Installing a 12” strike plate for security

   / Installing a 12” strike plate for security #31  
Get some dogs. Our female dogs are awake at any noise. Imagine having 6 dogs on you after you open the door.

Keep a car in the driveway.

Owning a gun is nice but that is probably the wrong one. The shooter has to be prepared to take a life. What if there are 3 of them having 5 rounds may not be enough. Expect the perps to be high and they may not even feel the shots or be disabled by a 650fps 38 pill.

I bet these perps have fingerprints. Perhaps your dogs will retrieve the fingers for you to compare to other invasions.
 
   / Installing a 12” strike plate for security #32  
You might want something that secures your door to the floor, and not just the jamb. Useful when someone is home, as they can't be used when no one is home.


Saw a movie a long time ago, "Burglar" staring Whoopie Goldberg. She had some sort of bar that "locked" in place into the floor. I've never been able to find it available online.
 
   / Installing a 12” strike plate for security #33  
Amazing you asked for advice on insulating for the heat and cold but I saw only one response for that - magnetic seal. Do people just not pay attention?
Great Stuff - Window and Door. After the plate and reinforcement is done, fill the gaps with the foam and leave it alone for a few hours. After it has set, carefully trim away the strike hole and anything that oozed out. Don’t try to wipe the foam while wet. It smears and makes a big mess.
 
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   / Installing a 12” strike plate for security #34  
First, send your wife to a shooting school to get some basic knowledge and confidence with that snub-38. You don't need to spend $500 a day for a SEAL TEAM SIX operator but, you do need someone other than yourself to give her guidance she will remember when the hammer drops.

Next, identify the best defensible position in your house. This isn't a WWJWD (What would John Wick Do) situation. How much is your TV worth anyway? Let your wife shoot from a defensive barricade if she HAS TO! The last thing you want is the trauma of all that follows a LAWFUL SHOOTING. Heaven forbid if it is a young ethnic person and you get into a public fight post-shooting involving Civil Litigation and constant news coverage.
 
   / Installing a 12” strike plate for security #35  
Not sure of the chances of her hitting anything with a .38 snub nose? And if she isn’t really well trained then the chances of her hitting anything intentionally diminish substantially.
 
   / Installing a 12” strike plate for security #36  
Hopefully you are practicing shooting with wife if she is not experienced yet...
Myself, I would prefer a shotgun for my wife. But I get the argument for a handgun, which is what is my choice for me.
I was going to suggest that the .38 snub get swapped out for a 12gauge pump with 00 buckshot. When we had the threat of bad visitors when I was away, my wife and I moved her shotgun to the bedside. Her 9mm was still there, but the go to is the shotgun - especially in the dark.

I hate that we have to go through all these steps to secure our property. I just went through this with a dry-storage garage near home. I reinforced the door with 3" angle iron, clad the door with sheet metal on both sides and installed a camera. Good luck. My friend suggests leaving the welder on and attached to the door handle...
 
   / Installing a 12” strike plate for security #37  
Hello Guys,

We’ve had 12 door break’ins in the last 2 weeks. Kicking in back doors the main MO. Wife is on edge when I’m traveling.

Besides the wife getting a .38 snub, I’m going to install these 12” strike plates and sub 3.5” stainless steel screws. In doing so, i have to remove 12” total of the copper flashing.

Is there anything that’s cost effective I can retrofit that 12” area to help keep in the cool air and keep out the heat? I have 4 of these so I’m going to repeat this process multiple times.

Pls see pic of product and 2 of the 4 thresholds. Thank you very much in advance.
 
   / Installing a 12” strike plate for security #38  
Real long, high quality screws, that engage not just the door frame, but the building framing, are critical on strikers.

I also have a steel plate bolted to the inside face of 6x6, that the striker is attached to.

My thought is, make the thieves work for it.
 
   / Installing a 12” strike plate for security #39  
Have you considered an "active security system" to drive away the intruders? I have some friends living on remote acreage that swear by the products from Burglar Bomb. See burglarbomb.com They even have systems that will re-arm and repel intruders multiple times in case they come back.
 
   / Installing a 12” strike plate for security #40  
Hello Guys,

We’ve had 12 door break’ins in the last 2 weeks. Kicking in back doors the main MO. Wife is on edge when I’m traveling.

Besides the wife getting a .38 snub, I’m going to install these 12” strike plates and sub 3.5” stainless steel screws. In doing so, i have to remove 12” total of the copper flashing.

Is there anything that’s cost effective I can retrofit that 12” area to help keep in the cool air and keep out the heat? I have 4 of these so I’m going to repeat this process multiple times.

Pls see pic of product and 2 of the 4 thresholds. Thank you very much in advance.
Either those plates or move to New York City. I heard, that contrary to rumors, it's really safe there
 

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