Is there anything better than a shitty metal screen to keep an armed intruder from breaking in and raping my cat? For doors and windows. Ideally something that doesn't cost a ton of money.

>>64065135 (OP)
You really shouldn't cheap out on home security, but first you could put longer screws in your locks and hinges

One of those doorbell cameras might help. The screen slows them down a little while you look at your phone to see what the alert at the door is or whatever.
Course, if they're already set on breaking through your screen I imagine they'd have no qualms about breaking one of your windows either, so what do you want to do, turn your entire house into a fortress?

>>64065152
>You really shouldn't cheap out on home security
Yes but with 40 minute sheriff's office response times I need something other than GayDT or ring cameras, and decent window bars and security doors cost a lot of money.

>>64065186
Why not drill sheet metal into your doors/windows frames. Small cut outs if you want to look through

>>64065186
Do you have the ability to plant prickly pair cacti near your windows? You can also buy thick window tint and install it your self, makes it slightly harder to break.

>>64065135 (OP)
Metal door frame, metal door, two deadbolts spaced apart, everything installed with long/thick bolts/screws.
Metal bars on all your windows.
Motion activated flood lights and security cameras.
Monitored burglar alarm system.
Panic room for your cat with its own phone line.
Train your cat to shoot and normalize him having his EDC on him at all times, even at home.
When your neighborhood and the surrounding neighborhoods within walking distance reach 20% rental status sell your home and start over.

>>64065201
I could do that behind one of these security doors to make it harder to get behind the handle. Not a bad idea actually. Drilling sheet metal into the windows sounds retarded though, unless I'm using perforated screens or expanded metal. Which, from the inside wouldn't be a bad idea.

>>64065210
It's usually enough to just be more hardened than your neighbors, as criminals are inherently lazy.

>>64065219
>neighbors
While I have plenty, they all have bars and screens on the windows and "trespassers will be shot and buried fuck the cops" signs all over their gates.

>>64065185
Have both a ring doorbell camera and a hidden home security camera out of sight

>>64065201
>>64065205
I used 16 gauge galvanized steel wire cloth and cut/installed it over all the windows using 14 gauge metal frames. The project cost under $300 and took me about 2 weekends. It beats having nothing.

>>64065135 (OP)
Drill a plate of steel or something over that section of the door so they can't reach through and unlock the latch.

>>64065204
>Do you have the ability to plant prickly pair cacti near your windows?
This. If not prickly pear, then barberry, roses, bougainvillea or whatever else grows in your local area.
You may not want to go for the thorniest option though. You still need to prune the bastards and some of the more savage stuff is a fucking hassle to deal with. Might take Fluffy's eye out if he runs into it too.

>>64065152
You'd have to screw long screws around the entire frame to really make a difference, especially around the plates. Jusy doing the plate will mean they have to kick it twice instead of once, all the wood around it comes out. You're giving people a false sense of security just having a stronger plate.

A strong door is actually better than a metal screen door, but you essentially have to rebuild the whole door and frame. The existing door and frame are likely cheap like everything else about typical modern house builds. Even those screen doors are mostly garbage, when I need to get into a place I just pull the door sideways and it has enough give to get the bolts out of the holes. Saved a kitty that had got stuck between the screen door and door recently. They're made too cheaply and fake like everything else, the metal is thin and can be broken through or the bars bent off. Most are just a visual deterrent, but there are real sturdy ones and you'll know them when you see them. The frame still has to be sturdy. Just rebuild the damn door, solid frame and solid door. Hurricane film the window glass and put indoor roll-down metal covers on them.

>>64065135 (OP)
A big dog.

>>64065152
This, and install floor plates or kick plates. Make sure your door is a good one, a nice solid oak door is going to take a police department about fifteen minutes to break. A pack of wild niggers is going to give up, work ethic among crackheads is nonexistent.
Everyone says different things about perimeter security, but having motion lights on the outside of your property and cameras in strategic locations is a good enough deterrent.
For windows, wrought iron bars are pretty hard to beat.
If all else fails sonny grab yer shotgun with double aught buck

>>64065454
A little yippy dog. Any noise whatsoever and that little fucker is gonna be off like a firecracker.

>>64065250
>16 gauge galvanized steel wire cloth
So deer fencing? You put deer fencing on your windows?

>>64065135 (OP)
Big, heavy door and a solid deadbolt

>>64065135 (OP)
Metal screens are useless, I always laugh when I see commercials advocating for metal screens over bars for windows and doors. It then always showcases someone swinging at it unga bunga style with a fucking club.

>>64065152
>LE PRO TIP
Don't force your kid to move into a shithole place where they need to worry about that to begin with. Also classic boomertard 40 year old thinking, you do that shit to your unit the security deposit is gone and most likely will be changed back.

>>64065135 (OP)
- doors
>longer screw in hinges
>vetted handles & locks
>door that isn't weak as shit
>doorframe that isn't garbage

- windows
>anti-shatter security film
>bars
>double pane glass

this guy has an alright video on the stuff https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXyAa2vG8oA
just don't totally lock yourself into the house in the event of a fire though

>>64066433
>Also classic boomertard 40 year old thinking, you do that shit to your unit the security deposit is gone and most likely will be changed back.
You really think any landlord is going to notice that you've changed out the screws inside the door?
I replaced the screws on 2 of the 3 rentals I lived in, for one of them I installed an extended security strike plate too. Got my full security deposit back both times. No landlord is going around examining the hinges of the door for secret home security improvements.

>>64066433
40 year olds are shitlenials, moron.

>>64066421
That's a little unfair, this is a news post where they fired a wood beam meant to replicate debris in a class 5 hurricane at it too. There's a few issues though.

1: 99% of houses in most areas have stucco or aluminum exterior walls for mount points, not the brick veneers they use to showcase every demonstration.
2: proper installation required sunken windows, so protruding windows need extra framing which gives a surface for prying.
3: It's apparently easily defeated with a dremel, like all metal screens, so your best bet would be metal screens for the windows + bars

>>64065250
>>64066403
Hello my fellow meth-heads.

>>64066433
How on earth is anyone going to notice you changed two screws with two different screws? And why would they care?

>>64066433
>his landlord xrays the tenants door frames to make sure they aren't using longer screws
Are you actually retarded?

Never thought I'd see a thread like this so here goes.

My house came with a frame that once has a door, what should I put there?
All my guns will be behind this door.
Was thinking a video games rebar door.

>>64067030
If not a steel security door (will require framework) then get a solid interior door and put a tracked (not rolling) accordion gate in front of it, drilled into the foundation. I'd also put something over that window over there, I don't care how solid it is, put a metal screen or bars over it. If I find a door inside your house with any level of security and put 2 and 2 together on that window leading to the same room, I'm breaking in.

>>64065454
>>64065469
get both. one to yip incessantly, and one to go WOOF!

>>64066658
It's not the best job of hanging bug screening but it's definitely not meth tier.

>>64065454
Geese are better. Dont rely on the jew dog, they can be bribed