Moving on with our topic of how you can greatly increase your new home build security, we need to talk about the doors.  You will probably not be given a choice by your home build contractor, but you can ask to have custom doors installed. The doors are one of the most important areas of your home when it comes to keeping intruders out.

Of course you want your doors, especially your front ones to be esthetically attractive. They play a big role in curb appeal. There is no reason why you can’t have beautiful looking doors while at the same time making sure they are built for security.

You are going to find that your choice of doors is going to give you options such as those made from, steel, wood, fiberglass and even hollow doors. When it comes to the protection of your home you want the type of door that cannot be kicked in easily. A hollow door is not the choice for the exterior doors. What you have to be concerned with is the frame itself. With kicking normally the door jam will split near the lock’s strike plate

Most often when you are purchasing the doors, they come as a package. This includes the frame and they are drilled and cut out for the locking system. You can opt to go with this if you know for sure that your high security locking system is going to fit properly. Or you can decide to just buy the door without the frame and have the home build carpenters build the frame for you.

To add extra protection you can check out to see what Pre-lock has for you. Home and business security is their priority. You can purchase extra protection for your doors like the Jamb Jacket. This is a door replacement and reinforcement system, ideal for repairing doors that have been damaged, but can be used equally as well and effectively for new door installation.

For extra added protection you can also have the easy to use and install Door Safe system.

You will see in the video just how effective this can be, and yet it is affordable and easy to use.

We mentioned that you may want to stay away from hollow doors but there is an exception to this which is the custom hollow metal fire rated doors with U.LC ratings.

Not every one wants a single door for their front entrance. Many homes are now going for the double door entrance ways. These really are beautiful, but in the past the concern was about their security. The problem in the past has been with the reinforcement because there is no proper door jam to work with. At Pre-lock you can get the Armor double door system. This system zeros in on the reinforcement of the top and bottom of the door jam.

There are a lot of other components that can be used on the internal side of the doors to add extra security which we will be talking about in another post.

Another type of door that a lot of people like to have is the decorative doors with the glass panels. Again their main concern is about somebody breaking the glass to gain entry. We talked about window security for your new home built and many of the same solutions can be used here.

So far we have focused on the entry door. It has to be remembered that there are other doors that are going to lead into the home. These can be your rear doors, patio doors and garage doors. We haven’t forgotten about the safety needs that these demand but they deserve a post of their own as there is much that you can do to secure these as well when it comes to your new Toronto home build project.