Are French Doors secure ?

The whole point in French doors is so you can open them both on a nice sunny day and in good weather to overlook the garden however security is a major issue when people look at French doors and that is because of the visibility into the home and the fact they look a lot less secure than they actually are due to the amount of glass. One of the biggest concerns with French door security is the amount of glass in the doors, as glass is easily broken. If a pane was broken on a French door, there would not be much stopping an intruder from reaching in and unlocking it.

There are a couple of different measures that can be taken to avoid this problem. One way would be to replace the original panes of glass with laminated glass. This is actually two or more pieces of glass that have been bonded together by a sheet of laminate between them. This type of glass holds together when it is shattered, much like the windshield of a car. Another way to reinforce the glass in French doors is by applying a plastic film on the inside of the panes.

Because modern French doors include very secure locking systems which lock in as many as five places it is very diffcult to break the actual door without an immense amount of force in the UK there are doors which come with a police preffered locking specification which will have been tested by police forces to make it very difficult to break into doors with the seal of approval.

Many alarm companies also provide add on sensors for existing alarms which can be installed on french doors so any attempt to break into them would trigger off the alrm and as the french doors are a preffered method of entry for burglars it would be very cost effective to have them installed on there.