Improving front door security

DiG

DiG

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I'm looking to change the locks on the wooden front door of my house. At the moment I have a 5-level mortice lock and a Yale nightlatch lock. Do these offer good security?

I want to change the locks anyway and am very keen to have them keyed alike with the back door and each other. The back door is easy as it's euro cylinder. However the front door I'm not sure about. Seems that you can get mortice locks that take euro cylinders so I was thinking:


  • Replace the back door euro lock with an Avocet ABS

  • Replace the front door mortice with a euro mortice and put an Avocet ABS module in it

  • Replace the nightlatch and use the Avocet ABS secure rim

Does this sound like a sensible approach and does anyone have any recommendations on what to look for in the nightlatch and mortice locks?
 
I've seen a few of those around, they do look very cool but I think I'd want to wait for a few more years before I go down that route. Hopefully in the next house!

There is no budget for replacing the whole door, I'm sure a top quality composite would withstand attack much better, but at least that is noisy so I will be woken up!

Those youtube videos are the most concerning, are there any locks that are better for this? Though I suppose most people a) are not going to know the lock that well and b) not be prepared to spend the 10 minutes or so picking both locks if there was a nightlatch and a mortice.
 
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