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Your home is your castle, but you're not defending yourself from marauding savages. The only thing you need to worry about is keeping your home secure. Most accidents occur in the home, so here's a few tips to keep your home as safe as, well, houses.
1. Look at your house as if through the eyes of a potential burglar. Can you see any entry points?
What looks insecure? Any way of climbing to an access point? Old screen doors that don't lock properly? How about the back yard? Be patient with this check, because you need to do a complete examination of the premises.
2. Door locks. Get a deadbolt or safety chain for your door so you can see who's there before you open it fully.
These locks are easy to install. They look like hard targets to burglars. A combination of a chain and deadbolt will generally be enough to prevent access through the doors.
3. Window locks. There are many different varieties of window locks.
Window locks can be as good as door locks, and the internal locking systems, particularly with multiple locks, are difficult to access from the outside.
4. Security lighting. Sensors can detect movement and flood the area with light.
These lights are basically magnesium lights triggered by motion sensors. They're a natural warning system as well as a deterrent, and extremely popular.
5. 'Fake' security cameras and sensors.
Fake cameras and sensors are very difficult to spot.. Another benefit is that they suggest that there's more security inside, a further deterrent.
6. Educating children on stranger danger.
This is good training for home security. If kids know to be suspicious of strangers, they'll definitely pay more attention to anyone hanging around the house.
7. Sliding doors. If you have ranch-sliders or glass sliding doors or windows, a length of wood will jam it closed and keep it that way.
Sliding doors are strong and have good locks. If they're shut in place, there's no way of levering them open from the doorway. A simple piece of wood jammed against the wall and the sliding door will prevent opening.
8. Spare keys. Try not to leave spare keys on your property.
Try and keep the spares in a place which is itself secure, where you can get them when you need them, like in a locked box in another locked area.
9. The lights are on but nobody's home. Give the illusion that you're home.
It's hard to be sure there's nobody home with the lights on. Some special security fittings will even turn on and off TVs, stereos and lights.
10. A guard dog. A huge deterrent for any potential burglar.
A guard dog is more trouble than any intruder needs. Professionally trained guard dogs aren't excitable or vicious. They're alert and effective. They do their jobs very efficiently, and usually scare off intruders very easily.
For added peace of mind and some financial security, check out your options for comprehensive home and contents insurance.
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