anyone for gun control. yes. when it means hitting your target.

 

1. I don’t know the local building codes, but I’d call these luan hollow core interior doors. Not apartment door grade, just a light pine frame around cardboard corrugations honeycomb core, with 5mm luan plywood on both sides. Sometimes you get some extra wood for where the doorknobs and hinges go.

   Not what I’d build for Barbie’s Dream Home.

   Posted by Drew458       01/19/2015  at  05:53 PM  



2. My paternal Grandmother is buried in Pocatello Idaho with her favorite of 5 husbands.
   She would have shot the dirtbag too. She once clobbered my dad with a cast iron skillet for not doing what he was told.
   Ouch.
   

   Posted by Rich K       01/19/2015  at  08:44 PM  



3. The building code in my province specifies steel doors that ‘resist forcing’ for entrances. That is a cheap hollow core door suitable for a closet only.

   A good reminder that if you plan to hole up in the bedroom while waiting for the cops to arrive, you should invest in a good door.

   Posted by Al_in_Ottawa       01/20/2015  at  02:18 AM  



4. Doors in my town, that’s the front door and side door to the garage, have to be made out of steel that is fire rated.
   The door might be strong, but the frame is still flimsy wood. the puny screws holding the striker plate is not going to stop a thug.

   I think most building codes these days in USA is like this.

   Posted by rlabutis       01/20/2015  at  01:18 PM  



5. Good point riabutis. The striker plates of my doors are secured with #10 screws that are 5 inches long. The screws go through the 7/8” jamb and both the jack and king posts. You can find #10 x 3-1/2” screws at any Home Depot, Lowes etc. 

   It’s the work of five minutes to remove the existing puny screws, pre-drill the hole deeper with a small drill bit and then drive 3-1/2” screws into the jack post. If in doubt as to whether there are electrical wires tacked onto the opposite of a single stud, use a 2-1/2” screw.

   I believe I read a post awhile ago where the blogger drilled a hole through the jamb and posts and inserted a steel pipe behind the striker plate. I can’t remember the website.

   Posted by Al_in_Ottawa       01/20/2015  at  05:28 PM  



6. You can find sectional steel framing to reinforce the door jamb. And if you are building new, this is one place that using oak 2x4s makes sense. Deadbolts that lock to the top and bottom of the door add strength against kick-ins.

   Needless to say, sidelight glass door surrounds really weaken security, yet people love them.

   And to extend Al’s thought about making your bedroom a “safe room”, replace the sheetrock on exposed walls with 1/2” plywood screwed on, then use 3/4” fireproof rock over that. This gives you a very quiet bedroom as well, and really slows down an attacker trying to hack their way in through a wall. Hard spray foam insulation between the studs really builds a strong wall but is expensive. Having an escape path such as a rope ladder out a window is always a good idea too.

   Posted by Drew458       01/22/2015  at  03:58 PM  

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