9 Home Defense Tips (Turn Your Home Into An Impenetrable Fortress)

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The possibility of danger lurks everywhere. You risk mugging, robberies (or even worse) not only in the streets but even in the safe haven that is your home. But better than taking self-defense lessons is to take all the necessary precautions to turn your own home into a safe zone. I’ll walk you through some tips and tricks that will drastically reduce the danger factor and will really let you sleep peacefully at night.

1. Home Surveillance System is the first thing to really look into!

You can get a home security setup based on a single camera, which you can place at your front door or pretty much anywhere else you want. The bigger the system, the more cameras, the better! It gives a better overall look on a perimeter that’s being monitored. But before going wild, shopping for such a complex system, read the price catalog carefully. They can be quite costly. And the more cameras you have, the higher the costs. A good camera to investigate is the NeatGear Vuezone. It’s an entry-level camera, but it’s very versatile. It has good picture quality, good battery autonomy (since it’s wireless) and it’s not very expensive either.

NeatGear Vuezone wireless security camera

I went for the Nest Cam system with 3 cameras, which is the #1 Amazon best seller in remote home security monitoring. It has some great features – for example, you can set it to send a text message when someone walks up the garden path, you can look into the app to view the zone real time and even talk back to the person who has arrived. Great stuff. Nest also provides video backup in the cloud for a low monthly rate and you don’t have to scroll through “days of nothing” because it will show you the exact times that motion was detected. It also has night vision.

2. Get An Alarm System!

For your peace of mind there’s quite a range of home security systems to choose from. If you’re planning to spare no expense, you can get an alarm system that comes with a professional monitoring system and a large pack of various service options. One of the best on the market is FrontPoint Security, which has a great variety of products to meet any demand. Their alarms are user-friendly and very efficient. They have various motion detection sensors that you can randomly place around the house and are easily activated or deactivated with a personal numeric code from the main console.

FrontPoint Security System

3. Install Motion Sensors!

These sensors are best placed near every possible entrance of the house, be it door or window. Once they detect movement (most probably caused by breaking an entry), they turn the lights on, either scarring the perpetrators or alerting you at least. RAB Lighting offers a vast range of such products, available to any budget.

4. Secure Your Doors With Kick-Resistant Plating!

No matter the quality of the locks you have installed, a doorframe will eventually give in if it’s kicked or hit hard enough. The door reinforcement plates from a provider like Rebar Door Security will most likely stop even the hardest attempts to breaking an entry by sheer force. These systems are very reliable and are available to everybody. There are similar door jamb reinforcement kits on Amazon.

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5. Secure Your Sliding Doors!

In most cases, these types of doors have proven to be the easiest access point for those who are trying to break into homes. The sliding system makes them accessible to perpetrators, being very easily manipulated and opened. The security bar offered by Master Lock 265 Security Bar adds to the resilience of sliding doors, making them resistant to any sort of attempt to open them by force. The system is universal, working fine on normal doors too.

6. Get a Deadbolt Lock!

Such a device makes the door inaccessible to everybody who doesn’t hold the key. A door fitted with this type of lock is safer, as the doorknob cannot be turned without sticking the key in first. Having a quality deadbolt lock installed on a fortified door makes the job much more difficult for even the most ambitious burglar or thief! Medeco Maxum is currently the #1 Rated deadbolt on the market.

7. Get A Guard Dog!

Man’s best friend can be very useful to guarding and protecting your home. You don’t have to be a dog person to agree on the fact that a vigilant dog can sound the alarm or fight of intruders by themselves. There are many specialized companies that train and sell various dog breeds for personal and home protection. Canine Protection International is probably one of the best (if not THE) best out there.

8. Leave Some Lights Always On!

If you can get used to always having the lights on in the house, know that this would be a very efficient burglar repelling method. Seeing the lights on it would make someone that’s set on breaking an entry think twice, as he faces the possibility of someone in the house being up and active. And if this doesn’t stop the perpetrator, at least you have full visibility of everything that’s going on around. For an even better effect, add some plug in timers ($9 on Amazon!) to your lamps so that the lights appear to be going on and off – so if there should happen to be someone casing up your place, it looks like someone is there. These timers are a very inexpensive security upgrade

9. Make your very own safe room!

The best way of achieving this is to include a safe room into the schematics of your future home. If it’s too late for that, Creative Home Engineering offers various solutions to those in need. They can fit and reinforce any mostly any room, making it safe and secure. If not, you have to choose the safest and most solid room in the house to act as protection in case you find yourself a victim of intrusion. This room best be accessible to you at all times, so you don’t waste much time to reach it in case of danger.

LEARN MORE: I’ve created what is probably the ultimate guide to how to protect your home against home invasions, burglaries and other malicious attacks on your property. Take a look –

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