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Home Security Tips by Lichfield Locksmiths

We at Lichfield Locksmiths know how important personal safety and the safety of your loved ones to you. Our security experts provide home security estimations and upgrade services to residences all around West Midlands. But in addition to the security survey we are happy to provide our client with some useful advice on how to protect their property from intruders. Here is just a small sample of things you can do to make your home safer for your family:

• We all understand the importance of a solid, high quality lock for our front (and back) door, but somehow we tend to neglect our window locks. A burglar can use the window as a break in point as well, especially if there is no lock on it.
• Do you have a garage? Do you have a good lock on it? Locksmiths Lichfield handled several burglary repairs where the best entry point to the house was the garage. There is no use for a high security lock for the front door if your garage is "wide open"! Get a decent lock for your garage door as well!
• Don't leave your car keys and wallet on display. We all do it - you're opening your house door, dropping you car and house keys on the living room cabinet or table and go on to your daily home routine. The biggest problem with this habit is the fact you're making a burglar's job easier. Remember, a burglar is an opportunist, he is looking for easy pickings, the one he can spot right away. Your car keys are a great example of it - with a short glimpse through your window he can see what he can grab in a matter of seconds.
• Do you have a front garden? If you can reduce the height of foliage such as trees and hedges it will mean that there is more likelihood of a burglar being spotted from the street.
• Patio doors are often a weakness - the sliding sections of the door should have anti lift blocks fitted and we recommend adding security bolts to help prevent forced entry especially by lifting.

Cheap Locksmith Solutions

There are a plenty of other ways to better secure your home. Not all security measures need to cost an arm and a leg. Here are some pointers that the locksmith Lichfield team recommend since they cost very little or even completely free!

• Make sure that your doors and windows are firmly shut and locked.
• Leave a radio on when you go out so the house sounds occupied from the door.
• Leave a couple of lights on so it looks like someone might be in when you're going out.
• Keep ladders and tools out of sight - they can be stolen or used to gain entry to your house.
• If you buy a new electrical appliance make sure you carefully discard the packing - best to break it up and put it in the recycling, if you leave it whole by the bins it is an advertisement to would-be burglars.