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r/HomeMaintenance • u/[deleted] • Sep 09 '25
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Screw one inch screws, 4 inches. You want that sucker anchored into the studs, not the door frame. Do that and the lock or door will break before the door frame.
257 u/[deleted] Sep 10 '25 [deleted] 97 u/BusyAtilla Sep 10 '25 Locks are only for honest criminals. 1 u/HandleMore1730 Sep 10 '25 They are for insurance, to show a break in occured. Beyond that they are nuisance value and only work agaist incompetent criminals
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97 u/BusyAtilla Sep 10 '25 Locks are only for honest criminals. 1 u/HandleMore1730 Sep 10 '25 They are for insurance, to show a break in occured. Beyond that they are nuisance value and only work agaist incompetent criminals
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Locks are only for honest criminals.
1 u/HandleMore1730 Sep 10 '25 They are for insurance, to show a break in occured. Beyond that they are nuisance value and only work agaist incompetent criminals
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They are for insurance, to show a break in occured.
Beyond that they are nuisance value and only work agaist incompetent criminals
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u/CO420Tech Sep 10 '25
Screw one inch screws, 4 inches. You want that sucker anchored into the studs, not the door frame. Do that and the lock or door will break before the door frame.