Burglaries are a fact of life, even in the best of times and you can do one of two things about them:
- Ignore the threat and hope for the best
- Take precautions to make it harder for someone to burglarize your home and steal your belongings
If your choice is the latter, here are a few suggestions.
Draw The Blinds And Curtains
Bankrate, a financial services company, suggests using shades, tight blinds, drapes, and other similar window treatments by your window.
This will keep potentially valuable items in the house well out of sight, and make it less “tempting” for the intruder to want to inspect further.
Check Your Windows And Sliding Doors
If you’ve ever spoken with a home security expert, or watched clips on how to keep your home safe from intruders, then you’ll know that windows and sliding doors are one of the weakest links possible.
Most older sliding windows and glass doors can be very easily lifted off their tracks, and aren’t bolted down with locks. This allows intruders to freely slip into your home undetected.
According to top security and crime analysis expert Chris E. McGoey, you can easily take a shower curtain rod or a dowel and slide it into the tracks of the window or door.
Light Up Your Home
Here’s a key rule to remember when burglar-proofing your home: the brighter and lighter your home looks on the outside, the less likely an intruder will attempt to barge into your home.
It’s good to consider lightening up the front of your home, especially the area right in front of your door, or by the porch.
Know Where To Hide Valuables
According to SimpliSafe Security Systems, burglars follow a pretty well-known search pattern.
First, they head straight for the master bedroom to look for any cash, jewelry, or valuables that they can pick up.
Then, they will look under the bed, and inside closets and the medicine cabinets. Nine times out of 10, thieves will leave the kids’ rooms untouched.
Therefore, consider storing your most precious belongings in a child’s nightstand, sock drawer, or closet, instead of in your own room.
Install Deadbolts On Every Door
Most insurance companies and locksmiths recommend installing Grade 1 or Grade 2 American National Standards Institute deadbolt locks on every entryway door.
You can choose either a single- or double-cylinder lock, which has a keyed opening on both sides.
According to Melissa Richards, Home Depot’s safety and security merchant, double-cylinder locks should be used on a door with glass, or on doors that are located near windows.
“If the glass is broken, and someone tries to reach in to open the door, they won’t be able to,” she said.
There are many steps you can take to make sure your house is burglary-proof; these are a great place to start.
Each individually makes it more difficult to burglarize a home; all together they present a formidable obstacle to all but the most determined criminal.
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Big dogs…
Sitting inside Armed!
Your followers don’t have any of that I think Donald trumps going to be a good president
Burglar proof ? Really ? If they want in they get in. Be prepared to defend your home when your there. When your not, your house could have steel shutters covering the windows and doors and if they think there’s something valuable inside they will get in and get it.
My ak47 will get them
Get 2 doberman… problem solved
Dominic Covello
Here, lemme just pry these GLASS, French doors open with this LONG, HEAVY, METAL crowbar… Wtf…
That should buy you plenty of time to reach the shotgun and make that phone call.
There is a universal key to every house with a window, its called a rock
This works for me!
Yep
No point jamming patio door tracks when they simply breal the gass & step in?
No home is buglar proff
Guns and dogs seems to work just fine at my house to keep out trespass’N’ sum bitches. over 40 years Not 1 dumb sum$#%&!@*has broke in yet.
step 1-dvd copy of home alone.
A Pit bull..maybe two.
If a burglar want to get in bad enough he will find away.
Look at people brazen enough to Rob banks or Casino
S or Museums and get away with it.
Me myself being in the Construction Industry,
know that many standards set are based on Grade of Construction standards.
For example Military Gov and Hospital
followed by others.
I bitten line, if you want a Invasion proof home.
Build it yourself, cause trusting any Contractor
would to do it for you, would be a compromise.
Expect to pay a lot, and know there is always a guy that will put it to the test.
Always.
Pit Bull and a pistol works perfectly
Put up a placard telling your neighbours you’re a fully fledged ISIS fan…..they’ll all be watching your house 24/7.