Side Door Recommendations

Hello BPN,

We would like to replace two back doors and are looking into fiberglass or aluminum. In particular we badly need a side door to a dark hallway and we were hoping to get at least half glass but are concerned about safety. We live in Redwood Heights and, although we love our street and neighborhood, there is crime and burglaries have occurred not too far away. We’ve looked at some options at Lowe’s and Home Depot. Does anyone know a specialty store that might have more options? Also, if installing a metal security door, does it need to be coordinated with the regular door? Thanks. 

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Ashby Lumber in Berkeley has a windows/door store.  They gave me a catalogue a year or two ago that had a lot of options.  No idea re security doors though.

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You might want to try getting Lexan instead of glass. But it is kind of pointless if there are other windows that they can use to break in. 

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We have an exterior door with a half window in it, and even if we replaced it with something more secure, it's next to another window which someone could break and then reach in and open the door from the inside. The solution our handyman proposed was a keyed deadbolt, which we lock and then store the key nearby where we can get it easily when we need to get out, but it's not accessible to someone leaning in through either the window or the door glass. Might that be an option?