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This is only "my" opinion...if someone wants to get into your home they will get into your home!! You have plenty of other windows in your home. Why would someone even consider going in the front door in plain sight of anyone in the neighborhood? I just refuse to let myself be worried over what "might" happen. Life is to short to live it that way. I like to live as safely as possible but refuse to let fear control me!!
This is only "my" opinion...if someone wants to get into your home they will get into your home!! You have plenty of other windows in your home. Why would someone even consider going in the front door in plain sight of anyone in the neighborhood? I just refuse to let myself be worried over what "might" happen. Life is to short to live it that way. I like to live as safely as possible but refuse to let fear control me!!
BINGO! That's kinda-sorta exactly what I said a few posts back.
This is only "my" opinion...if someone wants to get into your home they will get into your home!! You have plenty of other windows in your home. Why would someone even consider going in the front door in plain sight of anyone in the neighborhood? I just refuse to let myself be worried over what "might" happen. Life is to short to live it that way. I like to live as safely as possible but refuse to let fear control me!!
I think the idea is that they can see in very well with a glass front door (unless you have a covering for nighttime).
A lot of my neighbors have them, and when I walk my dogs at night, I can see right into their homes. I can see they're in front of the tv, etc. These are the decorative/leaded-look doors and I can't "see" the people's faces or whatever (and I'm only walking by, I'm hardly even "looking"), there's some obscuring, but more can be seen than I'd be comfortable with.
Also, if a solicitor - or a criminal posing as a solicitor - knocks on your door and you go to check the door, you can't exactly pretend like you're not home, they see you .
It goes on and on, but it's a personal choice, and I personally would not choose to have such a sensitive area compromised in any way (don't be fooled, plenty of break-ins happen at front doors).
And again, if you have dogs, your previously uninterested dog may become very interested in all the goings-on outside and start to drive you crazy....something to think about - it's a "window" at every dog's level.
As one of the previous posts said, the entry-door glass is much stronger than we normally think it is. Having said that, just for a peace of mind, I put security films on my entry-door glass. It prevents the glass from being broken and gives me privacy at the same time.
Double lock where it takes a key for both sides. It's a little bit of a pain in the butt but it is a little safer. If someone wants in they will get in. Get an alarm if you want the most secure feeling.
I LOVE how they look from the street however I have more then enough light at the front of my house, each of the three windows in the front have half round windows above.
I think it would bother me even if the glass was etched and people could not see through.
I have glass block over my bathtub and I put sheers over that even though you can't see directly through it. Our neighborhood has a peeping tom, or did as far as I know and I guess I am nervous.
One of these days I was planning on getting a screen door over the front door, you can take the screen out and put in the plexi glass, that way if I wanted to have it open I could, if not then I could close the metal front door.
Check out the doors that Larson makes, they are VERY pretty and come in a couple different colors as well as styles, it would give you the best of both worlds, keep your solid door AND have the convenience of opening it up for more of a view or a breeze.
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