More than 20 percent of all homeowners have a security monitoring system. While this number is increasing, homeowners are now looking for added features that can increase a home’s safety value.
When thinking of home security, most families focus their efforts on the front door, but today’s burglar looks for alternative entrances such as patio doors and windows.
Homeowners today need to have products that include safety features. There are basic protection measures a homeowner can take, such as making sure windows and doors have advanced locking systems.
Homeowners should look for patio doors that feature multi-point locking systems. One of the better options available is a lock that secures the door to the top, side and threshold of the door frame with the flip of a single lever. With this locking system, some doors can withstand more than 1,000 pounds of force.
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Home sweet home. It’s your sanctuary. But increasingly your personal domain is being invaded. So what’s a poor homeowner to do?
Well lets start with the basement windows. It’s the No. 1 way crooks enter homes. Often they’re only held together with very light nylon clips which can easily be broken, especially in the winter time when they become brittle. They may not be pretty but bars are your best bet.
Choosing locks for doors is crucial. Basically there are two types – the deadbolt and the locking knob set. The locking knob set, which locks with a twist of the door knob, is convenient and easy to install. It’s also easy pickings for burglars. With little effort, the latch can be pushed out of its strike with a credit card.
As well, the latch only extends into the door frame about 1.2 centimeters. If somebody wants to they can pry that door away from the frame far enough so that it will let go (the latch). That’s why deadbolt locks – with a standard throw of 2.5 centimeters – are the way to go.
It’s a little difficult to spread a door and a frame an inch, adding that once in the extended position, the bolt can’t slide back. And if you’ve just purchased a home – changing the locks is a good idea. You don’t know who’s got keys and it might be somebody who might have ideas about coming back.
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How to conduct a home security survey:
1. Check your home, keeping in mind how you would break in. Why would you choose this home if you were a burglar.
2. When burglar-proofing your home, keep in mind fire safety. You should install smoke detectors and have fire extinguishers ready to use.
3. Trim shrubbery below window level. If shrubbery conceals a good lock, the lock becomes ineffective.
4. High fences can be good privacy, but can also provide good concealment for the burglar. Keep pad locks on gates.
5. House numbers should be placed on the front and back of the house. This aids in emergency response.
6. Lighting properly displayed can be a great deterrent to a would-be burglar. You want lighting to come down on what your are trying to light up, such as a light on a pole in an alley.
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Most of their time people spend working and they feel worried about the security of their homes since the number of burglaries is increasing more and more often. They simply cannot concentrate on their work when they know their home is left unsecured. Therefore, they are looking for good home security tips and systems that will in advance prevent possible burglars from breaking into their houses.
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Home Security is in the news nowadays. Many cases have been found where people have spent large sums of money in order to get the latest devices which will be used for protecting their homes, but they failed in those tasks. Their houses were easily robbed again and again. They made some mistakes which proved to cost them a lot. On one hand they did not check whether the structure of the house was secured and well-built and, on the other, they were too overconfident about the home security systems.
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