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We have a monitored security system. I hate it and really didn't want it, but I conceded after our house was broken into last winter. I've set it off by accident a few times but mostly gotten used to it. The monthly fee isn't bad, but installation took a whole day and was fairly expensive.
The people who broke into our house did so by driving up the alley, coming into our backyard (chain-link fence, simple gate), and kicking down the back door. No one was home.
The guy who fixed our door after the break-in replaced the screws on the latch plates of both doors with longer ones. That makes it harder to kick down the door, because the screws go all the way into the 2x4s, instead of just the door frame. I know that probably doesn't make a ton of sense, but everyone swore it was a big deal. He also recommended Larson SecurePRO doors instead of our cheap storm doors, which we haven't done because they're fairly expensive.
We also now have security bar thing (like this: http://www.amazon.com/Master-Lock-26...s=door+stopper) that goes up against the back door when we're going out of town for more than a day or two.
We've been meaning to get a motion sensor light for the back porch. A better fence would probably help too.
I don't like to operate like this. Trust is my default position, y'know? I'm just not the sort of person who worries much about security. But sometimes you don't have a lot of choice, I guess.
The people who broke into our house did so by driving up the alley, coming into our backyard (chain-link fence, simple gate), and kicking down the back door. No one was home.
The guy who fixed our door after the break-in replaced the screws on the latch plates of both doors with longer ones. That makes it harder to kick down the door, because the screws go all the way into the 2x4s, instead of just the door frame. I know that probably doesn't make a ton of sense, but everyone swore it was a big deal. He also recommended Larson SecurePRO doors instead of our cheap storm doors, which we haven't done because they're fairly expensive.
We also now have security bar thing (like this: http://www.amazon.com/Master-Lock-26...s=door+stopper) that goes up against the back door when we're going out of town for more than a day or two.
We've been meaning to get a motion sensor light for the back porch. A better fence would probably help too.
I don't like to operate like this. Trust is my default position, y'know? I'm just not the sort of person who worries much about security. But sometimes you don't have a lot of choice, I guess.
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