Do you feel safe where you live? Do you always keep your doors locked?

An exterior door handle with a keyed lock would be the best, easiest, and cheapest option. Second best option would be a deadbolt lock put in place of the doorknob. (It would be more secure than the handle, but not as "normal" looking.) The problem with your question is: interior doors aren't designed to be as "secure" as exterior doors.

If you put a deadbolt on a hollow core door, almost anyone could put their fist thru the hollow core door or kick a hole in it. (Hollow core doors usually have 1" to 1½" of wood around the outside edges of the door, a "honeycomb" of cardboard in the center of the door, and a 1/8" wood veneer on both sides of the honeycomb.) With a door like that, at the very least, you'd need a high-end exterior doorknob or good deadbolt, either of which must be KEYED on BOTH sides. Whether you try a good handle or deadbolt lock, get one that has a good strike plate (the metal ring around the closing mechanism).

Use long wood screws to attach the strike plate. I can think of a few other options for you: 1. First, talk to a local handyman or carpenter, explain your situation, see if they have any old exterior doors lying around that they've removed from a customer's home and would be willing to give you (and maybe even install for you).

I know a lot of guys that would go out of their way to help a kid with a drunk parent. With an exterior door hung properly and a good handle, she couldn't get in. 2.

If you can't find help, you could still use a high-end handle or a deadbolt, but sheet both sides of the door with metal first (you won't need a deadbolt keyed on both sides with this option). If you use carriage bolts (here's a pic of a carriage bolt: http://www.hardwarestore.com/pop-print/l... ) to attach the sheets of metal, and put the smooth head of the carriage bolt facing the outside, she'll be unable to mess with the door itself, or the bolts holding the metal sheeting to it. If you try this option, replace the screws that hold the hinges on the door jamb with much longer screws (3" or longer), and also put more of those screws (or 3" Tapcons) all around the inside of the door jamb (so she can't knock the door off the hinges, or the jamb out of the wall).

Once you paint the door (use a can of Rustoleum spray paint), it won't look like metal sheeting. 3. Use multiple padlock hasps around the exterior of the door... at least 2 per side.

(With a hollow core door, this would be completely ineffective.) It will also look awful (like you have someone/something caged in there), but may be a good short-term fix until you can get a solid exterior door hung in there. If you're going to only use this option, I'd look for one like this: http://www.lowes.com/pd_308994-46882-330... You either want the kind that only lock/unlock with a key, or if you use the "regular" padlock hasp, keep the lock hanging on the OPEN hasp and LOCKED when you're inside the room. (So you can't be locked in your room by a mean drunk.) 4.

Slide locks (barrel locks) that you can put a padlock thru; at least 2 per side (hip & shoulder height). Again, if it's a hollow core door, this isn't super effective, but it will look impressive. The biggest problem with these is you can be locked inside VERY easily.

I'd only use these on the inside (to keep her out when you're inside). They look like this: http://www.lowes.com/pd_309005-46882-333... Notice the hole on the right that you can put a lock thru.

You could get two hasps and two pad-locks for the hallway side of the door when you are gone ..... and when there to keep her out you could use some brackets to screw into the door frame on either side of your room side of the door to hold a 2x4 inch board of wood of different smaller braces that will hold an iron pipe ... sorry to hear that your mom is that big a problem === if it gets too bad then call the cops because you ""fear for your safety"" and give her a dose of tough love .... not easy to say and difficult for you ... please stay SAFE .....

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