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Unless you are going to put steel bars over the windows....It really doesn't matter what else you do....

It never ceases to amaze me how much money customers are willing to spend to increase the "strength" and "security" of their homes.

At the end of the day....If you have windows....it really doesn't matter how much you spend on the front door....


We have cabin break-ins every winter in northern Minnesota....sometimes its just plain vandalism,,sometimes its theft....sometimes it both....the more remote the house is the better they like it...

Thanks everyone. That's pretty much what I was thinking, too. Couldn't I just post a sign such as: "No stinkers beyond this point" ?

Next thought: concrete. Something about rebar and form work I like. My dad likes painting. Everyone needs a character defect.

This is a fine forum. You folks make up for the kind who enjoy thievery.

Zach

At a conference a while ago, they were talking about fire prevention at or on covered bridges. They now sell a wire that can be installed in the rafters or above the tie beam, out of sight of the bridge users or vandals.
When this wire gets hot, very low heat, it breaks or separates. This sets off the fire alarm.
Seemed like a good way to protect a structure from fire and not let the vandals disable it....