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Old 02-14-2009, 12:49 PM
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Originally Posted by dillywho View Post
The bad guys can simply jimmy the lock and then lift the door out of the track. The trick for that is to insert a dowel into the space just above the door where it just rides up there.....impossible to lift the door out of the track then.
Yup, that's better. Some people screw a bolt (or two) at the top of the sliding door (right next to the top track), so it can't be lifted off the bottom track. Better yet you can screw a long sheet metal screw through BOTH doors (where they overlap), locking them together. That's the best but it's a pain when you want to open the doors.

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