Securing Your Home

[Morgan101]

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If your plans are to Bug In have you made provisions to secure your home? We probably all have at least one lock for every door and window, but are they secure? Can the doors be knocked off their hinges? Do you have multiple stories/floors?

I have gone through my house, and earmarked pieces of furniture which can be used to barricade doorways and windows. I also intend to use interior doors i.e. bedroom, bathroom, closet doors to barricade windows, and sliding glass doors. There are a few problematic windows which will require plywood, or some other barricade. Windows will be sealed with plastic to reduce broken glass.

We have virtually no defense against fire. That is always a concern.

Just wonder what others have done.

[Edmcgill]

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The first thing I worked on was food. I have a mini seed bank, a year supply of grain and legumes, and a storage room filled with emergency water, canned goods, freeze dried goods, and pre-packaged emergency meals. I actually have a basement with some hidden passages and rooms (This is how I have room to store everything also) and there is a hidden passage with an exit into my backyard that would never be noticeable from the outside of my house. I have made sure this exit path (you can't really call it a door) is very hidden and camouflaged if you might say. I think it's important to have a subtle way to exit your house just in case!

-My doors that lead to the outside all have sturdy locks and deadbolts as well.
-I have sand bags and ply wood and cinder blocks in my storage room as well to create barricades or any other protective barriers. Plastic on the windows is a great idea-- plastic before plywood or barricade.

I have a few fire blankets and two fire extinguishers but really fire protection is the one area that I'm lacking in as well. Protection against fire really is the toughest one I'd say. Anyone have any good tips for fire protection?

[countryboy6685]

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All good questions . I have bought enough OSB Board to cover all my windows and my front door . I also bought enough house paint to be able to paint it all white so it should last for the long haul . On the back door I installed a security door and I have metal screens to cover the sliding glass door on the back of my home . This year I bought a sheet of 1/2 inch thick Lexan that I can cover some windows like the kitchen and bathroom with to allow light to come in while still offering some security . I hope to be able to buy another sheet of it next year if the world holds together that long .
Robert W

[RICHFL]

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MY group has to secure a farm that includes over 500 acres now in crops, fruit trees, and pasture land. This includes over 15 buildings around the farm. How do you secure this?

Well for our most important storage areas we have built 3/4 underground storage buildings that are protected on 3 sides with metal roofing. This protects our long term storage of supplies and farm equipment. Our barns are for storage of feed and for the animals usage in winter. We have one main lodge, and 6 cabins for personal usage. All housing is log cabins style with 10 inch outside thick walls!

Door locks are great but distance is more important alone with warning of problems ahead. Time means the difference of you opening the door with nothing in your hands or having 2 or 3 weapons trained from different locations when someone approaches your home.

[Chefsimms]

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I have a couple of German shepherds in My house...LOL

[countryboy6685]

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We have a couple of boxer bulldogs as well !
Robert W

[wac220]

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If it gets bad enough to have to defend the castle, There is not much i can do where I currently reside. It is standard 2X4 construction with Stucco siding. My plan it to keep the hordes at a distance with rifles because Fire is something I cannot defend against.

[Applejack]

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We have casement windows that would be very hard to bread into without breaking double glass. The doors are steal doors with security locks and other means to secure the doors as well. the patio door we will more than likely have to board that up in a way no one can get into it. We have it fixed now so the doors cannot be lifted off the tracks. We are looking at replacing these doors soon with more secure doors.
AJ

[TheLastMountainMan]

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If you do not have brick walls or concrete walls then your house is not shelter from most caliber weapons. Bugging in is not a good choice if they are going house to house raiding. Just my opinion.

[Big Guy]

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You can start by installing a bullet proof window film on your windows, I did this to a few select windows at work and it works. Lexan is not bullet proof, but it may stop some rounds from penetration. If your window/door frames are made of wood a bullet will pass through.

Good news,..... Most sheeple arent smart enough to shoot through your walls. They will shoot at your windows and doors all day long.


Here is the a for the window film;

http://www.pimall.com/nais/bulletprooffilm.html
Protecting against fire is a nightmare, good luck there.