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8 Security Tips to Keep in Mind When Building a Smart Home

August 7, 2019 by Chad Gillikin

8 Security Tips to Keep in Mind When Building a Smart Home Are you thinking about investing in smart home products for your home? These products can greatly increase the value of your home as well as the enjoyment of your family’s living space. With new prototypes being developed each day, within the next few […]

Filed Under: Extreme How-To, Security Tagged With: electronics, home security, home systems, smart home

3 Crucial Tips to Prevent Renovation Security Threats

May 11, 2016 by Jake Thomas

(guest post by Ryan Black)   There are plenty of reasons to stress while remodeling your home, like scheduling conflicts, financial strains and the inconvenience of displacement. The last thing you need at a time like this is to have your home burglarized, but unfortunately it is a very real risk. In fact, it is […]

Filed Under: Home Improvement, Security Tagged With: DIY, remodeling, security

New Home Security Trends

November 18, 2014 by Jake Thomas

(Guest post by Vicki Clary)   For most Americans, the place where you live is your biggest and most expensive investment — and that’s why protecting that investment is so important. The right security measures can make all the difference in how safe your home is, not to mention how comfortable you feel living in it. […]

Filed Under: Home Improvement, Security Tagged With: automation, geo-fencing, health care montioring, home security, sensors, sliderblog, surveillance, video monitoring

How-To Install Surveillance Cameras to Deter Criminals in a Vacation Home

January 6, 2012 by Chad Gillikin

Swann Outback Cameras make excellent remote security cameras due to their small size

By: Hal Jones Second Part of Securing a Vacation or Lake Home. How-To Install Surveillance Cameras in a Vacation or Lake Home, Where Remote Surveillance Using the Internet or Smartphone is Necessary In the first section we covered deterrents, now we cover surveillance as a means of protecting property in a remote vacation home or […]

Filed Under: Extreme How-To, Home Improvement, Security, Weekend Projects Tagged With: lake house security, remote surveillance, surveillance camera installation, vacation home security

Security for a Vacation Home, Start With Controlling Access and Deterrents

November 22, 2011 by Chad Gillikin

By: Hal Jones (Editor’s note, within one week of installing the new alarm system, the thieves came back. The entry door was pried or kicked open by force, however the alarm system activated the siren and the burglars left without taking anything from the inside of the house.) One of the biggest challenges of owning […]

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