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Tips on How to Protect Your Home

Your home may be vulnerable in many ways. Clearly, you need to be wary of break-ins, as well as fires, floods, and other acts of God. There are also things such as pests to be concerned about. Termites, for example, can effectively destroy your entire house before you even know anything is happening. That means you need to be vigilant when it comes to protecting your home. To help you, here are a few tips:

Tips on How to Protect Your Home

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Look for Anything Unusual

When it comes to pests such as termites, you need to keep an eye out. Things such as peeling or blistering paintwork, as well as floors that have begun sloping, and doors that no longer close properly, could be a sign that things are about to get a lot worse. Termites may well be inside the woodwork, eating away at the structure of your building and thereby undermining it. Check for termite-built structures called mud tubes, which can be seen on the foundation or under the crawl space. You may even notice small piles of sawdust-like substances that are accumulating on the floor. If you have any of these issues, you need help from pest control. This is the only way to get rid of an infestation and ensure it does not happen again.

Insurance

Insurance is essential as anything that can happen will happen to someone, and that someone may well be you. Unfortunately, you have no control over that. It is tiger fore important that you purchase the right kind of insurance for your home, with all the coverage needed. If you are not protected, and your house does fall down due to termite damage, for example, then you are not going to be able to make a claim. Don’t let this happen to you. It may be an idea to investigate the area and discover what is most likely to go wrong and ensure you have the cover for that almost immediately.

Secure Doors

You may be surprised to learn that as many as a third of all burglaries happen as a result of the criminal walking in the front door. This could be because you left the door unlocked or that the door is so flimsy all it takes is a good push, and it opens. This will clearly affect any subsequent insurance claim you make, too, so you need to be wise. If your door is flimsy, then you need to upgrade. You could also and a stoke plate or deadbolt too, to make it stronger.

Windows

Windows are another weak point that is attractive to burglars. Some windows have such flimsy latches that all someone has to do is pull it, and it comes loose. First of all, always close your windows when you go out, as this is just asking for trouble, especially if they are downstairs. Perhaps you are due a little upgrade? If your windows have poor latches, you can purchase locks for your windows to strengthen them up. You could also use security film to toughen the glass or install smash sensors.

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Jess Benoit

Jess is a homeschooling mama of 3, wife, gamer, Whovian, Nerd

3 thoughts on “Tips on How to Protect Your Home

  • Thank you for sharing such important info! By the way, the most severe consequences usually occur after a fire or water damage. Therefore, this is something that you should try to avoid, too. Checking the wiring and regular maintenance of plumbing will help with this.

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  • You mentioned very important things. As for floods and fires, they are not always the acts of God. Sometimes they occur due to people’s negligence: old failed plumbing and wiring.
    To prevent such situations, maintain your house and fix all problems on time.

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  • Yes, when choosing windows it’s important to make sure they are safe. A stylish window is a great addition to your home, but you ignore functionality and security, you’re putting your weakest point of entry at risk.

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