4 Ways to Barricade a Door

[@ModernRogue]

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[@seawanderer9746]

How about doing simple door traps!?!?! It could be anything from tripwires, leg snares, caltrops, a large pointy stick pulled back and set up so that when the door is open it'll snap towards the intruder. You know "simple" ideas

[@killrade4434]

I am surprised you guys didn't try spiking the door. Basically hammer a nail at an angel (45°)thru the door into the floor, wall or door frame on the door nob side. If you do it from swing in side it works like a door stop; if done from swing out side it acts like a dead bolt. You can even remove it and use it as a latch pin

[@gothnate]

Should have tried penny locking the door. You basically apply pressure to the door and add coins as close to the door knob/dead bolt as possible. This keeps the pressure on the latch making it act like a lock. So, even in the event the person trying to get in has a key, this will keep them out. Barring any battering ram or tools being used.

[@710tommy]

You two are not the brightest most of these techniques would work if you executed them properly

[@seawanderer9746]

@@710tommy So explain how to properly execute them

[@austingarrett3334]

The broom one would have worked decently well with a couple changes 1) you need to tie it so the rope is perpendicular to the door 2) use a sturdier broom or anything sturdy that can span the doorframe 3) pull the rope tight so the door can’t even begin to move, less inertia means less breaking of rope

[@ObeyCamp]

For sure. I would also definitely not use a broom since they're hollow and extremely easy to bend once the circular cross-section gets any kind of flaw in it, like a dent. Use something like rebar.

[@pyrosmoak53]

Literally what I was gonna say lol

[@Charlesb88]

@@ObeyCamp sure in an ideal situation something like rebar would work better but in the kind of situation demonstrated here a broom if likely the best you will have on hand if that. A fireplace poker would be better but would likeLy not be long enough to span the door frame. Golf clubs might work better provided the door is not a wide one and they might be more likely on be on hand. Another option might be a floor lamp if it not too heavy. To securely tie the pole/bar to the door knob do the following: a) Tie one end of the rope around the center of the pole/bar your using very tightly. b) form a 3” loop with the rope with the end already tied to the pole and tie the other end to the pole/bar (each end of this loop is now tied to the center if the pole/bar.). c) now take your loop and twist it a few times by hand and hen slide it over the door handle. d) now take the pole/bar and pull it towards you so the twisted loop is taught and Twist the pole in a 360 degree motion multiple times until you can just barely slide pole/bar ends over the door frame and the left and right sides.

[@radium_habit6869]

@@hanelyp1 haha he tied everything with slipknots

[@alexandrevaliquette1941]

Usually, the civilian door open the other way around. So, tricks 1-7 are useless. Fast and efficient way, put 2-3 screws or nails to staple the door side to the door frame and the floor as well.

[@TheRealAlpha2]

Back in high school, my social studies teacher said "Never use credit for anything you don't already have cash for. You'll build credit in no time, for when you actually need it." I took that lesson to heart and within the first couple of years of my employment history I had over 20 grand in credit. Thanks to that I can proudly say I don't have Norwegian Mafioso's busting down my door trying to turn me into a no-shoes wearin', plastic headed, 90's era Brian Brushwood clone. FAX.

[@TheRealAlpha2]

@@DingDingTheKZbinBuddy In a perfect world it would be.

[@tony_5156]

Man how the hell you you even build credit I’m learinging about taxes in class but I still have no idea what credit is

[@TheRealAlpha2]

@@tony_5156 The way I learned to understand it is: credit is basically the bank trusting that you're responsible enough to pay for whatever you buy with the card. Pay off your debt *on time* every month when the bill comes and they trust you with more credit. You can't just have it and not use it though, you have to actively show you can pay by doing it.

[@diggygenetics8227]

In college I applied for a secured credit card, where I pay them $300 for ~$250 in credit, and was refused...

[@danielr3310]

I'm almost 30 and am only just beginning to understand it haha. Apparently it looks good to have a credit rating when applying for a mortgage so I use it to buy shit off eBay I don't need but can afford and just pay it off at the end of the month.

[@Brent-jj6qi]

Already learning how to not get raided by the ATF, huh?

[@JimmyEatDirt]

I don't see any dogs in the studio. I think the ATF already got there.

[@HyperboreanJihad]

The atf don’t care about doors they’ll just burn the building down

[@osvaldomorinigo]

Postal Police

[@waka5795]

@Conor Michael who are the alphabet bois?

[@DeathmaskDuplicant]

@@waka5795 ATF, FBI, CIA, DEA, government groups with 3-4 letters as a shorthand.

[@jasonhalvorsen9767]

Since when does Brian know Norwegian? Why didn’t I know this? This is something I woulda remembered in my 10 years of watching

[@geoffgreen2105]

He lived in Norway for a few years while he was young- Brian's dad worked for an oil company there.

[@scientificbrony]

@@geoffgreen2105 what!? I never knew this, thanks!

[@Platypi007]

Right? I was totally not expecting that!

[@jasonhalvorsen9767]

@geoff green well shit now I like him even more. I have no ties to Norway but my heritage comes from there so it’s always been a fascination of mine

[@kaseyrollins7831]

It actually came up in a recent episode where they briefly talked about made up languages.

[@jacobestle2789]

“Sorry, did you think I was some other ethnicity, you’re racist.”😂😂😂

[@sleekthegeek6669]

Insert Swedish house mafia joke here.

[@danielr3310]

A door that's ajar can't be jammed but jam in a jar can be adored 🍓

[@mygames9925]

Ughh 🤯 ughh 🤯🤯 I like jam?

[@grayeaglej]

This is troo o.o

[@thecityguy1657]

actually a door that is ajar can be jammed as long as it is opened until it stops and has a small enough space underneath to jam

[@Charlesb88]

When is a door not a door? When it’s ajar.😂🤣

[@findingfreeblade]

How can jam in a jar be adored? It needs to be out of the jar if it is to be experienced and adored right?

I just want to make this known, If you are inside a room with an inward opening door, the best way to stop someone from getting through is to stack furniture between the door and the wall across from it basically making it so they have to break the furniture or break the wall. This works for outward opening doors too but not as well

[@MMDALR]

I watched a video the other day and a navy seal was saying the same thing

[@ehrichweiss]

First things first, the one with the broom needed the broom at the same level as the door knob. I've got one that apparently nobody ever thought of, ever. I learned it when I was in my early teens and needed some (ahem)privacy from my parents. Get an "eye bolt", well, more of an eye screw, and screw it into the gap between the door and door frame. You want the screw to be wide enough to grab into the door and frame but not so big that you completely destroy the door or frame when doing so. You can technically do this with almost any screw of the right size but an eye screw(or hook) is able to be done by hand and rather quickly. It'll leave very few marks on the door or frame but will prevent pretty much anyone from entering. This is only for an inward opening door, btw.

[@connorfoxton6167]

Interesting thing about the door stops if you guys decide to do a part 2: There's a kind of door stop that you can buy that has basically a huge bolt going through the back of it, so when the door stop is in place you can thread it down and tilt the actual wedge part. Deviant Ollam mentions this in a couple of his talks and videos where he's talking about staying in shady hotels.

[@johneberle5814]

These are always amazing videos thank you for not making this an April fools joke video

[@skepticallypwnd]

You're welcome! - Modern Rogue Editing Supervisor

[@johnbaker8617]

So, the chair one. I actually did this to a co-worker in the bathroom at one of my previous workplaces, then forgot about him for like 20 minutes. It works REAL well when there's rubber feet on the chair that's on rough tile.

[@edwardyuan793]

In 100 deadly skills Clint recommends using 2 broomsticks instead of just one. 2 other methods include using an eye hook screws on each side of the door screwed into the frame, and then passing a bar through the holes. The other method is installing deadbolts on each corner of the door so whoever wants in can't get in.

[@edwardyuan793]

​@@burritodog3634 yup definitely! I think the book mentioned that as well.

[@ObeyCamp]

That's an AWESOME book.

[@Bob5mith]

It would have worked at least as well, probably better than tying the cord to the bench if they just put the broom as close to the knob as possible and doubled up on the cord.

[@kadonmanning183]

That Norwegian was kinda fire ngl 🔥😂

[@OlaMagnusLie]

"Unnskyld, jeg forstår ikke. Kan du si det en gang til?" "I'm sorry, I didn't understand that. Can you please repeat?" It totally threw me the first time, so I had to go back and switch to my Norwegian ears.

[@ShadarLogath]

Threw me for a loop. It was pretty decent as well.

[@corpse666]

Murphy: a clove hitch is recommended. Brian: well I know what a slipknot is, so that's what I'm gonna do

[@christopherkarr1872]

I have screamed until my veins collapsed, I've waited as my time's elapsed, now all I do is live with so much so much fate. I've wished for this, I've bi7(hed at that, I've left behind this little fact - you cannot kill what you did not create... ...I PUSH MY FINGERS INTO MY EYYYYYYYES! IT'S THE ONLY THING, THAT SLOWLY STOPS THE ACHE!

[@ryanbutler4155]

I need Brian to expand his knot tying knowledge. A true rouge knows their knots

[@christopherkarr1872]

@@ryanbutler4155 'Cause I'm a modern makeup powder!'

[@overestimatedforesight]

That first transition with Brian was so smooth I didn't even realize it was a transition

[@GuyPerson-jt9tv]

That was the best intro I've ever seen. I loved how it was nothing like The Prestige.

[@skepticallypwnd]

Thank you! (I came up with it, and shot it 😊) - Modern Rogue Editing Supervisor

[@matthewkesselring201]

door stops are much more effective when there's a smaller gap under the door, plus the floor keeping the stop from flexing out of the way

[@m1k3y48]

I was thinking the doorstops should have been more effective than they were here. In a proper doorframe with a smaller gap I think they could prove quite effective against a person pushing on a door. The more they push, the more the doorstops resist.

[@AbbiAbii]

Yes... it's best when door stop bigger than the gap and harder the materials more better...

[@doktorrobingram]

Doorstops are super effective when used under doors without 3" gaps. The harder you push, the tighter they get Source: everyone who's used a doorstop.

[@maledetto1221]

@@doktorrobingram And if you're in real deep shit: nail them down in the floor

[@doktorrobingram]

@@maledetto1221 I sincerely hope I never have to use that advice.

[@Arussiandoge]

I think the doorstops could work pretty well if it was an actual door with a floor to push against

[@mortalitydoesstuff8965]

doorstops under the chair would be ridiculously effective with an actual floor

[@autumnroads290]

I actually used this one all the time in a previous apartment of mine. It once managed to deter an overly enthusiastic landlady trying to do an unscheduled visit. It definitely works, it just depends on the door.

[@mollycollins498]

I'm genuinely surprised they didn't even mention/attempt the penny "trick"... I think that'd a great option for really quick and really accessible door stopping power. I've locked people in and out of rooms with just a penny or 2

[@randguy28343]

I agree. I was waiting for them to penny the door. I was amazed how well it worked the first time I saw it.

[@nerdtm.5524]

How do you do it?

[@MMDALR]

I have never heard of this

[@michaelolsen7000]

I have tried it, and it was effective. The best barricade for a door is your mattress, especially the big ones. They are floppy and cumbersome, but when you're in panic mode you can quickly get it in front of a door. No matter the direction the door opens, it'll impede anyone on the other side of it from yourself. Also, depending on the mattress and the danger you are in, they have a tiny amount of added stopping power for small arms fire. Not much, and do not rely on it to protect you, but just like lining your walls with phonebooks it could mean surviving long enough to flee or long enough to arm yourself to fight back.

[@shadowtony8]

Mythbusters Jr. did an episode about this. Absolute best way was to make a line barricade from door to wall.

[@thedoctor3996]

My dad left me when I was three years old

[@ulrikahaggard9923]

@@thedoctor3996 cool

[@peasant502]

@@thedoctor3996 what this guy said

[@brumm0m3ntum94]

@@thedoctor3996 awesome

[@Grarnir]

And they tried waaaay harder at getting in

[@SikoraTim]

You should try to penny someone in. We used to do that in the dorms. If you're outside of a door that swings in you can keep someone from opening the doorknob by jamming a number of pennies between the jam and the door where the bolt is. The pennies cause so much friction on the bolt, the doorknob won't turn. We used to lock people in their rooms that way!

[@dchall8]

Yes. Total cost, 3 cents.

[@StJohnny22]

Jason came through that door like Kramer with the doorstops. 😂

[@nilsschenkel7149]

Wedging your door shut absolutely works with wooden or hard plastic wedges, although it exerts a lot of force on the door and can destroy cheaper ones. For the broom thing to work, I´d suggest you use either a clove hitch or a constrictor knot. they are both knots you can lay "in the air" almost in an instant, and then just tighten down over, say, a door handle.

[@kcrash7150]

if a guy from the Brotherhood of Steel was knocking down my door, im sure a wooden door and some door stops wont be able to hold back a suit of Power Armor

[@andresouza6346]

I really don´t get the reference

[@kcrash7150]

@@andresouza6346 Fallout my man

[@Queeird]

And also I'd be worried why the BOS was at my door, tbh

[@spacetexan8695]

First two thoughts before watching the video Wooden wedge Chair

[@gingerpicklemcpickle]

The most amazing thing here is the scene of an actual bluebonnet. Collected loads on red dead, never really seen a real one. Infotainment at its best.

[@skepticallypwnd]

Literally walked 20 yards over, and grabbed a shot of one of our blue bonnets on the property. - Modern Rogue Editing Supervisor

[@gingerpicklemcpickle]

@@skepticallypwnd can you please pick 4? They're worth 75 bucks to madam nazar....

[@alexhamon9261]

Something I would like to see revisited, bring out Deviant Ollam, he's got a great talk on attacking doors, as well as designing doors that would take him time and effort to get through without specialized tools.

[@sirvemon]

Just pointing out, door wedges work so well because they can push into the floor. The harder you push open the door, the higher on the wedge the door will be (by compressing/pushing the wedge into the floor). When you use one on a platform, it has basically no advantage to a wooden wedge

[@conordaniel2993]

The rope and broom method was done completely wrong!! Guys you should have tried it with the broom lower down, about level with the door knob. And then have the rope tied to the door with a decent knot, and then wound around the broom a couple of times, and then tied back to the door with another good knot.And then maybe add some duct tape if necessary. When you guys tried it the broom was way to high on the door frame, therefore too much slack in the rope. Please try it again because that would have worked way better. You could also try like a wooden broom/yard brush.

[@davidlenz4552]

How did they go through this entire video without a “Dave’s not here” joke?

[@cyqry]

"Oh jesus its the cops!" "No its just the census board!" "That's even worse!"

[@DanielBoeFlex]

Brian's "nordic mafia" voice is absolutely fantastic.

[@DeviantOllam]

Watching intently to see if the Veritas doorstop shows up. 😉👍

[@DeviantOllam]

Or the goofy trick when people bend up a fork! 🍴

[@otterjae]

I would have loved to have you on this episode just to foil all their attempts. Even though there's AMPLE evidence that doors have no power over you and your team lol

[@DeviantOllam]

@@otterjae I am fairly confident that you will see us again in this rogueish workshop. :-)

[@otterjae]

@@DeviantOllam Excellent! I can't wait!

[@FlareDarkStormGem]

Love the Founders Club plaque presentation

[@shizo1932]

Truly, the Census Maffia is the single most powerful, omnipotent shadow organization to ever roam this earth. Throw down the pitchforks ladies and gentlemen, we have a new god to please. PS: These sponsors are getting more and more engaging too! Great work mister Brian “suavemente” Brushwood.

[@lordninnadilldo3083]

I can tell you for a fact that the chair one works, some things to make it work better is a level floor, full wood chair, just a tiny bit taller, and you can kick it into place to make it harder to move. I've tried a lot of these before and the chair one is my favorite, followed closely by the rope one.

[@Queeird]

I had no clue you two were into Fallout, more the reason to love this channel

[@GnappyAssassin]

Best opener yet. Thanks

[@danelisslow3269]

you guys should have a guest teach you how to dance like a gentleman. how to dance at all would be an upgrade for me.

[@Fishy577]

Was thinking about this I love youtube having me covered for when I want to see things that I cant explain to my friends or family.

[@lucasbyron9436]

This is definitely going down as one of my new favorites! This was actually hilarious😂

[@squirgelssmergels8262]

This is going to make my quarantine much easier! Thanks for the tips :)

[@Just_Sara]

Again, I'm spending much of this episode trying to take things out of your hands. But seriously, thank you for this, it's truly an educational moment.

[@torravengael4490]

Helpful hint for murderous fiends or zombies: If it's an interior door, just bash a hole through the drywall to one side of the doorknob, using any available hard object, then reach through the hole and unlock the door or move the chair or cut the rope. All the wonderful blood and brains will then be yours!

[@JonLaRue]

I know this is 3 years old but I recently saw someone get their high rise apartment get robbed using this method.

[@Shadow_Hawk_Streaming]

The broom needs to be in line with where it's attached to the door, otherwise you'll pull the broom loose by pulling up or down

[@kentucky4x456]

Idea for a part 2. Making a door forced entry resistant.

[@Gunbudder]

I had to actually barricade a door once (not for fun like in this video) and i ended up tying stuff to the door handle and wrapping rope around the hydraulic arm at the top. It was the hydraulic arm that kept people out, because the type of door required a metal arm to pivot open. I'm pretty sure i wrapped a belt around it, but i also remember using an entire roll of floss that was braided to increase strength. Its one of those memories that really sucked at the time, but i look back at it amazed that it even happened to me.

[@leafrusenov2142]

One time when I was visiting a buddy from SA I noticed he had 2 HEAVY duty coat hooks bolted to his door and i asked him about it and he said back home he had them on his door and a heavy brass lamp that was taller than the door was wide and at night he'd sit the lamp in the coat hooks to stop anyone trying to break in. Seemed pretty effective

[@LastMineCrafterz]

Wow thats the first time ive been on time

[@rosedruid]

Inward opening barricades made up of anything that can solidly reach across the room to the far wall works very well. A bed and dresser and a bunch of books makes the door as solid as the far wall.

[@yawnberg]

I feel like locking the door should be a step that comes before breaking out the Paracord

[@jackielinde7568]

I've seen the paracord trick done in dorms as a practical joke back in the 90's, but I'm sure it's much older than that. Tie off the door knobs on two adjacent rooms. Leave enough slack that one door can open enough for a 3 to 4 inch crack. Then call people in both rooms to come meet you in the hallway and watch as hilarity ensues. BTW, kids, don't do this. Seriously. Someone could get hurt.

[@wistexvlogs8327]

Something we did in the military to lock people in closets (pranks, all in good fun) if the door swung out of the closet, we would take a sticky lint roller from the dollar store (military issue.... Stop laughing) and stick it on the floor where it met the door. Very hard to budge the door. I would LOVE to see you guys try this one.

[@lc9072]

Somehow the firefighter channel that does those breaking in shorts is helping criminals. While thr modern rogue is protecting citizens. Fantastic.

[@bluestonecreeper720]

Why did I ever stop waching this channel?

[@dunetasm]

am i right to expect the opposite for the next episode? for the times I REALLY want to open a door movie style (with a kick, with the shoulder..what works?)

[@AxleKlown]

A precut board wedged at the knob on a in swing door works very well

[@JackCFairman]

I love how when Jason said he’s always the guy with the axe, it said allegedly on the screen

[@p1xeI]

*knock* *knock* "Who's there" "I've come to worn you about your cars extended warranty"

[@invertMASA]

That intro, God I love you guys!

[@JustOneAsbesto]

Brian always starts to *try* to tie a knot, but invariably instantly resorts to "UHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH JUST WRAP IT AROUND THE THING A LOT. A TANGLE'S AS GOOD A KNOT. YUP. I DID IT."

[@johnbeauvais3159]

Yup for the rope one: tie a loop in the end, bowline or just an overhand on a bight then tie your knot around the knob and run the other end off and around. Then tie another loop using an overhand a distance from the first loop. Now take the free end and run the line through both loops twice. The goal is to make 2 pulleys and use the rope to apply a ton of tension into the line, then tie it off and be done

[@ngut5915]

Some swiss military facilities have massively overbuilt heavy duty steel coathangers that just so happen to wedge the inside door handle perfectly against the doorframe. Used this a couple times and once someone tried using an axe handle as lever to press the handle from the outside and ended up breaking the axe handle instead.

[@noahgranger6749]

day thirteen of me asking them to bring back "Cause I'm a modern rooooggguuuueee" in the intro

[@septegram]

That gets my vote! Still my favorite intro.

[@bulluffalo6711]

ive done the chair one to lock two of my frens in a closet and it acutally works, u need to tilt it mor and it works great with wooden chairs

[@gakulon]

Don't know if this will be addressed in the video, but you also need to be aware that if someone is on the side with the hinge pins they could just knock those out, so that needs to be considered

[@1224chrisng]

the hinge pins are on the side the door opens towards, which in usually inside, so it's not a problem if you're keeping people out

[@davidboden5486]

then you just replace some of the screws in the hinges with security pins so you cant just walk the door out

[@gakulon]

@@1224chrisng They showed methods for both sides of the door though, so while you're more likely to be on the hinge side you still need to be aware

[@firefighterforlife6673]

Drilling a whole in the floor right behind the door and dropping a bolt through the whole pinning the door in the closes position works well

[@ZGBrickfilms]

This was a really fun episode! I was really hoping the doorstopers would work, but guess not! Also loved the Prestige reference at the beginning!

[@voidnarrations2216]

Less than an hour since the video went up? Nows my chance! Do I tell a joke? Unleash ancient wisdom? The options are endless, oh jeez... Uh. Uh. Uh. Beans

[@Joevo56]

To anyone who sees this comment hope that you have a lovely day

[@Nobert594]

Thank you : )

[@gibbelzoob]

Thanks man

[@kinzer69]

You as well

[@LumaLinaAndRosa]

Thx bro

[@five-seven1190]

You too. :)

[@GoldphishAnimation]

this is just very specifically themed improv comedy, but framed as a guide

[@julienlebamoff1224]

Use one fork in the door jam and another fork as a crossbar. Works like a charm and on all doors

[@ihavekalashnikovyoudomath9275]

Today's rankings are: 7, Kinda Works, Bad One, and LOL

[@draugr6093]

I'm from Norway 🇧🇻🇧🇻 i didn't know you could speak Norwegian 🇧🇻🇧🇻

[@R0ckingR0cker]

This video is probably helpful for teachers as well

[@vanya536]

I have one: this on works only if you have a doorknob that looks like an L instead of a circle one and if it opens thowards you. You put some furniture next to it, under the knob and put some books under the knowb so it blocks the knob from going down. I have tested it (well, it was tested in a real situation) and it works.

[@Sadiquecat]

3:05 Pun knot intended

[@tHaH4x0r]

Chair idea works best with doorknobs that turn downward instead of around. Prevents someone from pushing the doorknob down.

[@nexusonex]

KZbin is tripping, haven't been reveving notifications for the last few posts, even the one that just came out hours a ago.

[@JZStudiosonline]

I once did the chair under the door knob to keep my brother out of my room. After meeting the obvious resistance he kept pushing and it just sheared the door handle off.

[@yeah.8382]

Man This video is gonna save my life someday

[@andrews4321]

You can jam a door pretty effectively from the inside (side with hinges) by forcing a shim / door stop / flat head screw driver between the door and the frame near the hinges.

[@Techfly11]

A trick that I've discovered if you happen to have a handful of deck screws and a screwdriver: screw as many as you can in up and down the handle side of the door. Only works on inward opening doors or doors without door jams.

[@Melinko7902]

I can't believe you guys didn't try a butter knife! Always worked for me as a teenager.

[@snippykeegan]

last time i was this early Brian was playing with thermite

[@MichaelHuikeshoven]

"this is the Backstreet gang, were sending one of our boys."

[@dustinshadle732]

You should use shims like you use in framing construction. You can hammer them in on top sides and bottom. If you have access to a screw gun you can use them. My friends old roomie cut the handle out of the end of a hardwood replacement shovel handle. Then he peeled back the carpet and took a chisel and cut into the top floor just about halfway before the place that the end of the handle stopped on the bottom while the trimmed y in the top was braced solidly under the doorknob to the floor. You then brace against the door in case you are closely pursued, kick the carpet back, jam the handle under the knob and kick it at the base, forward until it jams the door closed. Alternatively, if you cant get away, the brace becomes a weapon.

[@EvilMastermind]

I feel like you guys need to do an episode on how door stoppers work. Or even wedges for that matter. ... Heck even how to block a door with a chair...

[@spaceman6215]

its good that you are practicing for the coming police no knock raids. Good Prep!

[@oaksparoakspar3144]

If you are on the push side of the door (where the opponent must pull) you have the advantage of the door jam blocking inward force - meaning the opponent cannot just mule kick and throw their weight into the door, but must pull. Thus, you need less force. The disadvantage, however, is that you lack purchase (something to pull back from). Since you are dependent on that doorknob, you knots MUST be good ones and your rope tight enough to prevent any access for a blade. So, if you are anchoring, it not only needs to be something too heavy to even budge, you then need to tension the rope (something you might use the broom and tape for, by winding the broom to tension it like a tourniquet and then using the tape to keep the broom from helicoptering loose). Putting the broom across the door is just using the broom as your anchor. You will wan to secure it with good knots, twist it for tension as close to the knob as you can, and then just tape to keep it from spinning out. If you are on the pull side of the door, you have to resist MUCH more force. The best way to do that is by creating a jam. If you have pieces of wood and long nails you can simply nail them down into the floor, or sideways into the door frame (even if you don't have the wood you can just half-sink nails to create a jam). Beyond fixed jam like that, anything loose will be susceptible to working movement as it is stressed repeatedly. So, rather than just piling up junk for weight against the door, you want weight across the floor. A cabinet you can move in front of the door they can move away with similar force. Thus, you want that cabinet laying down flat on its back with the top to the door to maximize friction with the floor (and then pile on weight until it exceeds their force). Best, however, is if you can get a fixed jam by lining material all the way to the far wall. Even just a line of books stacked tight to the far wall will jam the door solidly to the structural tolerances of the building itself. That will far exceed the strength of the door itself (which for most interior doors is far too weak to stop anyone for very long).

[@r2Kd0ugernaut]

with the paracord, slip on the door knob was fine, go about out about a foot from the door throw in an alpine butterfly, run the working end around a fixed structure and back through the butterfly loop then pull towards the fixed structure and do a simple half hitch just below the butterfly once youve pulled tight. you've now created a 2:1 mechanical function with its own friction lock. they wont even be able to open the door enough to get a hand in.

[@FireStar-gz2ry]

Yeah so just tried your tie rope to bench the door thing and I found if you tie an anchor points to the middle of the Rope where when you tie the rope to the door then to the bedpost you can bring it back to the center and then put it through the tie-down then bring it back to your post or bench where you can then tie it off it'll keep your door very secure and very tight

[@humanoid251]

The 2 organizations that always find out: The Census Board and Baskin-Robbins When they kept doing the knocking and rent gags I was half expecting one of them to make a Mr. Ditkovich “RENT!!” reference 😅

[@joshwee5159]

Just wanna say a chair can work and is almost always a good idea to try cus if it fits, it won't budge for a long time, i have a chair and a door that fit so perfectly you would have to break the chair to get in and that's hard because the door can barely move.

[@RamblingJosh]

The Prestige is my favourite movie, and I hate that Brian is always wearing sandals, so I really appreciated the opening skit, lol

[@Thefalloutfanpage]

Loved the Fallout reference!!!

[@borderelite]

It'll never be the same again

[@oblivionfade]

I think the idea behind the chair works best with those regular L-shaped door handles. If the chair's wedged under the handle the person on the other side will not be able to twist it down to open the door.