Last Minute Christmas Home Security

Locksmith New York offers last minute tips to protect your home from Christmas burglaries

Christmas is a time that our homes fill with a expensive goods such as LCDs, mobile phones, laptops and jewelries. Such items are very appealing to burglars that can sell them for quick cash. Last year, one in four homes burgled were left unsecured. Offenders broke in through a weak door or an open window and run away with valuable bounty. Locksmith New York offers the following last minute tips to protect your home from Christmas break-ins.

1. Replace weak doors, and secure sliding doors to their railings.

2. Replace glass panels on entry doors with laminated glass or attach security film to the inside of current glazing.

3. Install sturdy mortise deadlocks on front and back doors.

4. Make sure that ground windows without security bars are at least fitted with security locks.

5. Lock all windows and doors, and switch on your security alarm before leaving your home for a long holiday.

Make Christmas 2009/10 burglar free with the right home security.