If you were to design a house to be highly burglar resistant and still look like and be liveable as a house (not a concrete and steel bunker with 2-foot thick bank-vault type doors) and were given a large budget to do it, what steps would you take? What would you do about the windows, etc.?
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Don't forget about the floorboards, they have been known to be jacked up with a car jack and a bit of pipe.
Peter
lately there's been a rash of break-ins through the roof in our area
Good alarm system w/cellular back-up is reccommended... and pray to God you have a half way decent response time from the locals.
rc
resistant and still
steel bunker
large budget
about the
good alarm and a adequate, paid up, insurance policy :-)
no flame intended
in order of effectiveness...
1) Nosey neighbor2) Dog(s) (preferably big ones, but "yappers" will usually suffice)
3) Good lighting (and keep shrubbery around windows to a minimum)4) Good locks (if AHJ permits, double cylinder dead bolts. If they come in through a window, they're leaving by a window... which looks a lot more suspicious that carrying a TV out through the front door) mounted on *good doors/frames* with heavy duty strikes
5) Alarm system (If all else fails...)
Monolithic slab or well-designed basement goes without saying, since a crawl space gives a burglar a good hiding place to work from. Windows could be barred, filmed, or could have good shutters installed, if you're mostly interested in protection while away. Tin roof and sturdy roof sheathing.
If you're worried about keeping burglars out while you're home, spend a lot of time on the front porch grooming your rottweilers and cleaning your guns. Better yet, spend a lot of time in the yard teaching the dogs to shoot.
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