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The first tactic simply makes it harder for a thief to break in. Thieves don’t want to work any harder than they have to for a payoff, and they will often look for the easiest targets in a given neighborhood. You make it harder to break into your home by having strong exterior doors (metal or solid hardwood, not hollow), good deadbolt locks on every door. In addition, every window in the house should have a keyed lock. These steps alone go a long way towards preventing burglary.
The second tactic makes it riskier to break in. Just as thieves will avoid a target that’s too much work, they’ll avoid a target that they think might land them (back) in jail. Alarm systems are one of the best methods to keep the average thief away. The problem with alarms is that most people forget or simply stop setting them after awhile. One of the best things you can do for the security of your home is to 1) have a monitored alarm system and 2) set it every time you leave the house and at night.
Finally, the third way to improve your odds against crime involves making it less rewarding for thieves to break in. The trick here is that you don’t need to throw out everything of value in your home – you only have to make thieves think it’s not a very rewarding place to break in. If you have an expensive car, keep it hidden in the garage. Laptops, flat-screen tv’s and other highly target items for theft shouldn’t be left around where they can be seen through a window when you’re not home. If you have valuables in your home, be careful about who sees them. Most contract help, service workers and such probably aren’t tied in with criminal elements, but it only takes one to wipe you out. Again, the three most important tactics you can take to secure your home are to make it harder, riskier and less rewarding to break in.
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Surprising Truths About Home Security With unemployment as high as it’s been in decades, it’s no surprise that burglary rates are rising fast. What is surprising are some of the facts about home security. As people make efforts to make their homes and families safe, they often overlook these critical points.
1) Over 30% of illegal entries are unforced. That’s right, almost a third. An “unforced” entry means that the thief needed to do little or nothing to walk in the house. Unforced entries occur mainly because people simply don’t lock their doors or windows.
2) Laziness is often a factor in break-ins. Some studies show that over 40% of homes that have alarm systems almost never bother to set them. An alarm may not stop a thief from breaking in, but it is likely to cut a theft short as thieves aren’t eager to get caught. An alarm that isn’t turned on is no help at all. There is no point in spending hard earned money on a decent alarm system (and spending even more to have it monitored) if it’s not even going to be turned on at night or when you’re out of the house. Fortunately, this problem is easy to correct. Use your security system!
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Three Ways “Home Security” Can Endanger Your Life When a family experiences a burglary or robbery, they often change door locks or take other measures around the home, such as pinning windows shut. While these items may help prevent a break-in, they can also prevent you from getting out of the house quickly. This can be deadly in the event of a fire or other emergency. Here are three areas to look out for:
Fortunately, a little forethought when installing these home security measures can prevent your efforts from backfiring.
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New Home? Don’t Let a Burglary Spoil the Honeymoon Moving into a new home is exciting. It’s also a time of transition, however, and it’s important to take a few minutes to pay attention to home security.
As you prepare to move into a new home, there are a number of steps you should take, and preferably before you spend your first night in the home. Have locks to exterior doors or garages rekeyed or, better yet, replace them with new, high quality deadbolt locks. Some locks are available with key control, which means keys can’t be copied at any old hardware store or key kiosk, but only at an authorized dealerership. If the home has exterior gate or shed locks, replace those has well.
If the home has a security system, have an alarm company representative come out and review the system with you and make recommendations for improving the system. Fully reset the alarm to clean out any old entry codes that might still be in the system, and set your own, new codes.
If there is a garage with a remote opener, have the code changed or, better yet, spend the $50 or so it costs to change to a rolling-code model. These systems change the code at random and are much harder to crack than models with fixed codes. These steps take very little time and effort, and will give you much greater peace of mind as you enjoy your first nights in your new home.
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Sliding Glass Doors: Burglaries Waiting to Happen? Sliding glass patio doors, also known as Arcadia doors, became popular in the 60’s and remain so today. It’s no surprise, as they offer an open feeling and permit lots of light to enter the room. However, in most cases, they are also shockingly easy for thieves to defeat.
Most sliding glass door locks are really just latches. No key is required to open the lock, and a less-than-sturdy metal catch engages the lock. Most standard sliding glass doors can be pried open in a matter of seconds. Even if the lock holds up, the design of the door itself can be an issue. Sliding glass doors slide in tracks. If the door is lifted up and out of the track, it doesn’t matter what type of lock you have. Fortunately, it’s relatively easy to solve either of these problems.
Unless the sliding door came equipped with one, it’s best to replace the standard latch with a keyed lock. A qualified locksmith can take care of this for you. In addition to better security, these locks also allow you to unlock and enter the patio door from the outside if you have a key – something most patio doors don’t allow. A less expensive alternative (or addition) to a keyed lock is to use a sturdy dowel, bar or even a cut-off broom handle placed into the track of the door to prevent it from sliding open. Even if a thief breaks the lock, they are unable to slide the door open. Several commercial products, known as “Charley Bars” operate on this principle, and often have a hinged bar that raises or lowers to block the door from opening. These can be more convenient than a home made dowel as they often rest well off the floor.
Finally, to prevent “lifting” of the door, open the patio door all the way and drive several screws into the upper door track at twelve-inch intervals. Adjust these screws so that the top of the door barely clears the heads when you slide the door closed. If properly adjusted, the top of the door will hit the screws if someone attempts to lift the door, preventing the door from coming off the track.
These solutions are quick and inexpensive. If you have a sliding glass door that lacks these measures, don’t wait for a burglary – correct the problems before you become a victim.
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Ward off Burglars: Make Your Home Look Occupied Thieves generally aren’t seeking confrontation, so they prefer to break into homes when they are unoccupied. If you’re planning on taking a vacation, your home may sit empty for a week or more and might draw the attention of a burglar. There are a number of things you can do to make it appear that someone is in the home while you are away.
The obvious items are mail, trash and lawn services. Have a neighbor or friend pick up your mail and newspapers (a pile of uncollected mail is a sure giveaway that no-one has been home in a few days). Have them place your trash bin out on trash day, and make sure someone will more your lawn if you’re going to be gone more than a week. If possible, have a neighbor park their car in front of your home or in your drive way.
In addition to these basics, enlisting the help of some simple electronic timers can really enhance the illusion that people are in the home. Programmable, electric timers cost around $10 at your local hardware store. Use at least two, and attach them to lamps in different parts of the house. Set the timers so that the lamps turn on and off a few times an hour at night. Make sure at least one of the lamps will be on at all times, and don’t use standard intervals such as a half-hour. Place one of these lamps in a bathroom, if possible. The bathroom is the one room in the house that people might visit at any hour of the day or the night.
Sound – or the absence of sound is important, too. The same type of timers used on the lamps work on a television or radio during the day and, like the lamps, can make it seem as though someone is moving from room to room. Also, be sure you turn your telephone ringers and answering machines down or off before you leave so that a thief won’t hear that no-one is picking up phone calls. More elaborate systems exist that simulate a barking dog when someone rings the doorbell or knocks on the door. If you have the resources, these are worth looking into.
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How Secure are Your Doors? A Quick Self-Test Exterior doors are one of the most common entry methods for burglars. It’s important that these doors are hard enough to break-in to cause would-be thieves to consider moving on to easier targets.
Exterior doors should be solid hardwood or metal. Never use a hollow door, such as those used for interiors, as an exterior entry. Door locks should be high quality deadbolt locks with bolts that are at least 1-inch long. Strike plates are the metal plate attached to the doorframe that receives the bolt. These are often a weak point. Unfasten one of the screws in your strike plate and check the length. The standard 3/4” screws are woefully insufficient as they only fasten into the doorframe and not the wall studs. Replace these with 3-4” screws. The best lock in the world won’t help you if the strike plate breaks away from the doorframe.
The door should fit tightly in the doorframe and there should be very little space for insertion of a pry bar or other tool. Check for wood rot or decay in the door and surrounding frame.
Consider, too, the proximity of windows. If there are windows in the door, or within about 30 inches of the door, the deadbolt lock will not provide much security. A thief can simple break one of the windows, reach in and unlock the deadbolt. You may have to replace your door with a windowless model, or replace door or window glass with shatter and break resistant Plexiglas.
Although exterior door hinges are commonly located inside the home, in some areas (such as hurricane prone regions), exterior door hinges are common. Exterior hinges make it possible for thieves to remove the hinge pins and gain entry by lifting the door off the hinges. If you have such hinges, contact a locksmith or a hardware store as there are a number of simple solutions that require only a few hand tools.
Finally, exterior doors should have a peep-hole so that you can see anyone outside without opening the door. These are inexpensive, and should have a wide field of view so you can see people standing to the side of the door. Mount these approximately 5’ high, and have a step-stool handy if anyone in your household can’t easily peek through the peephole at that height.
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