Housing security
Follow these security tips to protect and secure your home.
Details on security devices and security precautions to take for your home. From security light fitting, lock replacements, improving your garden security to installing full security systems.
| Category | Description | Price | Info |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gates | Automate Gate Opener Kits | £250-£400 | buy |
| Windows | Fit window locks | £8 | |
| Windows | Place blinds/net curtains on all windows | buy | |
| Doors | Replace large glass areas with a thin wooden panel at top and bottom | £100 | |
| Doors | Replace locks with a secure five-lever mortice dead lock | £25 | buy |
| Doors | Reinforce doors with bolts - top and bottom | £6 a pair | |
| Side Passage | Block off these areas by fitting a gate at least 6 feet high and secure with padlock | £100 | |
| Side Passage | Place spiked anti-climb devices on top of the gate and any adjacent fences | £100 | buy |
| Side Passage | Floodlight on the side of house (installation costs not included) | £10 | |
| Garden | Solar powered lighting | £29 | |
| Garden | Replace missing fence panels | £20 each | |
| Garden | Security Light | £30-70 | buy |
| Garden | Plant thorny bushes inside the fence to obstruct anyone | ||
| Security Systems | Install burglar alarm - professionally fitted | £1000 | |
| Security Systems | Install burglar alarm - DIY alarm system | £170 |
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