From doors in the front to doors in the back, and including windows of course, keeping your home safe means making sure every entry point, has the proper mechanisms that will deter any suspect visitors.

It’s something worth mentioning, both exterior and interior sliding doors can be more difficult to secure. Dead bolts are great for front doors made from steel and windows can easily have locks installed on them.

Improving the safety and security of a sliding door is achievable so fear not!

1. Lock Inspection Time!

Security doors for the most part lock on one side, typically in the handle. This lock holds the door to the frame, so make sure this lock works by closing the door, before addressing any other security issues, locking it and then trying to pull it open is the best idea.

The latch isn’t catching the door properly if it moves or if it’s coming loose from the frame. Make the necessary repairs as needed, and consider hiring a professional contractor to install your doors. Just make sure the frame is level and secure.

2. Slide-Locking Bars for the Easy Installation Win

Sounds more complicated than it actually is, and is really just a thick wood dowel or metal bar cut to fit in the bottom track of your door.

Simply fit the dowel or metal bar into the track when going out or locking up your home for the night. The latching lock can even be damaged or removed, it won’t matter since this slide locking bar keeps the door from being opened.

3. Your Door Tracks and Rollers Need Love Too, So Maintain Them.

Your sliding doors plastic rollers can become damaged when they won’t move smoothly.

Lifting your door out of its track, and cleaning any dirt or debris you find inside will definitely keep your doors in prime condition simply by applying a seasonal cleaning the obstructions blocking them.

Adjusting the size of the rollers may be a better idea if after cleaning, the door still won’t move properly.

A Phillips screwdriver will allow you to expand or compress the rollers as some doors have small adjustment holes along the bottom and top edges that will fit.

Bypassing the lock or locks you have in place will be next to impossible for a thief trying to lift the door off its track.

To be successful at deterring any criminal from trying to break in and steal from you is actually quite simple, just so long as you’re keeping your rolling tracks clean and fitting rollers snugly in place.

4. Install a commercial locking product

Considering a commercial lock is smart idea that you can pick up from any hardware or online retail shop.

You may also want to opt for more than a one bolt locking system choosing two bolts that attach to the closing point of your door instead of one, so you have multiple steel bolts in place designed to drop into place.

Most locks are able to be installed arbitrarily as far as how high or how low you want them, so it really is up to you.

Key and locks have many different options available for you to sort through, and even come in battery-powered very loud noise making alarms.

5. Wire in your home alarm system

You should check your sliding door to make certain it’s wired correctly, if you have an in home alarm system installed.

It’s pretty easy actually if you get it taken care of when alarm technicians are installing the door, and that way you have a warning system in place when your door is opened after setting the alarm.

You can also install a sensor called a glass break sensor that mounts on your wall or your door. If a thief decided to try busting the window instead of breaking the door, this will at least alert you to the situation, and scare him off most likely.

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