This may shock you but your home is not hidden from the eyes of burglars who are just waiting for your single carelessness to take advantage of it. Burglary brings along with it financial losses and mental trauma. Therefore, you should be cautious and take necessary preventive measures to avoid it.
Following are some of the break-in ways that are targeted by most of the burglars.
- Front Door
You may think who will target your front door for entry inside the house and that’s why you are negligent towards the safety of the front door. But in reality, plenty of burglars target the front door to break into your house.
Especially homes with low-level doors surrounded by large trees, architectural features or shrub walls are vulnerable for thefts.
How to increase safety:
- Make sure your front is properly visible and not obstructed by so many things.
- You can even add a good lightning and color it brightly to make it look more alive.
- Windows
The windows are another easy-to-break-in way in your house particularly when they are left opened or unlocked. This is usual during the summers or spring seasons.
Another possibility of entering through windows can be if they appear weakened or worn out which are usually found in old houses. So, they can be easily targeted even if they are locked.
How to increase safety:
- If your house is too old and you feel even a heavier wind or rain can blow off your windows, then don’t waste even a single day in getting them repaired.
- Another choice is to upgrade the hardware that is to change locks that are noticeable especially from the outside.
- Basements and Garages
This is one of the effortless ways to break-in to a house. If you are the one who forgets the keys and looks for it every morning, then surely you may have the habit of leaving your garage door or basements windows unlocked every time you use them.
How to increase safety:
- The only way to ensure safety at this point is by keeping your doors and windowslocked every time you use them.
- If the doors don’t have strong bolts or have weakened locks then it’s the time to change them.
- Specialty Doors
No doubt French doors and sliding glass doors give a sophisticated look to your home but it also invites burglars to break into. Smaller size of glass panes make them vulnerable to burglaries. Also they can be broken off without making much noise. Sliding glass doors can be easily opened with a screwdriver without applying much effort.
How to increase safety:
- Even if you are installing French doors then make sure you also install locks that are 36 inches away so as to prevent the burglar to open the locks even if he is successful in opening the door.
- You can also put a metal rod in the pathway of the sliding glass door. This will not let it open even if some effort is applied.