DIY tips to secure your home increase home security keep burglars away
hi it's AlaskaGranny do you know your home is your castle it's your respite
from the world it's a place that you deserve to feel safe and happy and
content unfortunately there are people in the world who would like to break
into your home and steal things that belong to you or perhaps even harm you
so one of the ways to make sure that your home is safe and that you can relax
and enjoy the comfort and safety of your home is to think like a thief so you
how to stay safe from burglars keep burglars away need to think what are the things that make burglars choose a home to break into
well the first thing you want to make sure is that you harden your house have secure doors you
want to make sure that you have strong locks on the doors and windows and that you actually keep
the locks locked whether you're home or away also you want to take extra long
screws and screw it in the door jambs to hold the part where the lock goes into the door jam
you want to put long screws into the door jam and you want to get
reinforced door jams if you're worried that someone could kick in your door you
also want to make sure if you have sliding doors like patio doors you do
to secure a sliding glass patio door put a long dowel along in the top above the door you slide it in
there and then no one can left the door out of the track you can also buy pin
locks where you drill a little hole and then you can pin it so that it can't be lifted out of the track
no one can slide it open think of the windows in your home have you trimmed
the bushes away so that people can't hide in there under your windows and no one can see that
burglars are hiding there you want to make sure your house is visible from the street so that
someone else would know like your neighbors they want to know if someone
is sneaking around they would know that's why we have neighborhood watch
to help look out for each other so you don't want to leave a big Bush under
your windows or around your front doors where someone could hide trim back your bushes and you want to
make sure those windows are kept locked also and not just on the bottom floor of your house
people climb up and get in upstairs windows too so be sure that you lock
all of your windows and keep them locked when you're home keep the windows locked when you
go away if you have a window open pay attention and remember to close them
before you go to bed you also want to have motion lights around your home so
someone comes sneaking around the light will go on and that would be a problem
if there was a power outage but probably there's going to be ninety-nine percent
of the time of motion light is going to help keep you secure in your home so the
other thing you want to do is make sure you have visible house numbers so that
in an emergency if you call 911 for any reason please do call 911 make sure that
your house numbers are visible so that the emergency workers can come to your
home and find it they don't have to worry which home are we looking for so
get out your clippers trim the bushes away from your windows make sure
everything is locked get some motion lights and then look how happy you're
going to be safe and sound in your home crime of opportunity is what thieves and burglars are
looking for so if you think like a thief they're going to say oh I can't get in
here I only want to run in and grab stuff for a few minutes and get out and
if your home is locked up and secure thieves and burglars are going to move on to the
next street or the next house on your street also if you have a garage door
make sure you keep it closed and if you go away you can take like in the track
and you can stick a screwdriver through it or hook a lock through it so that
nobody can try to open your door it won't roll up the track let me know what
you're doing to think like a thief and keep your home as your castle and
your respite from the world and to help yourselves enjoy your home that you have
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