How to Secure a Backwards Sliding Door

Sliding doors are an excellent way to let some extra natural light enter your home. There is just a lot of aesthetic appeal to sliding doors, but they can also be very problematic. You will have extra room to move through and create a nice illusion of extra space, but they may be difficult to secure properly.

Sliding doors are also one of the first places that a burglar will try when they intend to break into a home. Frequently these doors are the weak link and are not as secure as they may look.

How to secure a backwards sliding door? The best way to secure a backwards sliding door is to have it reversed or replaced and then properly secured. However, if you cannot reverse the backwards sliding door, you may have to use several different techniques to secure it, like installing a pin or a screw in the overhead track and a foot lock.