Patio door doge door insert

[Hobbyman2]

When I was a boy, mother never trusted the lock on our sliding patio door. So she devised her own locking system. It couldn’t be simpler. Just size a small board to fit inside the bottom door track, cut it to length, and place it in the track such that it prevents the operating door from opening (i.e. just inside of the fixed door panel, between the operating door and the door frame).

It was a bit of a pain to bend over and remove the board when we wanted to go out on the deck, though. To solve that problem, perhaps you could hinge the board and add a lifting cord to it.

The other obvious downside: You can’t unlock the door from the outside.

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I made one of those when we moved into the house in TX and it didnt stop them from just lifting the door out of the track , how they got the door unlocked is beyond me .

[SpencerWhite]

You should know that they ought to have requirements that ensure their quality when choosing the doors. I think that you should always be careful about it. First of all, you should ensure free, unhindered out and entry of the car. The dimensions of the gate must correspond to the vehicle size. Btw, I have installed a new garage-doors two months ago. I decided to choose the swing one. It is a long-standing, convenient and simple type. Besides, the price of such a design is the most acceptable.

[miken]

Just curious, maybe it is just the picture, but what keeps a burglar from simply using the dog door? It looks large enough for a skinny thief to climb right through?

Mike -

[Ed in Tampa]

When I was a boy, mother never trusted the lock on our sliding patio door. So she devised her own locking system. It couldn’t be simpler. Just size a small board to fit inside the bottom door track, cut it to length, and place it in the track such that it prevents the operating door from opening (i.e. just inside of the fixed door panel, between the operating door and the door frame).

It was a bit of a pain to bend over and remove the board when we wanted to go out on the deck, though. To solve that problem, perhaps you could hinge the board and add a lifting cord to it.

The other obvious downside: You can’t unlock the door from the outside.

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I made one of those when we moved into the house in TX and it didnt stop them from just lifting the door out of the track , how they got the door unlocked is beyond me .

I am not expert but my guess is roughly 90% of sliding doors are adjusted wrong. A thief only has to left the bottom of the door slightly to be able to pull it out of the track. All sliding doors to be secure need a pin that can be inserted that pins the door to the frame. That way the door can not be lifted out of the track. Also many windows have this same weakness. As home owners demand easier cleaning methods of window, such as tilt in or tilt out, the thief can easily manipulate the window out of its frame. Only a positive pin that pins the window to the frame will prevent this.

[Hobbyman2]

too bad they dont make the rails where the door has to be open before it will lift up !!

[rpd]

too bad they dont make the rails where the door has to be open before it will lift up !!

If they are installed properly, there should be an insert in the upper track that prevents the door from being lifted out when it is in the closed position.

[Hobbyman2]

Thanks Ron
My experience with sliding patio doors was back in the late 80's so things may have changed , back then it was just a top and bottom track and the doors were reversable to slide either way , there was a divider strip on the top and bottom that kept one door from moving .

[rpd]

It is just a plastic strip that clips into the top track. There are likely ways to defeat it, and it is entirely possible that people don't know why it is there and remove it.

[jsburger]

The lock on my sliding door is a hook that engages a bar in the jamb. The hook engages the bar from the under side of the bar so it is impossible to lift the door.

[jonesrobyn017]

Hello. I finished renovating my apartment a long time ago, and now I do decor. Can you share the website where you bought your non-standard apartment door numbers? I'm looking for cool little things for my interior that will combine with other elements. Thank you, I will be glad for any advice.