Home security is essential; we spend billions of dollars every year on home improvements and our homes also contain our most precious and valuable possessions and most of all, our families live there too! It’s vital we take all necessary precautions to deter and prevent incidents from happening in and around the home so we protect our families and property.
By Bill Phillips
For a great overview on home security, this is the book for you – it covers everything from alarms and locks through to emergency and sensor-activated lighting as well as the use of Closed Circuit TV (CCTV).
This volume is suitable whether you are an absolute beginner looking for help, through to a professional looking for design and security ideas based upon the best of current thinking in the security industry.
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The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Home Security
By Lorna Gentry and Tom Davidson
Written by a duo who is comprised of a writer and an experienced attorney/police officer, this book provides a wealth of “common sense” tips for making your home secure with a focus on the human behaviour which can lead to your home and property being targeted in the first instance. For instance, you buy a new home cinema system with a widescreen TV and then place the boxes out for the trash to collect – if you don’t crush the boxes, you have just sent a message to the neighbourhood hoodlums what you have just bought and installed – better to crush the boxes or dispose of them at your local trash dump yourself. Another common sense tip is to make sure that all doors are shut and fences closed when you leave your home. You’d be surprised if you knew how many people accidentally leave their fence open through the night. All fences must be secured at all times, no matter where you leave. Makes no difference if we’re talking about Richmond VA fences or New York City fences: one must always remember to close them.
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Home Security: Your Guide to Protecting Your Family (Better Homes and Gardens Books)
By James Hufnagel & Paula Marshall
This book is packed with great “how to” information which even the most power-tool shy reader will be able to implement. There are excellent step-by-step color illustrations to help you improve your home’s security. The style is also simple to understand with written sections easily understood by everyone – you don’t need any prior knowledge or experience, so if you don’t know your mortice lock from a dead lock, this is the book for you.
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By Michael Majkowski
If you are operating on a tight budget, this tome will provide you with a range of low-cost solutions for you to consider and implement yourself. The book is easy to read and every piece of equipment which is dealt with is vividly illustrated and there are also plenty of personal examples drawn from the author’s extensive experience in the field.
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By Keith Robison
A practical book for practical methods at securing your home and property. This book contains a wealth of practical, do-it-yourself security tips and suggestions to improve home security. If you are looking to avoid paying the monthly costs associated with many security companies, this will help you achieve comparabke levels of security without the financial pain.
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Home Security, Second Edition: Alarms, sensors and systems (Newnes)
By Vivian Capel
The first thing to understand is that the writer of this book is British and her work is aimed at the UK market, but she does go into a lot of detail on the gadgets and tools which can be used in establishing a secure home. If you combine this volume with the connected Honeywell ADILink website (www.adilink.com) you can easily get the US equivalent terminology for the parts being considered.
Avoid this book if you want a “pure” American based book but the technical detail is excellent and it is extremely easy to read and understand.
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The Complete Guide to Personal and Home Safety: What You Need to Know
By Robert Snow and Robert L. Snow
Simple to read and packed with common sense solutions to everyday security issues. The first stop in making yourself and your property secure is to start recognizing the security issues which surround you already, but of which you are blissfully unaware?
This father and son volume is easy to read but you’ll feel uneasy after reading it – which is why you should follow the help and advice it contains to make you and your family more secure in and outside of the home.
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