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| As with many decisions you'll have to make when | | | | 3. Make sure your motion sensors aren't too |
| moving into a new home, it's important not to be | | | | sensitive. Motions sensors can be another tricky |
| drawn too far in one direction or another with a | | | | device you use in conjunction with a home alarm |
| home security system in Texas. Finding the right | | | | system. On the one hand, you want the best options |
| balance is going to be the key to your success in | | | | on the market today; on the other hand, you don't |
| every case. You can't be too lax, yet you can't | | | | want to be setting off an alarm every time you go |
| institute a prison-like security apparatus, either. Follow | | | | to the kitchen for a drink of water. Make sure your |
| these ideas when you want to strike the perfect | | | | motion sensors are strong enough for your |
| balance between strength and comfort in your | | | | protection, but flexible enough so they don't |
| Texas home security plan. | | | | intimidate the family into staying in their respective |
| | | | | rooms. |
| 1. Seal the windows but not the escape routes. | | | | |
| Putting bars on the windows is the sure-fire way to | | | | 4. Use door stops and peepholes instead of |
| know no one is getting inside your home via the | | | | bulletproof doors. You can go all Fort Knox in your |
| windows. The problem is it is also the way to ensure | | | | home, but your spouse and children might start to |
| no one will get out that way, either. If you are | | | | look at you askance. Is there really a need for a |
| worried about windows as spots for criminals to | | | | high-powered iron-clad front door? If you expect |
| enter, have them sealed with protective coating to | | | | Mad Max to ram down your door soon, perhaps; |
| prevent smashes, or add window sensors which can | | | | otherwise, using peepholes and the type of door |
| connect to your home alarm system. Opening | | | | stops common in hotels is probably more than |
| windows from the inside will never be a problem in | | | | enough for your security plan. |
| case of fire or another emergency, plus it's a far | | | | |
| better look than window bars. | | | | 5. Take it easy with weapons. While weapons might |
| | | | | point to increased home security, you may actually |
| 2. If security cameras are on your radar, keep them | | | | be adding risk to a home that is unnecessary. |
| out of your family's comfort zone. Psychological | | | | Statistics say that most robberies present little to no |
| comfort is really what families want, and that can be | | | | need for weapons, whether it is a firearm or some |
| hard to attain knowing security cameras are | | | | other defense device. Consider the fact that you |
| monitoring your movements in every room. If you | | | | might be endangering your family members with |
| have had an issue which pointed to the need for | | | | weapons, or at least making them far more |
| surveillance, be careful about bringing it inside the | | | | uncomfortable than they need to be. |
| house. Some cameras outside, on the other hand, | | | | |