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On Wed, 05 Dec 2007 22:57:45 GMT, fred wrote:

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"diy-newby" wrote in message
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"Wibble" wrote in message
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http://www.highton.org/DSC07042.JPG

Woke up to find my front door like this. Someone broke into the
house.
As you can see the lock and handle didnt give much of a fight.
They even gave me a leaflet about new sercure door handles!

Are all door locks as crappy as this? The door is only a year old.


I had the exact same thing happen to me last month. Basically it's
the
euro lock that is the weakest point. Lock is in two parts help
together
by the screw that holds it to the door. They break the handle so they
can
get some mole grips on the lock housing than break that. Job done.

You can get some locks that are designed to break before the join so
if it
happens again the lock is not breached.



Does anyone know whether the "Oval" section lock cylinders are more
resistant to this kind of attack than "Euro" profile cylinders - they
appear
to contain more metal, so might be stronger. You can see the difference
on
this page:

http://www.directlocks.co.uk/squire-...inder-euro-dou
ble-
cylinders-p-2509.html

They are stronger but neither can withstand a torque attack without
protection, there needs to be something beefy around the cylinder to
protect it and those ****metal door handles just can't hack it. I know
how to protect these cylinders on wooden doors but don't have the
experience on uPVC stuff to recommend a really strong replacement.

Do you think something like this would help?


http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...093892834&ssPa
geName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=009


Keith

It looks like this manufacturer has taken the idea a bit further:
http://www.locksonline.co.uk/acatalo...ity_Plate.html
, but what I really want is a door handle with a backplate made from solid
steel, or at least solid aluminium.