Defence

[HunterNurturer]

(23 March 2012, 15:58)bigpaul Wrote: as far as doors and windows are concerned, you could always put in a secondary METAL door behind the original-i think some drug gangs do this, you can beef up the window locks but they'll break the glass anyway, unlike burglars looters dont mind how much noise they make, i suppose you could fit metal bars but would that make your neighbours suspicious? there is always thorny bushes and the like but a serious invader would probably just ignore the scratches and thorns. the best thing you can have is a BOL- better still have 4, 1 at all points of the compass just incase your way is barred to your principal one. map and walk the route to your BOL so you can get there anytime day or night.

I once saw a "police camera action" style show that had cops trying to break down the door of some drug den. After a while of their battering ram failing to do the job (and screwing up their whole element of surprise raid), they realised that the owner had wedged a large 2x4 between the front door and the stairs behind it.

Even once they realised what was going on and they had to start targetting the edges of the door, it took a good few hits with the specialist device to force entry, and frankly they looked a bit silly when they got in and this super basic defense had kept them out for so long.

It seems to be something they encounter frequently too, they even had a nickname for it that I'm desperately trying to remember. Something like "dutch barricade"?