totally creeped out part deux

[NINEROUND]

I don't mind animal abusers. What I can't stand are Carnies, circus folk. They're nomads, you know. Smell like cooked cabbage, have small hands.

Allow myself to introduce......myself. Good movie.

Sounds like a couple kids out on lunch break. Maybe check your doors. If the rounded part of the lock/latch faces to the outside of the house, someone can easily meter your house, even if locked. Even with the latch facing into the house( squared side out) given enough room between the door and the frame, you can easily just move the latch to open with a knife blade or coat hanger, etc. Hopefully what I'm trying to convey is coming across. Opening in this manner doesn't even unlock the door, it bypasses it completely. Sounds like kids to me. If so, they'll be back.

 

[saddlebum]

all dead bolts

 

[Sanford]

Remove screen, remove rubber/plastic weatherstripping from glass, remove glass, open window ... replace glass, weatherstripping, and screen after entry. Buncha high school kids were doing that around here for a while.

 

[Defnestor]

Sigh, is this another one of those sada$$ "I was just joshing to see what kind of ideas you guys would come up with." threads?

 

[doctorjj]

all dead bolts

What brand of lock set?

 

[Defnestor]

Burn the place down. Tell the insurance company it was the hobo in the attic.

 

[saddlebum]

Remove screen, remove rubber/plastic weatherstripping from glass, remove glass, open window ... replace glass, weatherstripping, and screen after entry. Buncha high school kids were doing that around here for a while.

triple pane low e glass. nothing strange since. changed locks to schlage brand,old ones were kwikset

 

[criticalbass]

About those zip ties on the emergency opening garage door feature.

Great idea. I did mine. Then I pulled on the emergency release and found that it took over 200 pounds with an added jerk (I was the jerk) to break the zip tie.

So I downsized the zip tie until I found the right one that broke fairly easily. The strength of the tie is not critical when it comes to defeating the coat hanger trick.

If you had to escape quickly, say from a fire, and couldn't get the door released, it could be embarrassing.

 

[doctorjj]

triple pane low e glass. nothing strange since. changed locks to schlage brand,old ones were kwikset

Still easy to pick.

 

[twoguns?]

dog weighs 11 lbs

Must not be a ChiChi dog, mine fights pitbulls...and wins...8/
I rent him out , hes good for clearing out cats , mice , squirels, big dogs, and especially people he doesnt know