| The answer that would first come to mind is adding a | | | | away the advantage of being able to pick the lock to |
| home security system and that is one home | | | | get into a residence. There are also trouble doors, like |
| improvement that will certainly help protect the home | | | | sliding glass doors and French doors; these are easy |
| from burglars. There is also another improvement that | | | | access for someone wanting to break into a |
| will help in some cases to protect the house and the | | | | residence even if the door jam has been strengthened. |
| family from break-ins. | | | | There is also an answer to this, which can be found at |
| A simple dwelling improvement that can stop a | | | | the home improvement store, there are special locks |
| break-in or a home invasion is to reinforce the door | | | | that are made to be installed on the top of the door |
| jam. Often if there is a house break-in or home | | | | and the sliding bolt when locked will go into the header |
| invasion the door is the way they enter the residence | | | | of the door, in most cases this is a 4x4 or 4x6 piece |
| and that is because the wood that is used around the | | | | of solid wood. That means there is little use for the |
| door that the lock slides into is soft or thin wood. That | | | | burglar to try forcing his way into that door. The |
| makes it easy to break the door open and this should | | | | alternative is to break the glass and while this might |
| be one household improvement that while it cannot be | | | | sound easy they are made with stronger glass than |
| seen should be one of the first on the list. | | | | they appear to be. The noise is also something the |
| This does not mean the wood will need to be | | | | burglar would think twice before breaking one of these |
| replaced; a trip to the local home improvement store | | | | doors and draw attention to them selves. |
| will provide ways to update and strengthen the door | | | | Making door improvements is not like other |
| jam in a dwelling. This makes the house and family | | | | improvements in the home, there is no new |
| safer, because with a stronger door jam the door | | | | appearance in the dwelling like painting a room, but |
| cannot be kicked open or forced open. | | | | there is the new feeling of safety in the house. |
| Making this improvement will make one less easy | | | | Coupled with the alarm system that can alert the |
| access into a dwelling for a thief and will make the | | | | family and signal the monitoring center makes this a |
| family safer, then other safety improvements can be | | | | residence a burglar will not succeed in breaking into |
| made to make the house more secure. | | | | and this is what home security improvements are |
| One of these other improvements is to change the | | | | made to do. |
| door locks to keyless lock a system, which takes | | | | |