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thevillages2013 03-24-2022 07:07 PM
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Originally Posted by Dr.Butler (Post 2075888)
Hello all. I will be closing on my new Patio Villa this coming week, and I know there is a sliding screen door leading to the patio. How do you secure that?
Mine has a complex but it’s not insecure

OrangeBlossomBaby 03-24-2022 09:50 PM
We have a dowel allows the slider to be left open by around 8 inches - which is enough for our cat to squeeze through and relax on the lanai but not enough for someone to actually get through. On nice days we do that during the day when we know we'll be in and out throughout the day.

The outside door to the lanai also locks, and we have real actual windows for our lanai, not just screens.

The slider into the house also has its own built-in lock for when we want to actually close it.

Topspinmo 03-24-2022 09:58 PM
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Originally Posted by Dr.Butler (Post 2075888)
Hello all. I will be closing on my new Patio Villa this coming week, and I know there is a sliding screen door leading to the patio. How do you secure that?
Several way to lock it

Google brings up several options if don’t want cut broom stick to length.

Sandy and Ed 03-25-2022 05:49 AM
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Originally Posted by Dr.Butler (Post 2075896)
I do mean the glass screen door :)
In PA I used to secure it using a pole inserted into the track.
Use the same thing here! I use a small diameter white pvc pipe that fits in the track grove. Matches the sliding door.

I too am from PA (Langhorne). Great minds think alike????

DaleDivine 03-25-2022 06:20 AM
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Originally Posted by JMintzer (Post 2076067)
Not necessarily...

In some homes, there are three windows that move and they stack on the outside. A pole will lock YOU in, not keep others out...
I doubt seriously that there are any double or triple track sliders in a PATIO VILLA.
:ohdear::ohdear:

DaleDivine 03-25-2022 06:24 AM
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Originally Posted by Sandy and Ed (Post 2076139)
Use the same thing here! I use a small diameter white pvc pipe that fits in the track grove. Matches the sliding door.

I too am from PA (Langhorne). Great minds think alike????
I put a metal shower rod in one of my sliders in my CYV.
:ho::ho:

mamamia54 03-25-2022 06:57 AM
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Originally Posted by JMintzer (Post 2075904)
Where did you buy it? I’m looking to buy one like it.

JMintzer 03-25-2022 07:45 AM
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Originally Posted by DaleDivine (Post 2076147)
I doubt seriously that there are any double or triple track sliders in a PATIO VILLA.
:ohdear::ohdear:
Hence my "in some homes" caveat...

Gullwing 03-25-2022 07:51 AM
Screen door
 
If in fact your talking about the screen door, it’s useless to secure. A simple knife would cut the screen, allowing access.
We had a security expert address our neighborhood social. One question was for a show of hands for who locked their screen door. Then he asked, why would you do that?

Mortal1 03-25-2022 08:30 AM
it's either or...
 
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Originally Posted by Dr.Butler (Post 2075896)
I do mean the glass screen door :)
In PA I used to secure it using a pole inserted into the track.
it is either a screen door or a glass door. fairly certain they do not make a sliding door like a storm door.

JMintzer 03-25-2022 08:49 AM
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Originally Posted by Gullwing (Post 2076191)
If in fact your talking about the screen door, it’s useless to secure. A simple knife would cut the screen, allowing access.
We had a security expert address our neighborhood social. One question was for a show of hands for who locked their screen door. Then he asked, why would you do that?
The OP corrected themself. They meant a sliding GLASS door...

DonnaNi4os 03-25-2022 09:54 AM
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Originally Posted by JMintzer (Post 2075904)
Doesn’t drilling into the door negate your warranty? I am under the impression that it does.

JMintzer 03-25-2022 10:56 AM
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Originally Posted by DonnaNi4os (Post 2076243)
Doesn’t drilling into the door negate your warranty? I am under the impression that it does.
My home is a re-sale. Sooo...

mtdjed 03-25-2022 10:41 PM
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Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby (Post 2076112)
We have a dowel allows the slider to be left open by around 8 inches - which is enough for our cat to squeeze through and relax on the lanai but not enough for someone to actually get through. .
Wow! That must be one big cat squeezing through an 8 inch opening. Sounds like it would discourage intruders without need for a lock.

Full-timer 03-29-2022 05:21 AM
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Originally Posted by Dr.Butler (Post 2075888)
Hello all. I will be closing on my new Patio Villa this coming week, and I know there is a sliding screen door leading to the patio. How do you secure that?
Is there a little push lever on the side of the door hinge on the inside?


Just asking; What do you think you would gain from locking a screen door? If a bad person wanted in, would that stop them?

Guessing this is the door from outside leading into the patio. Once in, you (should) have a glass door leading into the house. That would be the one to lock. This, if broken, will at least make noise.

Personally we don't leave/have anything of great value on our patio. Patio chairs, lamps, book or two, table, and odd stuff. If a bad person really needs that stuff, we will have safety in numbers!!


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