Useful Idea from Doomsday Preppers

[PegLeg45]

It won't stop someone from getting in if they are motivated, but it might slow them down long enough for you to react accordingly.
It would also be good during hurricane season for those in those areas.

http://teotwawkiblog.blogspot.com/2013/01/something-useful-from-doomsday-preppers.html

Quick description: the window is opened, and a long bolt fed in through a hole in the pre-cut plywood and then through a 2x4 cross brace on the interior of the home. Tightened the bolt down and you're good to go. They're using 3/4 inch plywood and, in Doomsday Preppers style, spend some time trying to smash through it. Not bullet proof, but it will certainly slow someone from getting into a home and provide concealment, too.

I would add a fender washer, at least, or a piece of flat plate to give more surface area to the bolt head and prevent someone with a shotgun from blowing the bolt through (like with a breecher load).

[TAB]

Use a carage bolt.   those have been used for years to secure buildings.   I learned how to do it as a teen, done it hundreds if not thousands of times.

[tombogan03884]

In new construction you can install "Indian shutters" which are basically shutters that slide into the wall like a pocket door.

[Solus]

Put the nut on the outside.

Then attach 120V to the bolt inside and the steel plate under the window on the porch.

Maybe hang the right sized box wrench from a nail in the outside window molding.

[Grizzle_Bear]

In the plywood, on the "outside" side, install a T-nut.  Then thread your bolt into it from the inside.  This way it can't be unscrewed from the outside.

GB

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