How to keep your home safe without spending anything
How to keep your home safe without spending anything
It costs money, often a lot of money, to make your home well protected from thieves. Did you think so? Well, no. You can save a ton of money and anxiety by not hiring specialized companies to install complex protective equipment, but by doing everything yourself. Today, many systems of the “Do it yourself” level have appeared on sale, the installation of which does not require a high level of professional knowledge and a lot of money. And even better than that – today there are a lot of easy, non-technical possibilities to increase the security of your home for free or for little money. So let’s get to know these possibilities.
The best method of protection, in our opinion, which, however, is not available everywhere and not to everyone, is a contract with a security organization, for example, the police structure of the FSUE Okhrana. If this method is not available to you, or you, say, do not really trust such organizations, then what is written below will help you get by on your own.
Most burglars work during the day, just like you and me. And they decide whether to rob your home based on their assessment of the difficulty of the task: is it easy to rob you or is it better to go to your neighbors. And the most effective remedies are those that convince the offender to go and rob somewhere else.
Methods you can use
Make friends with your neighbors.
Do not fence them off with a high fence, but use wire mesh or a low picket fence to delimit them. Communicate with them personally, find common interests or problems. Just do not talk about “Krymnash” and similar topics, otherwise you risk acquiring an enemy instead of a friend. A general concern for your safety will not only keep you informed of everything that happens in the area, but also allow you to include your neighbors in the list of those “technologies” that are watching your home.A retired neighbor who is constantly spying on you from behind his window curtain will turn from an annoying nuisance into a video surveillance system. Especially if he has your phone number and he likes you. Neighbors are even better than dogs. By the way, about the dogs …
Get a dog.
Not a lap dog, but a real watchdog that does not disdain to live on the street in a kennel and adores only you and your family, and not the whole world around you (except for cats, of course). Even the barking of a serious dog that a potential burglar hears from behind your fence will cause him to reconsider his plans and go somewhere else.
Close windows and doors. Even if you think your area is safe, get in the habit of locking all locks and latches. Criminals very often check houses by simply knocking on the door and, if no one answers, trying to open it. Close doors and windows, even doors from the house to the adjacent garage (or barn, barnyard, winter garden, or whatever else you might have).
Deceive criminals.
If, for example, you cannot get a dog for some reason, pretend you have one. Hang a sign (or two) “Caution, angry dog” on the front gate and back gate. And when someone tries to walk through your door while you’re at home, play the scene of locking the dog in the room before opening the door. Or buy a device that emits a dog bark at your signal. These are already on sale.
Install fake camcorders.
Basically, these things are not very cheap and their price depends on the quality of workmanship, i.e. quality of imitation of functioning. But you can buy it for 5-6 US dollars (for example, at Amazon). The only problem here is that the delivery will become more expensive for you than the cameras themselves, but if you look from the Chinese, you can probably solve this annoying problem.
Place a sticker from the local security organization on the gate or window.
For example, FSUE “Protection”. Better yet, when such a sticker will accompany a box with a flashing LED, like the one usually installed by a security organization to control arming. Just make sure that the intruder cannot get it and make sure that you are deceiving him.
Place a sticker from the local security organization on the gate or window.
For example, FSUE “Protection”. Better yet, when such a sticker will accompany a box with a flashing LED, like the one usually installed by a security organization to control arming. Just make sure that the intruder cannot get it and make sure that you are deceiving him.
At the time of departure, make sure that the house appears to be residential.
Install timers (or specialized devices, they are not that expensive) that will turn on the lights in the house in the evening according to certain rules. Ask your friends to come to your house, take mail out of the mailbox, water flowers or feed your cat, and at the same time look to see if anything has changed. You can also, for example, leave the TV on – its chatter will be a good reinforcement for your camouflage procedures.
Close the curtains in the house in the evening.
You do not want that at night, when you sleep, someone gets acquainted with the contents of your rooms through the window with a flashlight.
3 inexpensive improvements
Light up the night.
Install several bright lights around the house, connected to motion sensors. The cost of these lamps starts at €10 (battery powered). Accordingly, wired lamps are more expensive – about € 50.
Take care of the door.
The best doors are steel (their cost is different in different regions), but not Chinese beautiful “foil” pacifiers, but normal ones made of steel at least 3 mm thick (you can buy from ” Serrurier 24h“) . Or from solid wood, which is also reliable and more beautiful. Use non-removable hinges and special tenon-groove pairs for anti-knockout protection. At the same time, pay attention to how the door frame is made – its reliability and quality plays an even greater role than the door itself. The lock must be equipped with a special steel plate that protects it from breaking with a sledgehammer.
Install a high quality bolt lock (or two).
Never rely too much on a simple door lock (you can ask an advise for free Serrurier Namur) , be it English or similar built into the handle. Install a good latchbolt above the handle. And additional tips:
Use a deadbolt lock with 4 turns of the key
Secure the lock with long fasteners so that it fits snugly in the door
Install a peephole with a 160% view.
