Home Security Systems To Protect Against Burglaries

A look at the three basic rules a burglar follows will tell you what you need to keep a burglar away.

1. A burglar cannot work when there is light around as people would see him breaking in.

2. A burglar will not try to break into a system when he has to take a lot of time to break in

3. A burglar does not make much noise so that no one knows he is breaking in.

Well you need to think like a burglar and try to break into your own place. Well this case study of your could go a long way in enhancing the security of your house. You should realize that nine out of ten burglaries in the US could have been prevented.

• Check for easy entry points.

• Cut trees and shrubs that can aid the burglar to a door or window.

• Outside doors need to be stronger than the inside ones. Get metal or hardwood for doors and frames.

• Get good quality locks. Dead bolt locks are good. Key locks for all the windows are also necessary and design them in a way that all windows can open only from the inside.

• Privacy is essential for any household but if you were to seclude your house thinking of privacy then the burglar also has the same privacy to get into your house unnoticed.

• Exterior lighting that is mounted out of easy reach is another way of adding light around so that anyone moving around the house could be seen properly. A burglar does not find lighting a comforting prospect when breaking in.

• Time is another important factor in your arsenal against the burglar. Simple devices like padlocks, window locks, grates, bars and bolts can keep intruders from entering as it is going to take a longer time getting through these.

• If robbing your house is going to be a noisy job then your burglar may think twice. Alarm systems that make a noise or other voice alert systems are available in plenty. You could call the police department or consult any other security department to advice you on where you need to mount detector systems. A survey would give you the different doors, windows and other areas where wireless or wired home security systems could be placed.

• A household inventory could be a document that would give you the indication whether anything is missing or not. Insure your valuables and inform the police promptly in case of a theft.

• Home security monitoring is an established routine of checking on all the alarm systems, detectors, door s and windows.

Avoid giving information to strangers and notify parents or police of suspicious strangers lurking around. Home video security systems are ideal for kids as it provides them the privacy as well as being able to call their parents and the police and even provide the video of the person as evidence.

• Do not be careless with keys especially in commercial parking lots and do not hide them in secret places in your garden or outside the house. Burglars know where to look for them.

• If you are leaving on a vacation. Stop all daily deliveries like newspapers or circulars. Leave the blinds in their usual position. Have mail held up at the post office or forwarded to or picked up by neighbors you trust. Ask them to keep a close watch on the house while you are away. Tell them where you can be reached as well.

• You could get an automatic time to turn on and turn off the lights in the living room and bed room at appropriate times. If you could get a timer for the TV and radio too it would be a great idea. Home automation systems are ideal in this regard. A timely morning alarm that switches on the TV and switches it off, if no one is in the room, an automated sprinkler system that switches on and waters your garden, etc. all these give the indication of a house that is inhabited.