Installing a home alarm system is vital for the security of your home. However, just the mere act of installing the system will not guarantee that your home will be 100% burglar proof. Here are a few other things you can do to compliment your home alarm system and make it more difficult for intruders to penetrate:
Strengthen your front door’s kick-in resistance
Most home robberies are usually due to the front door’s weak resistance and poor quality locks. To complement your home alarm system, it is highly recommended to strengthen the locks by replacing the strike and adding an additional metal plate on the door jamb so that you can slide bolts into it. This will add extra strength to the door frame and will make it difficult for serious break-in attempts to succeed.
Install motion detector lights
With motion detectors, you get a quick and simple way to ensure that intruders are effectively kept at bay. In case of any intrusion, the motion detector lights will go off and scare the hell out of the supposed intruders. In this case, your home alarm system will not have to be triggered, and yet the property will stay safe and sound.
Think about installing a surveillance camera
If your home alarm system does not include surveillance cameras, then they are a necessary addition to compliment the work of the already installed system. They will make you aware of what is going on around your home at all times and they can also record the happenings around your home in case you are not watching in real time. One good thing about these cameras is that now you can integrate them with your mobile devices and conveniently watch over your home remotely.
