Give Yourself Options When Creating Your Home Security Plan

7 June, 2010

The great part about deciding you want to seriously protect your home is that you're giving yourself options. Options on what type of home security equipment you'll have installed, who will install it, which monitoring company you'll choose, and exactly how you're going to protect each room of your house and each member of your household.

However, trying to determine the best options for your situation can seem like a daunting task if you don't know where to start. It's recommended to start at the most basic needs and then determine which additional home security features you'll need to add to complete your vision.

Basic home security means covering the mandatory elements, and in the world of home security that's pretty straight forward. The central control panel controls the entire system and creates a comprehensive security network out of all your various components. From there you should want to protect your front door, and any other exterior door in your house. Basic home security systems include door alarms for this exact reason. In addition to doors, burglars will look for any window that will give them easy access. This is why basic home security packages also include window sensors.

You can always add to the number included in the standard package, but what's important to note here is that door and window alarms are standard equipment. This should be your starting point. This means you might have to also add deadbolt locks for the doors, and strong sash locks for the windows as an added level of protection. Home security is about each piece working in tandem with the other pieces, each strengthening the other.

In addition to door and window protection, the interior of your home needs to be protected with state-of-the-art motion detectors. Today's technology has created motion sensors sophisticated enough to tell the difference between your family pet and an intruder. This, of course, is designed to avoid false alarms in your house.

Arming and disarming your entire home security system should be as easy as pressing a single button. That's why a wireless keychain remote is also standard equipment in the basic home security package. So is a high-decibel alarm, designed to frighten burglars into fleeing immediately, as well as notifying neighbors that there's a burglar in the neighborhood. Complete your basic home security package with a window sticker and yard sign. These are effective tools that will warn anyone casing your house that there are easier targets and they should move along.

With the basics in place you can add smoke detectors, heat sensors, carbon monoxide alarms, flood alarms, wireless cameras, and freeze sensors. You can also add extras of each of these components to give you additional coverage. Choose an ADT monitored home security system and see why millions of people have made the same choice.