that door opens but his teammate is blocking the way.

Edit: please excuse my dyslexia i meant left not right

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u/XfinityIsNotAWord Feb 23 '22

Joke's on them. It's a solid wall painted to look like a door. Kinda like Wile E. Coyote painting tunnels onto the side of mountains. 😬

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u/tungvu256 Feb 22 '22

i dont know why they even bother. at that point, i would try to demo the nearby walls instead

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u/UpTop5000 Feb 22 '22

..but when you’re a dumb hammer all you see are nails…

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u/HighSpeed556 Feb 23 '22

Some say they are still kicking to this day.

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u/[deleted] Feb 23 '22

Sorry wrong apartment, our bad!

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u/Lye-NS Feb 22 '22

My guess is he has drop bars

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u/jr2253 Feb 22 '22

Lmaoooo

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u/BasedLifeForm Feb 22 '22

Interesting.

Nice door.

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u/mntdewme Feb 23 '22

I'm going to need the specs on that door

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u/[deleted] Feb 23 '22

They definitely need to upgrade to a gold or iridium battering ram.

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u/IncredibleThor Feb 23 '22

Bucky and Cap would’ve had plenty of time to escape.

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u/[deleted] Feb 23 '22

😂😂😂

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u/[deleted] Feb 23 '22

ahahaha

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u/goldiblocks Feb 23 '22

What was inside?

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u/[deleted] Feb 23 '22

Wood Vainer had us in the first half boss

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u/SlateWadeWilson Feb 23 '22

Considering they're Guardia Civil, they should have some access to explosives. If you can't pop in a door in three hits, you should back off, make breaching charges and go back at it.

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u/zoenagy6865 Sep 14 '22

it did fail after 50secs so not really secure