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by chrisseaton 2457 days ago
This isn't true - modern standard domestic polycarbonate and metal composite doors and frames with locks that engage all the way up are a real problem for the police as they're extremely hard to get through even with repeated blows from a battering ram. There is absolutely no chance whatsoever that you can kick in a modern door. You will break your leg first.
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Do people have doors like that? Mine looks like a bog standard wooden door. Even the fanciest condo I lived in had a massive heavy fire door with hella heft but it didn't look metal.
You have to explicitly want to spend money on that type of door. Looking at random model houses in the US, i have yet to see anything that comes with that type of door. Most apartments dont generally have high security doors either (landlords dont care, its not their stuff that gets stolen). Most front doors where i live can be punctured by leaning on them in the wrong way, and may as well be cardboard.
I've not yet encountered those. I didn't know they were popular either. Very interesting.