Front door only burglary protection / better materials - plaster, screed?

Hello,
we have finished our shell construction, the windows (except for 1 defective one that needs to be delivered later) are installed and the rough installation is complete.
The plasterer will come next week.
So far we don’t have a construction door and we are now wondering if it is really necessary. Does everything need to be sealed because of the plaster or screed? Or is it just for protection so that nothing gets stolen?
We have 3 entrances. The window installers could provide us with 1 construction door, the other entrances we would have to close somehow else (foil, boards, or what else is there?)
It would be great if someone could give me some advice on this.
Thanks in advance!

Hello,
the building should be sealed by the time of the screed at the latest. It must not dry too quickly at the beginning, otherwise it will only dry on the surface. For this reason, drafts should also be avoided at the start. In other words, you need doors and windows then.

Best regards,
Andreas

Vandalism would also be an argument for doors

You found companies who did the rough installation even though one could walk unhindered into the shell construction? Neither the plumber nor the electrician would have agreed to that with us. Since the windows had an extremely long delivery time, we barricaded the entire ground floor with a self-built frame structure and OSB boards and had a construction door installed. That was enough for the companies (as protection against theft) to start their work.

In the meantime, the windows are installed, but the construction door (with a 5 cm gap at the bottom) will remain in place when the screed is laid – the actual front door has not even been ordered yet. To my understanding, the construction door is there to protect the actual front door from damage and still prevent theft. Front doors are usually installed last, and by then the screed is already in and dry.

Hello,

as has been said several times, at this stage of construction it should be protected on the one hand from theft / vandalism and on the other hand from weather conditions.

If your window installer provides a construction door, I would have him install it in the door opening that is used most frequently.

The other two entrances could also be closed with wooden beams stretched in the door opening and plywood or OSB boards screwed onto them (these are often available as leftover pieces cheaply at the hardware store's wood section).

Personally, I would find it too risky if anyone could freely roam through my construction site all the time.

Also interesting would be what the involved insurances (yours or the craftsmen’s) would say in case of damage about the lack of security...

Regards,

Dirk

Also interesting would be what the involved insurances (from you or the craftsmen) would say about the lack of coverage in case of damage...

That was briefly a topic for us as well. The installer wanted to know if we had construction all-risk insurance. Then he said: the ground floor must be locked to have insurance coverage. Access must be made difficult. The upper floor therefore does not need to be secured. Whether that is true, no idea. After all, it was the installer who said that and not the insurance.