Windows are an integral component of safeguarding your home against break-ins, and can help provide protection. There are various measures you can take to reduce break ins through windows such as installing security laminates.
Maintaining clean and trimmed windows is also crucial to deterring criminals, reducing hiding places for potential thieves. Planting thorny bushes near ground-floor windows may serve as a deterrent against burglars.
Install Security Film
Burglars are likely to gain entry to your home through windows due to their ease of access, especially ground level ones. To make them burglar-proof, you can strengthen and reinforce your windows accordingly.
Security film is an easy and cost-effective way to increase window security. It prevents glass from shattering, keeping shards together for easier clean up later on if a burglar does manage to break through it, giving time for you or neighbors to call the authorities before breaking in.
This type of film comes in various thicknesses; 8 millimeter clear safety film is the most popular choice and can be found at many stores such as Amazon. Installation is a straightforward process: just remove gaskets, spray window solution onto it and apply film. After application, squeeze out water or air bubbles by squeezing and add anchoring if necessary to further secure its position on your window.
Install Shatterproof Glass
Although burglars typically gain entry through doors, they have also been known to break in through ground level windows. Luckily, homeowners and renters have many ways to bolster the security of these windows.
Window bars are one of the easiest DIY solutions available, as they prevent criminals from forcing open windows and may make escape more difficult in an emergency such as fire or flood.
Window security film offers another solution. These transparent films resemble windshield glass in that they’re 10-17 times harder to break. Once attached to windows without altering their aesthetics, these security films offer protection from break-in attempts.
Window film not only protects against intruders, but can also serve as an extra shield against debris left by strong storms – keeping broken glass shards from flying around your home after an event has passed by.
Install Window Bars
Burglars are predatory criminals who prey upon homes that appear easy for them to gain entry. Therefore, taking measures to protect windows against break ins will give you peace of mind at night.
Installing window bars on your home windows can be one of the easiest and simplest ways to protect them. These bars act like fences for your window and protect it against criminals who might attempt to break through and enter. There are various styles available; tubular or solid bars are popular choices while others might be made of aluminum or steel – you just have to find what best fits your needs!
Grilles or shutters may be another means to secure your windows for added protection, offering similar obstruction to window bars and deterring criminals from forcing open the window. Unfortunately, however, neither option are as aesthetically pleasing and could possibly signal to burglars that your windows are secure, leading them away from you altogether and possibly to other targets in your neighborhood.
Install Reinforced Glazing
Windows are essential to providing natural lighting and maintaining cool temperatures in any building, but they also pose a security threat by being an entryway for intruders. Burglars can easily break a standard glass window in seconds to gain entry and begin looting in no time at all.
Reinforced glazing, setting itself apart from double and triple glazing can make your windows less vulnerable. These devices, typically made out of invisible polyester film bonded together, keep broken pieces together so people can escape safely while delaying criminals from breaking in through your window.
Grilles and shutters can also help increase window security by adding aesthetic value while deterring criminals from accessing windows.
Installing security locks on windows can greatly enhance the protection in your home or business, including flip locks that prevent windows from being opened until a key is inserted, pin locks that stop thieves from lifting windows near the ground or floor and keyed locks that won’t allow opening until the right key is in place.
Install Security Cameras
While much attention is devoted to reinforcing security at doors, burglars may enter homes through windows as an easy entryway into valuables such as electronics or jewelry. While doors are protected with door locks and other measures that help deter break-ins, windows offer unimpeded visual access that’s easier for intruders to breach than their counterparts.
Installing security cameras on your windows is an effective way to deter burglars from breaking in, while providing evidence against anyone suspected of breaking in.
Grilles and shutters provide another layer of security by acting like bars: through obstruction. They prevent criminals from forcing open or breaking your window and can be installed either inside or outside your windows – although their presence might alter the aesthetics of your house, many homeowners opt for greater safety over aesthetics.
