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Originally Posted by stlchiefs
I may have to go the bar lock route or look into just getting a new screen door installed. This is because of a little one who is starting to learn to open the screen. With the nice cool weather we've had here lately we've had the doors open a lot so I need to try to get this one solved. I'm not big on the broom stick idea as I see that just becoming a new toy that would get carried around. Tried taking it to HD once, but couldn't track anything down on my own and the only employees I found that day were idiots.
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If you're handy, you can embed an angled screw in the upper corner of the door jamb [inside the door track] that will let you use the broom handle out of reach of kids. ie, wedged between the top of the sliding door and the screw head an inch or so down from the top of the door jamb.