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Home Security Articles
Simple-Yet-Effective Home Security Strategies
Before investing in an alarm system, take a step back to evaluate—and improve—your home’s overall security. You can do many things to enhance protections that cost much less than an alarm system but do just as much good.
Securing Your Home’s Perimeter
Because most burglars enter homes by simply opening unlocked doors or windows—or pushing and kicking locked ones until they open—do what you can to improve your home's physical barriers.
Planning a Home Security System
First improve physical barriers to intrusion before considering an expensive alarm system. But there is evidence that alarm systems do make a difference. Here is advice on the pros and cons of alarm systems and help planning one.
Home Security Gadgets that Let You DIY (or Not)
Doing your own alarm installation work has always been an option, but few homeowners were willing to mess with the job. But new gadgets that are easier to install and use are changing that.
Hiring the Right Home Security System Installer and Monitoring Service
Even if you purchase a home security system with all the bells and whistles, it won’t do you any good if it’s designed poorly or set up sloppily. When hiring an installer, consider several points.
