Tips to Make Your Home a Safer Place to Live

In addition to monitoring your home with ADT, there are simple and easy things you can do to take extra precautions. Additionally to these tips, be sure to always activate your home security equipment, even if you will only be gone a moment.

General Safety Tips

Get a Safety Deposit Box
Store cash, jewelry, and other valuables in a safe or safety deposit box. Do not leave them lying around the home.

Don’t Leave Notes
Do not leave notes on the door for service people or family members. These alert the potential burglars you are not home.

Close Your Drapes
Do not advertise the items in your home. Many burglars will not attempt the unknown, especially with an ADT monitored security system from Home Security in Augusta.

Door & Window Safety Tips

Get Solid Wood Doors
Reinforce doorframes and put multiple locks on all outside doors.

Safety Coat Your Windows
Look into safety coating the most vulnerable windows. This will make them harder to break.

Plant Prickly Bushes
Plant rosebushes or hedges in front of all vulnerable windows, but be careful not to leave space between the window and the bush where a burglar could hide.

Fire Safety Tips

Smoke Alarms
Install smoke alarms on every level of your home. Test them monthly to make sure they work.

Fire-Proof Your Roof
Make sure all your roofing materials are fire resistant when building or renovating your home.

Don’t Leave Unattended Flames
Never leave candles or other open flames burning unattended

Home Safety When on Vacation

Put Lights on a Timer
Put your TV or radio on a timer, so it automatically goes on and off at certain times during the day and night.

Get a House Sitter
Ask a neighbor to watch your house. Better yet, hire a house sitter.

Attend to Your Lawn and Walk
In the winter, make sure someone shovels the snow from your walkway. In the summer, do not let the lawn grow out of control while you are away.

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