Tips to Make Your Home a Safer Place to Live

General Home Safety Tips

Lock Your Garage Door
Burglars want to get into your house by any means, and garage doors are especially appealing – they’re frequently left open or unlocked. Always close your garage door and keep the inner door to your house locked.

It Only Takes a Minute
It can happen faster than you think. In the time it takes you to walk to the corner or to your neighbor’s house across the street, your home can be invaded by a burglar. Always arm your home security equipment when you leave – even if it’s only for a moment.

Make Your Belongings Identifiable
Etching your name on expensive electronic equipment is a great way to aide in the recovery of your property. This makes it easy for police to identify, and considerably harder for criminals to sell.

Keep Track of Your Serial Numbers
Writing down the serial numbers of such equipment on a piece of paper, or even taking pictures of them with a digital camera, is another simple and inexpensive way to help reclaim your equipment.

Use Your Peephole
Professional burglars will try many different tactics t gain entry into your house. Impersonating a police officer or a delivery person is a common today for many burglars. If you don’t know who’s at your door, make them show proper ID, or read the address on the “package”. There is a very good chance a burglar won’t immediately know your Sacramento California address and you will have prevented a burglary in your home.

Window and Door Tips

Save the Home Theater Demo for your Friends
Keeping your drapes closed at all times is an excellent way to prevent a burglary. If burglars can look through a window and see expensive electronic equipment in your home, the chances of a burglary substantially increase. If they don’t know what you have it becomes a much greater risk for them, especially if you protect your home with a home security system from Home Security in Sacramento.

Install Solid Doors
By installing solid, hardwood doors, you make it increasingly more difficult for a burglar to break into your home. Burglars look for cheap, hollow doors, which are easy to kick in, even if you have premium locks like deadbolts.

Plant Thorny Bushes by Windows
Planting a rosebush or cactus directly beneath windows will make a burglar think twice. Be sure to plant them up against your house. This will prevent burglars from hiding beneath a window.

Vacation Tips

Make Them Think Someone is Always Home
A varied routine will really discourage a burglar. Putting lamps, radios, and televisions on timers is an excellent way to deter a burglar. Create the feeling of someone being home. This is a very practical security measure and is especially effective when you’re travelling.

Burglars Will Look for Keys
Burglars will look under your doormat or potted plant. They know all the hiding places, so don’t make it so easy for them. Store any extra keys with your neighbor in Sacramento or someone other person you can trust.

Put Your Phone Ringer on Low
Burglars will listen for ringing phones. By turning the volume to low on your telephone and answering machine you’re preventing a burglars from hearing if anyone is home. Another effective and easy way to protect against a home burglary!