Birmingham bar

Birmingham bar

A Birmingham bar is a metal bar or strip fixed to the hinge side of a wooden door frame to help protect it from forced entry. It belongs to the family of door strike reinforcers and contributes to physical security.

Door strike reinforcers significantly enhance the security of a door, as they make it much more difficult to use brute force to open the door.

A metal strip fixed to the locking side of the door frame for reinforcing purposes is called a London bar. The physical difference between a London bar and a Birmingham bar is that a London bar is bent into shape to go over the keep of a rimlock.

References

*Metropolitan Police London, UK. [http://www.met.police.uk/crimeprevention/doors.htm "Home Security: Doors"] , "Metropolitan Police Service". Accessed August 29 2007.
* [http://www.kickstop.co.uk Largest range of door and door frame reinforcing products]
* [http://www.londonbar.co.uk]


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