A thief making off with your treasured possessions while you sit enjoying a meal with friends in a restaurant far away from your front door -this is one of many still photographs posted upon Facebook and taken from the video captured on the homeowners mobile when it was activated by the live webcam feed from cameras at his property. The report of the incident is fully covered in the article \u201cThieves smash down front door before barging their way into family\u00a0home\u201d<\/a> – however here at Timber Composite Door it very much reminded us of a blog of a very similar incident which we featured some months ago \u201c Imagine being awoken at 4AM by two intruders smashing a brick into your front door?<\/a>\u201d \u2013 the difference being that in the previously featured article the thieves failed to gain entry.<\/p>\n This most recent article shows exactly how difficult it is to protect ones home, the unfortunate householder appears to have taken the correct precautions by installing security camera\u2019s which would be a deterrent to many would be thieves, unfortunately the article makes no mention of the security through which entry was achieved, although one would logically assume that if the individual in question was prepared to meet the expense of security camera\u2019s, his front door would have been equally secure.<\/p>\n At Timber Composite Door we have a specific interest in the door in question because doors are our business \u2013 specifically Composite Doors and we are equally aware that many Composite Doors are not necessarily as secure as their advertising may claim. This is not the case with the Solidor doors range which Timber Composite Doors supply and install \u2013 we know that our timber core doors will stand up to the rigorous testing regime of PAS 24 (the current national standard) and as we highlighted in a 2016 blog \u201cAnd now you\u2019re going to believe us\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cWhatever your market, you\u2019ll be affected by the new PAS24. Independent tests show 7 out of 10 composite doors fail this test.<\/u> They fail because the GRP skins on their doors are too thin to offer the necessary protection\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n And in one of our light hearted blogs \u201cwould these guys beat a PAS 24 test\u201d<\/a> featuring \u201cStar Ship Troopers \u201c from the Star Wars movie you will find a compelling 4 minute video showing just what three sample doors have to withstand to pass PAS 24 \u201ccut test\u201d<\/p>\n If you are not yet concerned at just how easy a target your front door can be to would be thieves you may wish to take a look at our blog \u201cthe news most of us do not want to hear\u201d<\/a> where we start off by telling you that the news in question is that 74% of burglaries occur through the front door \u2013 before advising that every new Solidor is fitted with the ULtion Lock \u2013 the most secure lock currently available for the domestic market.<\/p>\n