Thursday, October 23, 2014

Home Security Tips For The Savvy Homeowner

Home Security Tips For The Savvy 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.

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.

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.

One of the best home security ideas you can implement is planting a thorny hedgerow. But keep in mind that the secret to using a thorny hedgerow to discourage criminals from coming on to your property is not the height of the hedgerow, but the depth. A burglar might be willing to put up with a few scratches if they will be over soon. However, if the hedgerow is very thick, requiring the burglar to spend a great deal of time pushing through the thorns, he might just decide to give it up and move on.

Finally, ornamental fencing will offer you great home security protection. Choose the kind of fencing that is very tall. The effort that a crook will have to put forth in order to get over a tall fence may be enough to convince him to just bypass your house!




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