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Good ideas to "harden" the home...
9/30/2011 10:43:47 PM
Going on a paranoia home security kick. Always felt insecure about the security of my house so i've been doing something about it. So far this week I've installed a monitored alarm. Next plans are to plant some thorny bushes outside of the windows(Probably Bouganvilles), put in some motion lights and get a door jam reinforcing plate. Anybody got some good ideas for me? Feels good to take security more seriously.
9/30/2011 11:22:05 PM
Video surveillance and 3M shatterguard film on your windows.
Steel doors with steel frames and multiple long throw bolts.
Steel doors with steel frames and multiple long throw bolts.
10/1/2011 12:28:40 AM
Originally Posted By ColonelHurtz:
Video surveillance and 3M shatterguard film on your windows.
Steel doors with steel frames and multiple long throw bolts.
Video surveillance and 3M shatterguard film on your windows.
Steel doors with steel frames and multiple long throw bolts.
I like that shatterguard. How much would it cost to install?
10/1/2011 6:04:31 AM
Originally Posted By tac45:
I like that shatterguard. How much would it cost to install?
Originally Posted By ColonelHurtz:
Video surveillance and 3M shatterguard film on your windows.
Steel doors with steel frames and multiple long throw bolts.
Video surveillance and 3M shatterguard film on your windows.
Steel doors with steel frames and multiple long throw bolts.
I like that shatterguard. How much would it cost to install?
Call around. Plenty of places apply it as hurricane-proofing.
Try the tint shops.
10/1/2011 8:38:38 AM
Get a dog!
10/1/2011 10:40:40 AM
Use lights to brighten the exterior of your home. Make your house less appealing than your neighbor to the thief.
10/1/2011 9:24:01 PM
Reinforce the door jambs! Get some 3" wood screws and replace all hinge screws and door lock strike plates with longer screws. Most screws in homes are only half an inch! Also install some door devil Door jamb reinforcers http://www.doordevil.com/. Most people don't realize how easy it is to kick in a door. These upgrades won't make your doors inpenatrable but it will buy you some time.
10/3/2011 3:05:51 PM
Originally Posted By tac45:
...Next plans are to plant some thorny bushes outside of dig punji pits under the windowsill(Probably Bouganvilles)...
...Next plans are to plant some thorny bushes outside of dig punji pits under the windowsill(Probably Bouganvilles)...
Fixed for ya..
10/3/2011 11:37:24 PM
Not being a target is more important in a standard stick house. Common sense stuff.
Simple things like no ladders left outside, no yard equipment, rv's, boats, etc. to steal. A manicured and really well maintained yard and two brand new vehicles parked outside screams disposable income.
Most houses are cased and broken into quickly. Simple things like leaving all of your first-floor blinds down so nobody can see inside is good. Adding simple dowels to standard windows provides a much more secure lock than the stupid stock clasp.
If you have a basement, those little shitty windows that are sometimes exposed are a favorite around here to kick in.
In short, make sure your neighbor is a better target.
I've got an interesting mulch below most of my windows consisting of old spent brass cases that I didn't reload. Your average thief might not even notice but it might make someone think twice.
Simple things like no ladders left outside, no yard equipment, rv's, boats, etc. to steal. A manicured and really well maintained yard and two brand new vehicles parked outside screams disposable income.
Most houses are cased and broken into quickly. Simple things like leaving all of your first-floor blinds down so nobody can see inside is good. Adding simple dowels to standard windows provides a much more secure lock than the stupid stock clasp.
If you have a basement, those little shitty windows that are sometimes exposed are a favorite around here to kick in.
In short, make sure your neighbor is a better target.
I've got an interesting mulch below most of my windows consisting of old spent brass cases that I didn't reload. Your average thief might not even notice but it might make someone think twice.
10/5/2011 2:02:31 PM
Exterior lighting....motion activated in those areas more difficult to get to (fenced yard, area between two homes with access to windows), monitored alarm system with an outdoor enunciator, beware of dog signs...with or without the dog, locked yard gates (with a lock on the latch), PCV/dowel lengths in the windows. Unplug and slide lock your garage door if you leave for vacation. Front porch light and a visible interior light on a timer.
You just need to make the home a harder target than someone else’s. Check crime stats for your area and look at high speed avenues of approach and escape for vehicles entering/leaving your neighborhood. Have some SA on unknown vehicles in your area or multiple slow passes by vehicles at night. The later happened to me some time ago. Sitting outside and same vehicle makes a pass in my neighborhood five times at low speed...at 1230AM. Community security guard made a stop (probable cause was a rear light out). One of them had a warrant. They were later tied to local break-ins.
You just need to make the home a harder target than someone else’s. Check crime stats for your area and look at high speed avenues of approach and escape for vehicles entering/leaving your neighborhood. Have some SA on unknown vehicles in your area or multiple slow passes by vehicles at night. The later happened to me some time ago. Sitting outside and same vehicle makes a pass in my neighborhood five times at low speed...at 1230AM. Community security guard made a stop (probable cause was a rear light out). One of them had a warrant. They were later tied to local break-ins.
10/6/2011 12:38:18 PM
10/9/2011 1:09:51 AM
Abloy locks.
10/10/2011 7:01:28 AM
Originally Posted By 1MAC:
Get a dog!
Get a dog!
Yep, or multiple dogs.
10/10/2011 12:31:43 PM
Originally Posted By ColonelHurtz:
Steel doors with steel frames and multiple long throw bolts.
And to mess with those who like to kick in doors, place the deadbolts & hinges somewhere besides the normal top, middle & bottom arrangement. Steel doors with steel frames and multiple long throw bolts.
10/15/2011 1:54:30 AM
Alarm system, motion lights, dog, reinforced door jams (DoorArmor), storm doors.
10/15/2011 2:03:50 AM
Too much?
10/15/2011 9:43:20 PM
But wouldn't that go through more than 2 sheets of drywall? 
10/16/2011 6:24:09 PM
good enough for nimitz class good enough for me
