When protecting your home from break-ins, check the easiest points of entry: doors and windows.
Choose solid wood
or steel doors. Hollow wood doors can easily be kicked in.
Install doors with the hinges on the inside of the door so hinges cannot
be easily removed.
Do not leave gaps around the door frame that would make doors vulnerable to prying.
Use vertical bolts on sliding
doors so burglars cannot gain entry by lifting them off the track. Reinforce security by placing a metal or solid wood rod on the
inside track.
Watch the electric garage door close completely when you come and go so that someone cannot sneak under as it closes.
Make
sure back doors and the door that connects your garage to your home are solid and secured with high security deadbolt locks.
Lock your
pet door when you are away. Thieves can convince children to crawl through it and open the door.
Make sure your windows can be securely
locked.
Double-hung windows (the ones that slide up and down) are fairly safe, particularly if they have locks mounted on the sides
or in the corners.
