The sliding door can usually be lifted about an inch then the bottom can be pushed in.
How to break into a locked sliding glass door.
How burglars break in through your sliding glass door.
When you want the door locked you slide the two bolts into the receiver and your door is secure.
Slide the glass free of its mounting place it off to the side and enter your house through the empty window.
The third option is to actually lift the door out of its tracks.
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If your window has only partially popped free of the mounting try to reach either a set of keys the lock or the door handle.
Insert a screwdriver or pry bar between the door frame and the door about 6 inches from the corner diagonal from the latch at the bottom and pry upward.
As we briefly mentioned above the locks on most sliding glass doors are really just latches.
If there s any broken glass be incredibly careful.
Normally installers would use suction cups to hold onto the door.
Just lift it but be careful because it is very heavy and awkward to handle.
It varies depending on the door.
Before we get into how to secure your sliding glass door we need to address how burglars may get in in the first place.
The l shaped latch on the door connects with the bracket typically pivoting up from the bottom to lock the door.
After literally a few seconds the locks tend to fail to the point where you can simply slide the door open and gain access.
Jagged glass may be sharper than you think.
Lifting it will probably also disengage the latch allowing you to slide the door open.