Comments on: Ways To Protect Your Home From Burglars And Break Ins When You Are Away

By: grace mills

grace mills — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 04:04:19 +0000

Thanks for the info i have a big family. My brother and i are loaded full of knifes and thing, but will those type of things help? The burglars of my town havent been cought yet but it happened more than once, and they live like five houses away?

Will mountain lions help at night.

They are all over this town!!??

We have a dog but he likes to sleep with me so he doesnt bark.
Is there any way to make him bark to wake me up if soeone does try to break in?

By: Christine

Christine — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 05:52:50 +0000

Basically…it just requires some good old fashioned common sense. To prevent curious people from targeting your home, simply give it the illusion that someone is still living there. Don’t give people the opportunity to even suspect that you may be away. Frankly, the best solution is to just ask a friend or trusted neighbor to house sit for you or to at least give the outwardly appearance that someone is regularly monitoring the home.

Save your money and avoid all of the fancy door security gadgets. Remember, if someone really wanted to break in the house or apartment physically, it’s really not all that hard to do so. Doors can be broken down and gates can be unlatched. The key is to prevent them from even developing the incentive to want to break in to your particular home. Burglars and home robbers are paranoid individuals – get them even more paranoid and wary by making your home a very unattractive target. Good luck!

By: Renee Matsche

Renee Matsche — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 16:06:15 +0000

Great comments. Another suggestion that I have is going to http://www.totaldoorsecurity.com. There is a product called the StrikeMaster. It prevents someone from kicking in the door. It is great.

By: Story

Story — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 20:57:04 +0000

The lockjaw is a good deterrent for escaping children but if the lock is near a window, it’s as useless as the deadbolt. Locks near windows should be the keyed kind, so the intruder cannot unlock at all.

By: karen

karen — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 03:04:37 +0000

Raymond,
You’re correct that it is engaged from the inside…but here’s why? It’s portable! I don’t know of a portable device that is also engaged from the outside. We simply engage it on all the other doors except for the one going into our garage. According to the company site it also prevents small children from ‘escaping’ the house without supervision. I have a 4 year old and can attest to this.

By: Michael

Michael — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 20:44:16 +0000

I have recently started to use a cd from (link). It has prerecorded household sounds, and my flat really sounds occupied when the cd is playing. Good if you are away on vacation, or weekend escape, or even if you leave your home during the day for several hours.

By: Raymond

Raymond — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 01:03:16 +0000

Karen,

I checked the door lock product out. It doesn’t appear to be usable when you’re outside of the house though since it seems to be only operable from indoors.

By: Karen

Karen — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 23:30:13 +0000

there is a great product called Lock Jaw (www.lockjawsecurity.com). It’s simple to install and operate. It’s portable. We installed with double-stick tape.

By: Tip Diva

Tip Diva — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 16:50:53 +0000

Thank you for submitting this post to Carnival Of Tips.

Great tips. I read somewhere in regards to #11 (Bottom Line, perhaps), that well-known alarms systems such as ADT, Brinks and Slomin’s are not good deterrants anymore – experienced burglars know how these systems work and how to deactivate them. The article suggested to put up fake signs and stickers for an unknown alarm system – it may deter the burglar who doesn’t know how to disable that certain one.

By: Alexis

Alexis — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 16:51:15 +0000

Great tips! I’ve definitely got number 10 covered. My dog barks at EVERYTHING.

By: SavingDiva

SavingDiva — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 20:45:49 +0000

I currently live in an apartment alone, so I’m always nervous about someone breaking in. I might have to look into getting a radio on a timer.