It is necessary to approach question of the choice and purchase of outer door with the maximum attention. Today the prices of doors are quite big, and for many unsuccessful purchase is for nothing the spent large sum of money. The few are able to afford to change often outer doors therefore not to be mistaken with the choice and to make successful purchase, you need to know the following characteristics.
Instruction
1. First of all it is necessary to pay attention to door design. Check thickness of steel plates and their quantity. At least, the door has to consist of two sheets of steel 1.5-2 mm thick. Otherwise even the teenager, having armed with scrap, will be able to unbend plates and without problems to come into the house. Remember that steel sheets in itself do not guarantee protection of the house, they have to be attached to several vertical and horizontal stiffening fins. The more will be edges, the door will be more reliable and more qualitative.
2. Door hinges happen two types: hidden and external. Advantage of the first is available – they cannot be cut. And in case you have got the door equipped with external loops, make sure that they have antiremovable protection – even if loops will cut, your door will remain on the place thanks to special pins.
3. It is recommended to buy door with at least two locks. Also for the maximum reliability it is necessary to buy the door equipped with night latch which can only be opened from within. If locks are different systems, then it will even better protect your house. Besides, there are special locks with possibility of code conversion. It will allow you to recode by means of certain device the lock that nobody could open door keys which have been lost.
4. The peephole has to provide as it is possible the bigger overview – it many times will increase your safety.
5. Also the fact that the door, besides, to ensure safety, has to keep heat and cosiness of the house is important. For this purpose between steel plates surely there has to be quality sealant – it will serve as warm and sound insulation. On each side doors can be established special magnetic sealants, thanks to them the door will be closed densely and softly.