Types of Home Security Products
There are many types of home security products, from sophisticated, costly, professionally installed alarm systems to do-it-yourself home security kits or even a few well-chosen products. These are some of the different types of home security products and equipment that can be used to protect your home and family without professional installation. Many of these products can be used on a stand-alone basis or set up to be monitored by an alarm monitoring company, but all will add an extra layer of protection for your home.
A door alarm may either be connected to a full home security system or a stand-alone alarm itself. Many use magnetic technology to detect when a door is opened. The base of the alarm will attach to your doorframe & the other to the door itself causing the alarm to sound when the door is opened.
A stand-alone door alarm will not be connected to any other device. The device itself will emit a siren when the door is opened. A door alarm connected to a residential alarm system will not only emit a sound, but will also send a signal to your alarm monitoring company to send the proper authorities.
Some window alarms work much the same way as door alarms, using the same magnetic technology to detect when a window is opened. However, there are others that detect when window glass has been broken.
Glass break sensors can be based on audible sound or shock-waves associated with the impact or shock-waves associated with the breaking of glass. These glass break sensors may be prone to false alarms due to their detection basis of sound. Someone dropping & breaking a plate or other common sounds could trigger theses alarms.
Motion Detectors
Motion detectors are great home security products to add to your arsenal of protection. An intruder’s movements or body heat in an area covered by a laser or photoelectric beam triggers the alarm. One or two motion detectors in the right places (depending on your home’s layout) can usually cover nearly your entire home.
Security Cameras
Security Cameras can be installed both inside and outside of your home and monitored from your home or office computer. These cameras can be part of a wired or wireless security system. There are many wireless outdoor security camera options for you to consider.
There are also fake security cameras that can be used as a deterrent to potential burglars. An effective dummy cctv camera looks like the real security cameras and can scare away anyone considering targeting your home.
Deadbolts & Other Door Locks
Door locks & deadbolts may not seem like an important security measure, but high quality door locks can be lifesavers. Potential burglars look for simple & quiet ways to enter a home. Many enter through unlocked doors or windows. However, even if all of your doors and windows are locked there are still ways for an intruder to enter your home.
Many burglars are pros. They can easily pick cheap, ineffective locks with a screwdriver or credit card or break a small window next to the door to unlock you home. Good locks can prevent a criminal from entering your home or even deter them from trying. A digital door lock can be great for preventing break-ins.
Security Lights
Good lighting can also be used to enhance your house security. Potential thieves love dimly lit homes and yards. Installing floodlights can be a great deterrent. Flood lights are inexpensive, easy to install, and can be very effective in protecting your home from break-ins. Make sure that outdoor lights are working properly at all times. Check bulbs periodically for burned out bulbs and change them quickly.
Home Security Signs & Stickers
Place a home security sign and window stickers around your home. Just the presence of a home security sign can make your home much less likely to be broken into. Burglars want easy and quiet access to a home. Anything that could cause neighbors or passersby to notice them will usually turn them away. The potential that a home has a security system will likely convince a burglar to find an easier target.
Alarm monitoring companies can provide 24 hr protection to your home. Your home is monitored by professionals remotely and will alert the proper authorities whenever an alarm is triggered in your home. Alarm monitoring can be your best line of defense against home invasion, and will give you peace of mind knowing that your home is being watched when you are not there.
All of these home security products are relatively inexpensive and easily installed in and around your home. Use one are all of these methods to protect your family and your property.
