For a More Secure Home
An Ex-Con's Take on Home Security
Let a former burglar give you the low-down on home burglaries from the criminal's point of view. This is an eye-opening interview with a (former) professional in the B&E (Breaking and Entering) trade. Dogs are a deterent, and house alarms will keep some burglars away, but alarms don't scare off many because it takes the police anywhere from 10 to 15 minutes to respond to an alarm and a professional B&E man is in and out of your house in 5 minutes. Most burglaries do not take place at night, but take place during the day, when people are not home. In fact, the majority of burglaries take place between 9 a.m. and noon. Learn what burglars look for when they choose a house to rob, and what you can do to make your home less inviting. The number one thing you can do to keep crooks out, according to this former burglar, is simply lock your doors and windows. Bathroom and kitchen windows are the ones most often left unlocked. Make sure all of your doors have deadbolts. A regular door lock is considered a joke by professional burglars, but a good deadbolt makes your home a difficult target, and most home burglars are looking for easy targets. There are 7 major steps you can take to protect your home and property from break-ins, according to this former felon; if you want to learn them all then I suggest you check out this site before you leave home again.
Complete Home Security
This home security site provides tips and ideas that homeowners and renters can use to safeguard their homes. Sections on controlling access, providing visibility, maintaining property, protecting your home when you’re away, helping police get to your home and identifying your property are included. Tips include installing a peephole, installing a single cylinder deadbolt, installing locking devices, changing locks, enclosing your yard, keeping doors and windows locked, surveying your neighborhood, making sure your house number is clearly visible from the street, etching your drivers license number on valuables and keeping records of your valuables.
Security Tips by UK Home Insurance
You'd expect a home insurance company to know a thing or two about home security. After all, it is in the insurance company's best interest for your home not to be broken into. However, as this article points out, it's also in the homeowner's best interest as well, so an article such as this is a win/win for everyone -- except the burglar. According to this article, outside doors are you first line of defense against burglars and need to be fitted with top-rated deadbolt locks. Sliding door needs to be fitting with locking devices to prevent them from being lifted out of their tracks. Windows need to be fitted with key locks as well. Never leave spare keys in hiding places outside the house. These are almost always easy for professional thieves to find. If you must have a spare key, leave it with a neighbor. Don't make it obvious that you're away. Cancel mail and newspapers and use lighting devices that will randomly turn lights on and off inside the house. Make a detailed inventory of your valuables, complete with serial numbers, and join a neighborhood watch. These are just some of the ideas and advice in this helpful article. The psychological aftermath of a home burglary can be devastating, so take precautions before a burglary takes place.
Articles for Moms: 15 No-Cost Ways to Protect Your Home and Family!
This article includes 15 ways to protect your home and family including securing doors and windows, not leaving notes on the door, leaving lighting on, keeping your garage door opener in a locked car, joining a neighborhood watch group, unlisting your home address in the phone book, keeping emergency numbers handy, keeping valuables out of sight when company visits, never opening your door to a stranger, keeping personal areas of your home off limits to strangers, never giving your keys out to strangers and more. These are common sense home safety tips that work.
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