How to Secure Your Home Entry Points Like a Pro (Doors, Windows & Garage)
Three days after moving into their first house in Naperville, Illinois, my neighbors found their back door standing open. Nothing was taken — whoever it was got spooked, maybe by the dog they didn’t know was there — but the frame was cracked clean from the jamb, the deadbolt had popped right through it, and the whole thing had taken maybe four seconds. The lock itself was fine. It was the door frame that had never stood a chance. That’s...