Home Protection Information
Home protection is something you want to take seriously. When you don't, you are putting yourself, everyone else in the house and all of your belongings at risk of being victimized. Home protection means not only properly securing your home, but also acting in a way that helps ensure household safety. The information you will read here will help you to understand how to better secure your home.
Protect doggie doors
If you have a doggie door in the house, you want to make sure you secure it before you go to bed at night and when you leave the house. This also means finding a different method of your dog getting out during these periods, but this is very important to securing your home. Also, secondary locks should be put on sliding glass doors, since these doors lock with latches that can be popped open quite easily.
Make sure doors and windows are secure
You want to go around both the inside and the outside of your home and take a close look at every door and window. The doors should be solid and they should have deadbolts installed on them. The deadbolts make the door much harder for someone to pick. You do want to make sure the deadbolts are put in place with three-inch long screws as well. This will ensure a person won't be able to ram the door open.
Secure the garage door
If you have a garage door that opens automatically then there is the added risk of someone getting in the garage by putting a wire through the top of the door and putting it in the hole in the emergency lever. When they do this, they can tug the lever open, which causes the door to open. You can prevent this by using something, such as twine through the hole, to secure the lever in place around the base of the motor unit or the track.
Keep the exterior secure
Put dark tint on the windows to prevent others from looking into your house when the curtains are open. Lock bikes, skateboards, tools, lawnmowers and other tempting items in the garage or in a tool shed where they won't tempt criminals to come into your yard.
Get a security system with remote access
A security system is important for home protection. However, you want to go with one that has remote access. This way, you can monitor your home while away and even control the system. You can log in to view the footage being filmed from the cameras, so you feel confident that your house is safe.
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