QUOTE(MeToo @ May 13 2016, 11:51 AM)
Yeah... I'm gonna go offtopic abit...
You guys know how you always read of robbers gaining access to the house at night (you CANNOT stop a robber form coming in... roof, windows, etc too many options) and immediately they will go directly to the rooms... KICK open the door and before you know what happened you have a parang on your neck already....
I dont mind getting robbed... material possessions can be replaced... but I worry about my family being hurt in the process...
Hence... I convert all my rooms into like semi safe rooms. I installed solid doors with good quality 5 point locks, ofcourse reinforced metal frames as well. Once locked, its not easy for them to KICK open the door... sure if they keep whacking it.... in 15 or 20 minutes they might get thru... but by then it will buy me enough time to call the cops (1.3km away) , Guard house (150m) away, or even climb out the window.
Also note, I was told by the cops that these thieves will also resort to using your LPG cannister as a battering ram to break down the doors, so I suggest you install a floor plug and chain/lock your cannister down.
Yes... I might sound kiasi... I dont care about all these things until I got a kid... I wont take chances with her life.
good tip. for me, my current condo only got 1 main door and all windows and the door got grill. door is also a reinforced full timber fire door (not sure about the frame though, but i think its steel.
my other condo, door can tendang open easily... but its rental prop. so tak kisah. once i move there, different story lah.
for landed, i dont have any properties... thats the scariest to own. we all tak berani. throughout my life lived through like 6-8 robberies (TTDI & Ampang), so avoiding landed at all costs, unless i can afford to live in a proper gated community.