Interior Doors

Original Door.

I assume most folks are familiar with the PANIC ROOM concept. There was a 2002 Jodie Foster movie about such a room.

Well this wasn’t to create a panic-room. But along those lines, our client wanted a significant amount of extra time should someone attempt an unwelcome entry into their bedroom at night.

You might note the extra shimming behind the strike-plate in the previous photo.
That…and these specially designed heavy duty strike-plates for the deadbolts…

…with the 3/8″ diameter, 3″ long rod that anchors through the thickest portion of the jamb and into the rough-opening stud…

…should translate into what is usually the weakest link in the chain becoming the strongest link.

Painting the Strike-Plates WHITE, to match the jamb made them dissapper.
In the almost 30 years of responding to damaged doors from burglaries, I have never seen one of these bull-dogs busted out.

You’ll notice that this door is prepped for three separate locking devices.

Two deadbolts & a keylock. And the keylock has what is often called a “Wrap-Around-Plate to add extra strength against it’s being damaged.

Notice how the there is no deadbolt cylinder to mess with on hallway side of the door.

Locks installed on the new door in the Master Bedroom.