How To Keep Your Home And Family Safe
Homeownership comes with responsibilities and of these responsibilities are your home and family’s safety. Today there are many ways to ensure that both stay out of harm’s way. If you are not utilizing the below safety precautions, you should be! They could make the difference between life and death, recovery or loss.
An industry that has transformed what we consider to be a safe home is the security industry. In fact, did you know that installing a home security system can save you money on your home insurance? That’s right! Keeping you and your loved ones safe can also help your finances.
The next best safety measure homeowners can take is installing the newest and most advanced smoke detectors. Older smoke detectors pick up particles in the air before being triggered, while newer smoke detectors are triggered by smoke itself- thus, triggering them much sooner and giving you more time to get you and your family to safety.
Smart key doorknobs are gaining in popularity. These doorknobs (with the help of a special mechanism) let you turn any key into your new door key. So the next time you accidentally lose your set of keys or find that one is mysteriously missing from your key ring, there is no need to change out all of the locks. Instead, you can have a new key made and reprogram your locks to that key. This not only saves time and money, it also encourages people who have lost their keys to replace them with little to no hassle.
With burglaries as problematic as ever homeowners are taking clever steps to keeping their home and family safe. Some of these include posting “Beware of Dog” signs (whether you have a dog or not) and mounting fake cameras lit with LED lights. Though the real deal works better, these clever tricks save homeowners money while at the same time increasing their security.