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A customer installation picture

I love seeing how people install their secure bar holder kits. I always sell more bar holder kits than I expect but it is VERY RARE that anyone ever sends me a picture of their final installation. So today, a buyer sent me a picture of his installation. He left out the standard open bar holder which is JUST FINE. I put mine in because I wanted to have it support the 2×4 when the Read more…

Open 2x4 bar holder galvanized steel front

Thanks for buying an Open Bar Holder

Had a nice order from Fort Collins CO today! Thank to the CSU Rams fan (an assumption). The order was for 4 open bar holders which will look very sharp since they don’t have UGLY exposed screws like the ones you buy in Home Depot or Lowes. I believe I have a superior design to what is available in the market an I’m 100% American made. I host my web site out of a Houston Read more…

2x4 bar holder kit 5-star reviews from Amazon

Amazon 5-star Reviews! Yay for the Raw Bar Holder Kit

All products gotta start somewhere and so things like 5-star reviews on Amazon are pretty exciting for a brand new product. The RAW Bar holders have not just one, but TWO, 5-star reviews on Amazon as of Jan 8, 2017! Check em out.   Find the secure bar holder kit –> HERE <–

Add a Padlock locking tab to a secure 2×4 bar holder and shazzam…

When I first made my 2×4 bar holder setup with traditional 2×4 bar holders, I made about 3,000 trips to Lowes and Home Depot trying to find the right stuff (slight exaggeration). Once I put a handle on my 2×4 bar and I had a nice setup for sliding the bar back and forth and removing, I discovered that there just seemed to be no good way to add something so simple as a padlock. Read more…

How the BearMar Makes it harder to remove the bar

    When I first decided I would use a 2×4 bar to close my shed instead of a combination of a latch and “something” to hold ONE of the doors closed, I went and bought “ordinary” 2×4 bar holders from Lowes or Home Depot (you can also get a traditional 2×4 closed bar holder or a traditional 2×4 open bar holder from Amazon (these are affiliate links)). I was pretty happy with these for Read more…