[thevillages2013]

Originally Posted by Dr.Butler

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]

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]

Originally Posted by Dr.Butler

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]

Originally Posted by Dr.Butler

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]

Originally Posted by JMintzer

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.

[DaleDivine]

Originally Posted by Sandy and Ed

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.

[mamamia54]

Originally Posted by JMintzer

I have these on my sliders...

Where did you buy it? I’m looking to buy one like it.

[JMintzer]

Originally Posted by DaleDivine

I doubt seriously that there are any double or triple track sliders in a PATIO VILLA.

Hence my "in some homes" caveat...

[Gullwing]

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]

Originally Posted by Dr.Butler

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]

Originally Posted by Gullwing

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]

Originally Posted by JMintzer

I have these on my sliders...

Doesn’t drilling into the door negate your warranty? I am under the impression that it does.

[JMintzer]

Originally Posted by DonnaNi4os

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]

Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby

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]

Originally Posted by Dr.Butler

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!!