Prevent Thefts at Home by Installing Locks in All The Right Places
You may want to consider installing burglar bars to secure sliding glass patio doors. You may even elect to replace outer doors that are hollow with solid doors. You can use two locks. One of them should probably be a deadbolt lock. Lock kits are readily available in the styles and materials that best complement your décor. Just know that 20 locks cannot ensure that a thief will not break down the door if it is not a solid exterior door.
Your windows can be locked. Double pane windows are much less likely to be compromised by a burglar than are the older single pane windows.
One reason to deter burglars is that today the incidence of identity theft is growing. A thief uses several avenues to support his identity theft crime. He or she may steal your mail, break into your home and take away your personal information. Some identity thieves do exist among computer hackers who manage to get into your accounts and discover your passwords. Any stranger, workman or other service individual, can steal your personal information from your office, trash and mail.
There measures you will want to take to lock your personal information away from prying eyes. Besides investing in a shredder, you will want to install locks on your file cabinets to protect the documents you have to keep and cannot shred yet.
Another device that is highly recommended is a lock box or safe.
Installing a home security system can be costly since you are billed monthly for 24/7 monitoring. In addition in many cities there is a yearly licensing fee assessed on those who have monitored alarm systems because it helps to support the police protection that responds to the home alarm if it is set off.
A locked mailbox made of steel and with tumbler, tubular locks will secure your mail from theft and mailbox vandalism for years to come. Â Whether your mail is delivered to your front porch or to a mailbox at curbside, be sure it is locked. You alone will have the key and the mail carrier just inserts the mail through a slot at the top front of the locked mailbox.
Mailboxes that accommodate packages have a slam lock so that you just leave the package door open and the package is delivered by the mail carrier who then slams the locking package door shut. Since the package door is not the part of the mail box where mail is delivered, your mail is still securely locked.
Some mailboxes unlock with a key that is like your house key or a padlock key.
Finally, if your back yard is enclosed by a tall wood fence, you may choose to use padlocks on the gates, because a burglar knows that he cannot be watched when he is trying to rob your home.
Whatever locks you choose to use for your family's security, research carefully to be sure they are right for you.
Your windows can be locked. Double pane windows are much less likely to be compromised by a burglar than are the older single pane windows.
One reason to deter burglars is that today the incidence of identity theft is growing. A thief uses several avenues to support his identity theft crime. He or she may steal your mail, break into your home and take away your personal information. Some identity thieves do exist among computer hackers who manage to get into your accounts and discover your passwords. Any stranger, workman or other service individual, can steal your personal information from your office, trash and mail.
There measures you will want to take to lock your personal information away from prying eyes. Besides investing in a shredder, you will want to install locks on your file cabinets to protect the documents you have to keep and cannot shred yet.
Another device that is highly recommended is a lock box or safe.
Installing a home security system can be costly since you are billed monthly for 24/7 monitoring. In addition in many cities there is a yearly licensing fee assessed on those who have monitored alarm systems because it helps to support the police protection that responds to the home alarm if it is set off.
A locked mailbox made of steel and with tumbler, tubular locks will secure your mail from theft and mailbox vandalism for years to come. Â Whether your mail is delivered to your front porch or to a mailbox at curbside, be sure it is locked. You alone will have the key and the mail carrier just inserts the mail through a slot at the top front of the locked mailbox.
Mailboxes that accommodate packages have a slam lock so that you just leave the package door open and the package is delivered by the mail carrier who then slams the locking package door shut. Since the package door is not the part of the mail box where mail is delivered, your mail is still securely locked.
Some mailboxes unlock with a key that is like your house key or a padlock key.
Finally, if your back yard is enclosed by a tall wood fence, you may choose to use padlocks on the gates, because a burglar knows that he cannot be watched when he is trying to rob your home.
Whatever locks you choose to use for your family's security, research carefully to be sure they are right for you.