Helpful Hints - Plan to burgle yourself. In this game, you 11 discover any weaknesses in your home protection system that may have previously escaped your notice. Before turning your house key over to a professional housecleaner for several hours, make sure the person is honest and reputable as well as hardworking. Check all references thoroughly bv telephone. If the housecleaner is from a firm, call your local Better Business Bureau to check on the firm's reputation. Make sure the firm insures its employees against accidents and theft. Instead of keeping a spare key in a mailbox, under the door mat, or on a nail behind the garage, wrap the key in foil or put it in a 35mm film can or a pipe tobacco can and bury it where you can easily find it if you need it.
If your plans to be away from home have been publicized through a funeral, wedding, or similar newspaper notice, hire a house sitter. Burglars often read the newspapers to see who's planning to be away from home all day or for several days. Lock up your home, even if you go out only for a short time. Many burglars just walk in through an unlocked door or window. If a check or money is being sent to you, try to have a family member at home when the mail arrives. Your house should appear occupied at all times. Use timers to switch lights and radios on and off when you're not at home.
Try to vary your daily schedule of departures and arrivals, etc. so that your schedule is not easily predictable.
Ask your neighbors to use your garbage cans when you're on vacation, soyourabsence won't be so evident.
Safeguard your home by not leaving notes for workmen or family members on the door. If you're going to be away from home for several days or even for just one day adjust your telephone ring to its lowest volume. To a prowler, an unanswered phone is a quick tip that your home is empty. Arrange to have newspaper delivery stopped when you're away from home, and have a neighbor pick up your mail.
Let neighbors know of any suspiciouslook ing person or strange cars you notice lurking about. Keep your curtains drawn or remove valuables to rooms where they can't be seen from outside. To prevent burglars from stealing ladders stored outdoors, padlock them to something that cannot be moved. To keep your tools from being stolen, paint the handles. Thieves avoid items that are easy to identify.
Trees located near windows, or shrubbery that might shield a burglar from view, can be major flaws in your home protection plan. Dogs are among the best deterrents to burglars; even a small, noisy dog can be effective burglars do not like to have attention drawn to their presence. For the most effective alarm system, conceal all wiring. A burglar looks for places where he can disconnect the security system.
A door with too much space between the door and the frame is an invitation for the burglar to use a jimmy. Reinforce such a door by attaching a panel of ¾ inch plywood or a piece of sheet metal to it. If there are door hinges on the outside of your house, take down the door and reset the hinges inside. Otherwise all a thief has to do to gain entry toyour home is knock out the hinge pin. You can burglarproof your glass patio doors by setting a pipe or metal bar in the inside bottom track of the door slide. The pipe should be the same length as the track.
It's easy for a burglar to pry his way through rot, so replace rotted door frames with new, solid wood. It's simple for a thief to break glass panels and then reach in and open a doorknob from the inside. A door with glass panels should be either fortified or replaced. for credentials from any salesman who requests entry to your home even security system salesmen. Many professional burglars use this cover to check out homes. If you want to buy an electronic alarm system, make your own contacts with reputable firms.
If your plans to be away from home have been publicized through a funeral, wedding, or similar newspaper notice, hire a house sitter. Burglars often read the newspapers to see who's planning to be away from home all day or for several days. Lock up your home, even if you go out only for a short time. Many burglars just walk in through an unlocked door or window. If a check or money is being sent to you, try to have a family member at home when the mail arrives. Your house should appear occupied at all times. Use timers to switch lights and radios on and off when you're not at home.
Try to vary your daily schedule of departures and arrivals, etc. so that your schedule is not easily predictable.
Ask your neighbors to use your garbage cans when you're on vacation, soyourabsence won't be so evident.
Safeguard your home by not leaving notes for workmen or family members on the door. If you're going to be away from home for several days or even for just one day adjust your telephone ring to its lowest volume. To a prowler, an unanswered phone is a quick tip that your home is empty. Arrange to have newspaper delivery stopped when you're away from home, and have a neighbor pick up your mail.
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Trees located near windows, or shrubbery that might shield a burglar from view, can be major flaws in your home protection plan. Dogs are among the best deterrents to burglars; even a small, noisy dog can be effective burglars do not like to have attention drawn to their presence. For the most effective alarm system, conceal all wiring. A burglar looks for places where he can disconnect the security system.
A door with too much space between the door and the frame is an invitation for the burglar to use a jimmy. Reinforce such a door by attaching a panel of ¾ inch plywood or a piece of sheet metal to it. If there are door hinges on the outside of your house, take down the door and reset the hinges inside. Otherwise all a thief has to do to gain entry toyour home is knock out the hinge pin. You can burglarproof your glass patio doors by setting a pipe or metal bar in the inside bottom track of the door slide. The pipe should be the same length as the track.
It's easy for a burglar to pry his way through rot, so replace rotted door frames with new, solid wood. It's simple for a thief to break glass panels and then reach in and open a doorknob from the inside. A door with glass panels should be either fortified or replaced. for credentials from any salesman who requests entry to your home even security system salesmen. Many professional burglars use this cover to check out homes. If you want to buy an electronic alarm system, make your own contacts with reputable firms.
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