Tilting the door lowers the latch releasing it from the bracket.
How to break glass door.
Lifting it will probably also disengage the latch allowing you to slide the door open.
Insert a screwdriver or pry bar between the door frame and the door about 6 inches from the corner diagonal from the latch at the bottom and pry upward.
Break the glass with a mallet or hammer.
Stand at the elevated end of the glass and raise the hammer or mallet overhead.
Using a crowbar it s possible for a burglar to literally lift up a sliding door.
The sliding door can usually be lifted about an inch then the bottom can be pushed in.
Lifting the door out of its frame.
Just lift it but be careful because it is very heavy and awkward to handle.
Just check out the video below to see how easy it is to break into a sliding glass door.
Normally installers would use suction cups to hold onto the door.
How burglars break in through your sliding glass door bypassing the lock.
Sliding doors are one of the most vulnerable entry points into our homes.
As we briefly mentioned above the locks on most sliding glass doors are really just latches.
If the l shaped latch has an downward pivot as opposed to the upward pivot it won t release the same way.