Quote Originally Posted by Davis Knowlton View Post
^Hardwood is certainly the only way to go for exterior doors. Since you are out of the country for long periods of time, and gated community or not, you need to make sure that the glass panes in the door are located high enough in the door that a thief cannot simply break a pane of glass and reach in and unlock the door. One way to beat this is to install door locks which require a key to unlock the door, from either the inside or outside, rather than just reaching in through a broken pane and flipping a tumbler lock. When you are in residence, you just leave the key in the lock inside the door. When you are gone for long periods, take out the interior lock key, and key lock the door from the outside. These locks may not be available in Thailand; I bought mine in the US on a trip and brought them back with me.
those locks with both sides key are for sale at home pro and home works , i see them there as i need them as i travel home for 3 months , those hotel knob doors are a joke for a peace of plastic.......