Thursday, October 23, 2014

Home Security Tips For The Smart Homeowner

By Mark Mahaffey


If you are like many people, you would like to have the best home security but with the least expense. If so, then your best choice will be to stick with only the most essential features while avoiding excessive monthly payments and fees.

For example, be sure that your home alarm system includes sensors for your doors and windows. These will let you know if someone tries to break into your home. If you know someone is entering your home, you will possibly be able to get away through a different door or window and run for safety. It is also smart to put a sign outside letting the crook know you have a system installed.

You should also consider putting in CCTV. With this type of camera system, you can be virtually present someplace that you are not physically present. This means that if you have areas around your house that are ideal for criminals to hide in, you can watch those areas without actually physically putting yourself in danger. Areas such as garages, storage sheds, around tall trees and root tops are places that provide hiding places for criminals.

Sliding doors in a home are very risky. A burglar simply has to break the lock and then he can just slide the door open and come into your home. You can make these types of doors less risky, however, by inserting a long stick into the track in which the door slides. The door cannot be opened as long as that stick is there.

Believe it or not, your landscaping can also be an important part of your home security system. A thick row of thorny bushes is nearly impossible to get through without being injured severely. Just be sure to make the row very thick, so it will be extremely difficult for a thief to get through. The thicker the better!

Ornamental fencing may be a major part of the best home security system that you can put together. Consider putting in ornamental fencing. This type of tall fencing is very difficult to climb over and even harder to get through. If a criminal is faced with two houses to rob, and one has tall, ornamental fencing but the other does not, he will likely choose the house that does not have the fencing. He will probably reason that it is not worth going to all the extra trouble if he does not have to.




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