Systems and method for locking sliding doors

A method for manufacturing a sliding door having an interior side and an exterior side, the sliding door having a stationary portion and a sliding portion, the method comprising the steps of:

• rotatably attaching a security bar to the interior side;
• drilling a hole in the stationary portion;
• inserting a door handle shaft having an interior end and an opposing exterior end into the hole from the exterior side to the interior side, the interior end being positioned proximal to the interior side;
• matably attaching the security bar to the door handle shaft interior end;
• and
• matably attaching a door handle to the door handle shaft exterior end.

A door lock kit for a sliding door, comprising:

• a security bar having a first end and a second end, the first end having a shaft hole;
• a door handle having a handle shaft, the handle shaft configured to matably attach to the first end through the shaft hole, the door handle being configured to pivot the security bar;
• and
• a strike plate configured for attachment to the sliding door, the strike plate configured to accept the second end.

A sliding door, comprising:

• a stationary portion, having an outside, an opposing inside, an outside edge and an opposing inside edge;
• a security bar having a first end and a second end, the first end having a shaft hole;
• a door handle attached to the outside, the door handle having a handle shaft proceeding through the stationary portion and engaging a shaft hole on the first end of the security bar;
• a sliding portion adjacent to the stationary portion at the inside edge when the sliding door is in a locked position;
• and
• a strike plate secured to the sliding portion, the security bar second end being lodged against the strike plate when the sliding door is in the locked position,
• wherein the door handle is configured to control the security bar when the sliding door is in the locked position.