Monday, November 17, 2014

Home Security Tips For The Smart Homeowner

By Mark Mahaffey


Are you interested in creating the best home security system on a budget? If so, then you should choose a method that will protect your family with the least amount of components and month to month fees. As you consider purchasing your home alarm system, you will want to make sure you stick with the basics.

The main components that you will need in your home alarm system will be alerts on all your doors and windows. Knowing if someone has attempted to enter your house is important, and may give you time to escape through another exit. Posting signs outside your house that warn criminals of the presence of an alarm system is also a good idea.

CCTV is also a smart idea. If you put cameras up in various places around your house and yard, you can keep an eye on those areas that crooks may be hiding in. Consider putting cameras in your garage, garden buildings and even around areas with lots of landscaping.

Do you have sliding doors in your home? Sliding doors are a way that many crooks try to enter homes. If they can bust the door latch, then all they have to do is slide the door open and come in. Some people advocate putting a piece of wood in the track, so that if the crook manages to break the lock, he still cannot slide the door because the piece of wood prevents the door from moving in the track.

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!

Tall fencing is a great way to keep burglars out of your yard. Ornamental fencing can be purchased that is very tall and has the spokes close together. This makes it very difficult for someone to get through, and it may keep you safe from intruders!




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