I know it sounds a little silly but one of the easiest things you can do to ensure your home is secure is to double check your windows and doors every single time you leave your apartment, condo, or house. A lot of times you’ll open a window or unlatch your sliding back door, go [...]
Monday, November 12, 2007
It’s easy to become complacent when you’re a renter, to ignore some burned out light bulbs as someone else’s problems, to walk by unlit areas convinced you’ll never go through them, or to just go about your day ignoring the various safety issues near your place of living. So, the next time you see a [...]
If you’re concerned that burglars are going to pilfer your home when you’re out, then don’t ever go out. Oh, you want to go out? Well, don’t let the burglars know that! Here are some ideas for what you can do to make your home look occupied:
Keep your lights on when you’re out (or put [...]
Wednesday, November 7, 2007
Let me let you in on a little secret, burglars don’t like the light. Let me let you in on another little secret, burglars are more likely to try to break into a home without a light on than one that does. Why? See secret #1! So, what this means is that if a burglar [...]
I was in Costco the other day looking at one of their safes when I tried to pick it up. I expected it to be ridiculously heavy but it wasn’t. It was heavy but it wasn’t so heavy that one person would have trouble picking it up and that troubled me because it meant that [...]
So we’ve covered safe basics and fire resistant safes, the next type of safe is a burglar resistant safe designed to prevent unauthorized access. Most people think of these types of safes whenever they talk about safes.
The ratings range in ratings from Class 1 to Class 5 (again, developed and rated by the Underwriters Laboratory) [...]
In the last post, I talked about the two different types of safes: fire resistant and burglar resistant (plus the combo fire/burglar resistant safe, which is really just an amalgamation of the two). This time I’ll focus in on the first of the two types, the fire resistant safe. A fire resistant safe is not [...]
When it comes to safes, as in secure and protective storage devices, you really have a choice between three basic types: fire-resistant, burglar-resistant, and both (combination fire and burglar resistant). Each one of those types are rated on a scale based on how long the safe can withstand the attack its suffering from. With fire-resistant [...]
Friday, February 16, 2007
If someone comes into your home and steals your jewelry, your homeowner’s policy probably will only cover you for a couple thousand dollars (this limit depends on your policy). This is important to know because often times you might have jewelry (and this applies to other special items such as guns, business property, cash, check [...]
Saturday, September 23, 2006
When you purchase homeowner’s insurance of any variety, one important consideration is the addition of “riders.” Straight vanilla homeowner’s or renter’s insurance will protect your valuables if a covered “named peril” (defined in your agreement) destroys or damages jewelry or artwork with no ceiling limit. However, if your precious possessions are ever stolen, your insurance [...]