How do you secure a front entry door that has those windows on each side? No long deck screws because the window is right there.
http://images-38.har.com/e1/MediaDisplay/38/hr3240838-3.jpg (minus the above arch basically).
How do you secure a front entry door that has those windows on each side? No long deck screws because the window is right there.
http://images-38.har.com/e1/MediaDisplay/38/hr3240838-3.jpg (minus the above arch basically).
Our neighborhood watch has a program called "Put A Light On Crime" The majority of all the houses in the subdivision have lights on. I have light on all four corners that are motion sensor floods. They come on at 20% at dusk and full power when motion is detected. I also agree with locking the storm door as a deterent.
Wow...didn't mean to hit a sore spot. I guess I will try to reread my comments many more times before posting. I guess for me part of the proactive part was not choosing to live in downtown Gary or some other high crime area. No offense to anyone from downtown Gary.
Do you happen to know what brand/model of lights those are? We have some that just come on full power when there is motion, but I like the idea of 20% all the time even better.
I read up on those Caucasian mountain shepherds. They are a rough breed to maintain a handle on and depending upon where you live can be more of a liability than an asset.
I also have a sign posted that looks somewhat like this:
Neighborhood kids create major holes in your security. One of our neighbors kept getting broken into and their X-Box and games were stolen. Turned out to be friends of the kids that lived there. I've already had several talks with my kids on how things work and to choose their friends wisely. One of my 10 yr old's friends is a sincere good kid and i've met his parents. He is welcome to come into the house on occasion. A few other neighborhood kids (9 and 10 yrs old) are already fighting in the streets, calling other kids racist names, lie, and have brothers and cousins that live up and down the street who are criminals (by his own admission). I keep an extra eye on those kids and generally let them know that they won't be pulling any of their crap when I'm around.
Kids like that will case the home for their older brothers and relatives and sometimes it's done innocently. "Damn, Jimmy down the street has a playstation, buncha games, they gots art on the walls..."
If I had to chose between burned to death because the fire department or a neighbor couldn't get in to help or being shot I think I would rather take a bullet. I think the risk of fire is greater than home invasion.
I used to think that too, but recently, the news seems to indicate that home invasions are more common that house fires.
I installed one of these Home Door Security | Door Devil™ on each of my entry doors. A rep from the company had been setting up at the 1500, that is where I bought mine for $60 per kit.
Well worth the money, and easy to install, I do have somewhat of a mechanical background, but you really don't need one. The instructions are well written and easy to follow.
Check out lowes. I just bought one of the $35 210 degree motion flood fixtures for my mom. That one has the user selectable option to run 20/100% dawn to dusk or 0/100. It also has the dual sensor setup so anyone that tries to sneak directly under it or slightly behind (if it's installed over an exit door for instance) it still comes on before you get out away from the house.
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