A Small Hole, A Big Security Boost
Most home invasions and porch-pirate confrontations could be prevented by a simple rule: look before you open the door. A quality peephole gives you a wide view of who's there — their face, their hands, whether they're alone — without giving them any sign you're home.
Despite costing under $40 for the hardware, peepholes are missing on a surprising number of Auburn homes. Often the original door didn't come with one, the door was replaced and the new one was solid, or the previous owners had only an older narrow-angle viewer that's basically useless.
Peephole Options We Install
- Wide-angle peepholes (160-200°) — Modern viewers that show essentially the entire porch in a clear, distortion-corrected lens. Standard for any new install.
- Digital peepholes — Replace the optical viewer with a small camera and an indoor LCD screen, so you don't have to lean close to the door. Some include motion-triggered recording.
- Smart video peepholes — Connect to your phone, record visitors, and can integrate with smart-home systems. Like a doorbell camera but mounted in the door itself.
- Child-height peepholes — Lower secondary viewer so kids can also identify visitors. Increasingly popular for family safety.
- Anti-spy peepholes — Special privacy designs that prevent the outside lens from being used as a reverse viewer to look into your home.
- Heavy-duty solid-core door viewers — Designed for thick exterior doors where standard peepholes won't reach through.
Why Professional Installation
You absolutely can install a peephole yourself with a hole saw. We also see plenty of bad DIY installs — off-center, too high or too low for the homeowner, drilled at an angle so the view is canted, or splintered around the hole. We use proper drill stops, hole saws sized for your specific viewer, and clean the cut so the install looks factory-finished. Takes us 15-20 minutes per door.
Call (253) 796-8550 for peephole installation across Auburn.
