suspected burglars caught on tape knocking down front doors it's easier than you think home improvement expert Jason Cameron says most doors are not secured properly when they're installed they just use nails to secure the jamb and that's it they walk away from it that's not secured how easy is it to kick down the door that was way too easy that's ridiculous that was very scary very scary so my husband has some work to do this weekend and fixing the door fortunately there are things you can do to turn your front door into a fortress first tip instead of small screws drilling 3-inch screws right into the frame second tip install a large steel strike plate like this and we've got six screws here that are in the framing and we also have a much larger strike plate this is a security strike plate because that's going to distribute the force third tip add a reinforcement lock that blocks the door from the inside but most people will do is open it up here okay the problem with that is when somebody's gonna kick your door in they're not kicking up here they're kicking down here this is where they're gonna kick so you want this at the point of impact this is rated for 800 pounds of force you want to stop that force put it where the kicks gonna happen we put this fortress door to the test Jason kicked the door 25 times back kick even body slams the fortress door holds firm homeowner Diallo Hall is on the other side nobody's getting through there that's amazing now you can sleep better at night because nobody's busting this door down you