Keeping the home safe for the family is the topmost concern of everyone. Here are 5 tips to make your home safe. You may find various tips from the magazines, internet and other sources, but picking the best 5 is a tedious task. Making your home safe is not locking the doors and windows, but adhering to a few measures that ensure safety of your kids, elders in the family and preventing threats and accidents. The tips to make your home safe mentioned take into note various aspects of security in a home from burglary, accidents and dangerous health disorders.
1. Burglar alarms
Installing burglar alarms is an often offered advice. You need to consider various facts when you decide to install one. The recent arrivals in the market are available for safeguarding valuables and guns. They can also withstand fire and cannot be manipulated. The alarms set off when an attempt to burglary happens and they let know the owners, neighbors and law authorities if at all anything unexpected happens. Make sure you keep the alarms turned on at all occasions and especially at nights and when you are not in town.
2. Install fire alarms and inspect LPG
Install fire alarms to ensure that your family gets notified the moment when the fire breaks out. Installing such alarms not only ensure safety, but can also cut down a considerable amount of your insurance premiums. Checking the LPG cylinder is an important step if you want to prevent fire accidents at home. Go for authorized installers and check if installation is done as per SABS standards. In case you smell leak of gas, open the doors and windows, switch off the electrical appliances and wait for the guys from the fire department to come and check.
3. Home gym precautions
If you have home gym, make sure you have necessary machines to note the repetitions or get a spotter to do the task. Use collars when you use free weights. More important is that you should keep the equipment out of reach of kids. When a machine is used by more than one member of the family, ensure the quality and durability. Frequently checking for any malfunctioning of the equipment prevents accidents.
4. Video Monitors
When you have kids, elders and physically challenged at home, fix video monitors to watch the movements from other parts of the room. The monitors let the users communicate over the two-way talking mode, and LCD screens offer a clear picture of what is happening or if anyone needs assistance. The monitors in the market can cover even up to 400 meter range and can be used to survey from 4 different locations of the house.
5. Tips for Home Safety During Vacation
Your home is prone to various threats when you are on a holiday trip. Ask your neighbors to pick the flyers, failing which burglars get a hint that the owners are on a vacation. Reduce your telephone’s volume and inform the local authorities when you have planned for a vacation. Load the cars only when you start and do not do it on the previous night.
These are only few of the precautions that you can take in order to ensure safety of your home at all times. However, many of the safety measures can be learned and implemented by just following your conscience and also through learning from other’s experiences. These precautionary measures make you feel free and spend your time in and out of the house in pure contentment.
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