Double glazing is a popular choice for home owners who take pride in keeping their carbon footprint down. The same home owners will also have the comfort of knowing their energy bills will be lower than people with the average single paned windows. There are many positives that can come from having double glazing and a big one is the security it can give to one’s home. According to statistics around sixty per cent of burglaries are committed after the offender gains entry through a window. Single paned glass windows are relatively easy to break especially for people who do it frequently. Breaking a double glazed window is not impossible but it would be an incredibly noisy task and not something that could be done quickly. The chances are an offender would be caught while breaking the window, they would know this and so what a wonderful deterrent. [Read more...]
How can you make your home less appealing to burglars?
February 18, 2011 By
Whilst is might be tempting to go overboard on physical security, do bear in mind that items such as barbed wire, or broken glass imbedded into a wall can do serious damage, which you might be liable for should an injury occur. However, there are other steps that you can take to make you property less appealing for a criminal. [Read more...]