Heavy duty door Opening Tool?

[Ron Who]

Is the OP still around?

He was here yesterday.

[Mechanickal]

So quiet...

[Ron Who]

Still waters run deep...

[pomsbz]

The authorities who are so inefficient at counter terrorism but are obviously masters of digital counter espionage, have traced the OP and arrested him for cyber mall ninja-ism. Right now he's breaking rocks at a maximum security jail, looking at the massive hammer in his hands and thinking 'why on earth didn't I think of using one of these?'.

[Mechanickal]

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[Vidar]

Right now he's breaking rocks at a maximum security jail, looking at the massive hammer in his hands and thinking 'why on earth didn't I think of using one of these?'.

Are hammers in maximum security jails massive enough to break doors? Something about that doesn't sound quite right. Although I'm sure they would have appreciated a heavy duty door opening tool too! 

[Mechanickal]

Right now he's breaking rocks at a maximum security jail, looking at the massive hammer in his hands and thinking 'why on earth didn't I think of using one of these?'.

Are hammers in maximum security jails massive enough to break doors? Something about that doesn't sound quite right. Although I'm sure they would have appreciated a heavy duty door opening tool too! 

It's on a chain that's long enough to reach within arms length of the doors, just to annoy people

[m47mu74nt]

Right now he's breaking rocks at a maximum security jail, looking at the massive hammer in his hands and thinking 'why on earth didn't I think of using one of these?'.

Are hammers in maximum security jails massive enough to break doors? Something about that doesn't sound quite right. Although I'm sure they would have appreciated a heavy duty door opening tool too! 

It's on a chain that's long enough to reach within arms length of the doors, just to annoy people

I see, you belong in the crew that writes the next Saw movie 

[lister]

Just had a thought. One could use a tri-fold shovel as a buckler (small shield) and a one of those axe/prybar hybrids as a weapon and go all medieval/viking on unsuspecting neighbours... now where is that axe wielding emoticon  ?

[Etherealicer]

Just had a thought. One could use a tri-fold shovel as a buckler (small shield) and a one of those axe/prybar hybrids as a weapon and go all medieval/viking on unsuspecting neighbours... now where is that axe wielding emoticon  ?

[ducttapetech]

[Etherealicer]

Fairly sure an axe would not work on a house-door. At least not fast, nor quite.

[ducttapetech]

Fairly sure an axe would not work on a house-door. At least not fast, nor quite.

It won't be quiet, but an axe will make short work of a door. A lot of our volunteer fire fighters here carry them in there trucks.

[dks]

https://www.artofmanliness.com/2008/04/08/how-to-break-down-a-door/

[Don Pablo]

https://www.artofmanliness.com/2008/04/08/how-to-break-down-a-door/

Only really works for doors that open away from you...

[Don Pablo]

https://www.artofmanliness.com/2008/04/08/how-to-break-down-a-door/

Only really works for doors that open away from you...

And I want to practice it at least once, one day.

[Ron Who]

I practised it, once. I was in a bathroom and the latch didn´t work. The owner of the door, on the outside, told me to kick it open, and I did. Never having done such a thing before, the first kick failed. But on the second, the door opened.

[Syph007]

Just carry some civilian C4.  All local hardware stores carry that right?

I wonder if a sledgehammer would work on a steel door.  I think for steel its best to use a car jack and push the door frame apart.  Thats quiet but not too stealthy.

[Lynn LeFey]

I prefer to enter through windows, leaping from the wing of my VTOL stealth combat wing, then gliding in with my glider cape. Less chance of booby trap, and I can use the HUD in my cowl to target the baddies before entry, giving my optimal target selection for my winged rodent shaped shuriken.

What I'm saying here is that I'M BATMAN!

Or delusional. Probably delusional.

[Etherealicer]

Fairly sure an axe would not work on a house-door. At least not fast, nor quite.

It won't be quiet, but an axe will make short work of a door. A lot of our volunteer fire fighters here carry them in there trucks.

Doors here are about 6cm thick, layered wood with a steel inlay (and that is a cheap house door, the one at my parents is 10cm)... sure, an axe will get through eventually, but it won't be short work.

[Don Pablo]

Fairly sure an axe would not work on a house-door. At least not fast, nor quite.

It won't be quiet, but an axe will make short work of a door. A lot of our volunteer fire fighters here carry them in there trucks.

Doors here are about 6cm thick, layered wood with a steel inlay (and that is a cheap house door, the one at my parents is 10cm)... sure, an axe will get through eventually, but it won't be short work.

Dang, you guys are really prepared for resisting an invasion by a foreign country aren't you? 

[Etherealicer]

Fairly sure an axe would not work on a house-door. At least not fast, nor quite.

It won't be quiet, but an axe will make short work of a door. A lot of our volunteer fire fighters here carry them in there trucks.

Doors here are about 6cm thick, layered wood with a steel inlay (and that is a cheap house door, the one at my parents is 10cm)... sure, an axe will get through eventually, but it won't be short work.

Dang, you guys are really prepared for resisting an invasion by a foreign country aren't you? 

In our kitchen they broke through the outer wall to add an extension... as you can see, the wall is roughly 4 spirits thick (bricks, insulation and another layer of bricks).

We take "My home is my castle" pretty litteral

P.S.: we rate our doors in "how many minutes they can withstand assault with power tools"

[Mechanickal]

I live in the wrong country...

[ducttapetech]

Fairly sure an axe would not work on a house-door. At least not fast, nor quite.

It won't be quiet, but an axe will make short work of a door. A lot of our volunteer fire fighters here carry them in there trucks.

Doors here are about 6cm thick, layered wood with a steel inlay (and that is a cheap house door, the one at my parents is 10cm)... sure, an axe will get through eventually, but it won't be short work.

So your doors are like ours and they get through them in no time. But I think this has more to do with where to hit the door. I am guessing around the locks and knobs. I watched them practice through steels door and was surprised how fast they can get through. But most criminals don't have..........
Smurf it , I am done with this thread....I said that to myself when I warned WO....whatever it his name is.
 

[pomsbz]

Fairly sure an axe would not work on a house-door. At least not fast, nor quite.

It won't be quiet, but an axe will make short work of a door. A lot of our volunteer fire fighters here carry them in there trucks.

Doors here are about 6cm thick, layered wood with a steel inlay (and that is a cheap house door, the one at my parents is 10cm)... sure, an axe will get through eventually, but it won't be short work.

Dang, you guys are really prepared for resisting an invasion by a foreign country aren't you? 

In our kitchen they broke through the outer wall to add an extension... as you can see, the wall is roughly 4 spirits thick (bricks, insulation and another layer of bricks).

We take "My home is my castle" pretty litteral

P.S.: we rate our doors in "how many minutes they can withstand assault with power tools"

Front doors here are also very tough. Metal with 4 way bars giving a total of 10 bars locking into all 4 sides when the door is locked and the keys are way beyond the type that any casual picks could deal with. That's standard across the country, we don't even think about it any more. Windows are also usually barred.

[Ron Who]

I live in the wrong country...

I´m glad we don´t need walls and doors like these.

PS the OP seems to have gone into lurker mode. His  presence was detected again yesterday but he´s not posting .

[Etherealicer]

I live in the wrong country...

I´m glad we don´t need walls and doors like these.

Considering the width of some houses in NL, walls like this would take away 80% of the living space

We mostly have no barren windows. The reason for this construction is stability and insulation.

[Ron Who]

The Schietspijp, smallest house in my home town, in between the City Hall (left) and Hudson Bay (until recently Vroom & Dreesmann).

[Etherealicer]

The Schietspijp, smallest house in my home town, in between the City Hall (left) and Hudson Bay (until recently Vroom & Dreesmann).

That is sooo cute... and thanks to the big buildings next to it, it even stands straight

[ThePeacent]

even if it took you just wo mins to get through a heavy door I guess the (evildoing) neighbors would be alarmed and either run away through the windows, call for backup or just go and grab their weapons and attack you (who would be quite exhausted by that time) as soon as you entered the place.

I mean, it's all odds against you. 
They know their place better, they can hide or surprise-attack you, you're making a mess and so much noise to enter (and getting tired), they've got windows and possibly a back door...