| For the weekend do-it-yourselfer there are | | | | not see the window from the street? If so, it is |
| several projects to be completed to make your | | | | time to break out the hedge clippers and trim |
| home secure. The average homeowner will often | | | | back the bushes. Tall bushes are a great place for |
| not recognize some of these home security | | | | a bugler to hide in and work on breaking into your |
| projects as a way to make their home more | | | | home. |
| secure. So let's start with some of the obvious. | | | | Add home security devices |
| Install your own home security system. | | | | If you already have a home security system |
| By doing it yourself you will be able to pick the | | | | installed, take an inventory of the accessories. |
| pieces you want to start off with and add to at a | | | | There are a lot of home security accessories, |
| later time. However, if you feel the task of install | | | | such as sirens, strobe lights, motion detectors, |
| a wired system too daunting, you can always opt | | | | surveillance cameras, and glass break detectors |
| for a wireless system. Wireless systems are the | | | | that can be added to your security system. |
| simplest to install. With a wireless system you | | | | A commonly overlooked accessory category is |
| may want to have a second phone line installed to | | | | fire and smoke detection. Consider adding smoke, |
| accommodate the wireless system. | | | | heat and carbon dioxide detectors to your home |
| Install sturdy door and window locks | | | | security system. |
| Each exterior door should have a dead bolt lock | | | | A secure and locking mailbox |
| installed on it. The dead bolt must have at a | | | | Why do you need one? Simple, two words |
| minimum of 5 levers inside the lock and should be | | | | identity theft. Around the first and fifteenth of |
| a double cylinder. They are more difficult of a lock | | | | every month people pay their bills. Their mail |
| difficult to pick. | | | | boxes are filled with credit card statements, utility |
| The sliding glass doors are another favorite of | | | | bills and a host of other bills. For an identity theft, |
| intruders. The doors can be easily pushed off of | | | | this is great information to use to steal your |
| the track. Patio bolts provide a good defense | | | | identity. |
| especially paired with a deadlocking handle. | | | | Video cameras |
| Check the lighting around your home | | | | Video cameras have come down in price and the |
| How well is your home illuminated at night? Are | | | | features that you can get in a camera are |
| the doors and windows dark or well lit? Motion | | | | astounding. For the outside of you home invest in |
| activated lights are a great way to illuminate the | | | | night vision video cameras that use infrared |
| outside of your home without having to leave the | | | | emitters to 'light' up the area they are watching. |
| light on all night long. | | | | All of these DIY home security projects will |
| Check the shrubs and bushes around your home | | | | increase your safety and protect your home |
| Have the bushes grown up so tall that you can | | | | from burglars and intruders. |