It’s important to know exactly where the weak spots of your home are. Upon moving into a new property, we often hire the services of a professional inspector to ensure everything is as it’s being sold. This might mean searching for damp in the hard-to-see areas, ensuring that the electrical circuit is well structured, or simply that there is no evidence of subsidence.
However, even a shrewd investigator such as this can neglect to inform you of the weak spots of your home. But what are these, and how can we define a ‘weak spot?’ Well, it’s not always apparent to see, but sometimes there are many things that contribute to the weakening of our home, especially from a security perspective. We will explain this further in detail by exploring where the weak spots are, and suggesting some solutions to help you through them:
Ladders
If you own a two-story home, it’s likely that you possess a ladder somewhere around the property. This is wonderful for the likes of a home thief. It only takes one open window for a thierf or someone with worse intent to enter your home using this tool. They might access the roof, the top of your garage, or many other environments which you’d rather not have explored. It’s easy for a child to forget to lock the window at night, or for you to simply leave yours open to ventilate over summer. Thieves look for this, and often use home-located tools to aid their pursuit. If you own a ladder simply laying in the yard or around the property, be sure to secure it in a garage or shed. It could prevent a costly break-in.
Garage
The garage door is often something we ignore until it’s too late. This is because sometimes it might seem that the space is secure, but in reality only a little tweaking would gain someone access. It’s important to upgrade your garage door security using door rollers, motion detectors or an external CCTV setup. Electrical systems are often the most protective, because they possess hidden digitized locks that are almost impossible to open using physical force. Also, roller doors are effective for the reason that they are often noisy when opening. In the dead of night, this could be the difference between alerting you and a neighbour, or not.
Avenues
If you own a garage door separate from your home, or you have one side of the property detached from a property next door, it’s likely you have small avenues with limited lighting. This is the perfect place for a thief to enter, hide and premeditate their plan of entry. These are the environments you need to install motion detector flood lights, as well as those that cover your driveway at night. Not only will this help you see where you’re going when legitimately walking there at night, but will help you avoid the embarrassment of giving a thief exactly what they’re looking for, unchallenged access and visual inspection of your home.
With these things in mind, those hidden areas of your home so tempting for criminals will be defended, protecting you and your family for years to come.