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Steel security doors in Malta: what actually matters

Steel security doors in Malta: what actually matters

A security door is not a slab of steel. It is a system: leaf, frame, locks and fitting, and it is only as strong as the weakest of the four. Here is what we look at when we quote a Maltese apartment or villa entrance.

Multi-point locking. A single latch holds a door at one point; a multi-point mechanism throws bolts along the full strike edge, top and bottom included. This is the difference between a door that resists a shoulder and one that resists a crowbar.

The frame does half the work. A reinforced steel frame, correctly anchored into the reveal, is why professional doors are made to measure. A perfect leaf in a loose frame is theatre.

Cylinders worth attacking are worth protecting. High-security cylinders with anti-snap, anti-drill protection — from names like Kale and eLock — cost little compared to the door and decide how the door fails, or does not.

Security does not have to look like it. Walnut inlays, classic panels or clean anthracite — the steel is under the finish. Nobody has to know your front door weighs eighty kilograms.

Every door we sell is measured, supplied and fitted by our own team across Malta and Gozo, and you can walk through the display doors in our San Gwann showroom first.

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