So there has been lock picking folks going around the neighbourhood that haven't been caught yet and 2 houses have been broken into recently so this got me thinking on a strategy to beef up security at my place.
The door strike plate and deadbolt hole in the door jamb is reinforced with a steel plate and long sheer resistant screws along with long screws on the hinge side making kicking the door in a non-issue.
I was thinking of maybe coming up with a remote controlled solenoid that would move in place of the thumb-turn on the back side of the door when it's in the locked position and prevent the door lock from turning because the thumb-turn wouldn't be able to turn thus not allowing the deadbolt to slide away. Then I thought maybe a mag-lock or slide bolt on a linear actuator as a secondary to the deadbolt but I'm not sure what would be best and thought maybe you had some ideas?
I would change the deadbolt to a non-pickable Abloy for example but they are really expensive and I think I can accomplish one of the above at a much less of a cost.
Thoughts?
The door strike plate and deadbolt hole in the door jamb is reinforced with a steel plate and long sheer resistant screws along with long screws on the hinge side making kicking the door in a non-issue.
I was thinking of maybe coming up with a remote controlled solenoid that would move in place of the thumb-turn on the back side of the door when it's in the locked position and prevent the door lock from turning because the thumb-turn wouldn't be able to turn thus not allowing the deadbolt to slide away. Then I thought maybe a mag-lock or slide bolt on a linear actuator as a secondary to the deadbolt but I'm not sure what would be best and thought maybe you had some ideas?
I would change the deadbolt to a non-pickable Abloy for example but they are really expensive and I think I can accomplish one of the above at a much less of a cost.
Thoughts?
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