FBS Articles
The Importance of High-Security Panic Rooms and How to Create One
< Having a safe space for emergencies can provide a sense of reassurance and meet your home security needs. When creating this sanctuary, you want to include the necessary security measures to ensure the space protects you well. Continue reading to learn about the benefits of high-security panic rooms and how to design the best spaces with high-quality products. Benefits Of High-Security Panic Rooms With a safe room in place, you have a line of defense when an emergency strikes and you need an impenetrable space to hide. The installation of a panic room is just the beginning of a comprehensive security process, which also involves ongoing planning and fortification. An adequately equipped...
Are Wooden Doors Secure?
Some of our clients are interested in our steel security doors, but they want them to look like wood. What they definitely don’t want are wrought iron doors that look like they belong on the front entrance to a corner bodega downtown. While there’s certainly nothing wrong with wrought iron security doors, they simply don’t fit in on a luxurious residential property near the beach. Our clients who own more traditional-style homes, or simply want warmer textures in their design aesthetic sometimes ask for wood-finished doors — but they need them to be security doors. Can you make me a wood security door? They ask us. The short answer to this question is a resounding yes. Wooden doors can be co...
Is a Frameless Security Door Possible?
One of the newest and most popular trends in luxury home design is frameless doors. If you’ve yet to see a frameless door, picture your front door (or bedroom, closet, etc) without trim work surrounding it. Picture the wall being perfectly flush with the door, instead. Frameless doors can be placed in interior or exterior openings, and no matter where they go, they’re stunning. We’ve installed quite a few at this point and many of our most recent calls are inquiring about installing a frameless door on their luxury home. The low-profile, sleek design of frameless doors lends itself easily to luxury home design. For homeowners and interior designers looking to keep the clean lines of their de...
Fixed Window Prices: Why They're Less Expensive
When people call us to inquire about windows, they often ask why our windows are so expensive. We’ve addressed this in the past, but now that we have the new window budget calculator on our website, people have begun to ask why our fixed windows are less expensive than our operable windows. It’s a fair question, especially when you’re trying to keep your renovation or new build within your budget. It can be frustrating to have a price discrepancy between two companies making security windows for luxury homes, and people’s gut reaction is to go with the cheaper option (even when money isn’t necessarily a huge issue). As the old saying goes: you get what you pay for. Here’s why our fixed windo...
Can I Have a Security Window Wall?
FBS is mostly known for our custom security doors, which is understandable — the doors are more “interesting” in that it seems like they’re more fun to design. There are covering options and ways to put glass inserts into the door, and the possibility of secret compartments. Of course people get excited about designing a custom security door. What our clients don’t typically realize is that our custom security windows are just as exciting to design. It’s just that when the design is executed perfectly (as ours always is), it’s actually invisible. We love designing custom windows for our clients, whether it’s a glass insert in a door, a luxury sliding door, or an entire window wall. Here’s wh...
