On 17 Oct, 21:47, (Malcolm Hoar) wrote:
In article , willshak wrote:
Another thing I forgot. When the slider is on the inside, you can stick
a piece of broom handle or a piece of wood as a wedge in the track and
the door can not be pried open. Having the slider on the outside would
not allow that.

Good point. And every sliding door in every house I've owned
has presented me with the option of using the broom handle
as an added security measure. FWIW, using standard PVC water
pipe works great and is a lot cheaper.

Therefore, I would guess the slider on the inside is the
standard convention.

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Instead of a wooden stick or PVC pipe, which must be moved into and
out of the track each time the door is secured/unsecured, I use two of
the push-button locks that came with my Crestline door. They supplied
one; I doubled up and put one at the bottom and one at the top. I
drilled extra holes in the upper and lower frame so I can open the
door about 9" for ventilation with security. I also removed the sill
bracket and positioned the lock so that more of the steel shaft
extends into the oak sill and top plate.

The lock can be seen at the bottom right of this page:

http://www.crestlinewindows.com/PDFs...ding_CW_FO.pdf