Home Security Tips

Home security is usually one of the last things on people's minds as we head into the beautiful world of spring and prepare for those summer vacations. Unfortunately for us, its not even remotely the last things on a potential burglar's mind. So, here are a few tips to remember for home security at this time of year, especially if you're taking a vacation.

1. Trim bushes and trees that are close to the house. Keeping these trimmed will remove a handy hiding place for a potential intruder.
2. Let neighbors know when you are going on vacation. This is good for two reasons. One, so that your neighbor can keep an eye on your house and notify police if there is anything suspicious going on. Two, so that you can have them collect your mail. Nothing says, "I'm not home, come rob me" like a week's worth of mail on the front porch.
3. Close your garage doors and lock them if possible. An insane number of burglaries are committed through the garage, and its incredibly easy to prevent. But, even if they don't make it into your home, you don't really want them stealing all of your tools out of your garage, do you?
4. Last but not least..get a security system (you knew it was coming eventually). They're incredibly affordable and provide a measure of security above everything I just mentioned.

Home Security in Tough Economic Times

Just a quick post. I wanted to alert you to an article that deals with simple home security solutions. Now, I still think that there is no excuse for not having a monitored home security system installed in your home. The safety it provides and the possible insurance discounts alone make it worth the cost. However, its obviously more important to have some home security than to have none at all. So, here is the article in question. Its got some good tips, so check it out.

FAQ: What is A Partition?

If you research the Ademco Vista security systems, sooner or later you will see that they have partitions. So, what is a partition, and why should I care?

A partition is a divided section in your security system. For example, you could put your entire basement on one partition, and the rest of your home on another. That way, if you wanted to arm or disarm your basement, you could do so without arming or disarming the rest of the house. Well, thats interesting, but why would I want to do so? Well, if you had a basement office, containing personal business information, you will want that monitored at all times, even if you are home. it adds a whole new level to the functionality of your home security system; and the nice thing is, all of this can run off of one keypad.