Cheap Home Security Ideas

A man’s home is his castle. So why do we protect ourselves with cheap locks that a burglar could get past in seconds? There are countless cheap home security ideas that can be used to make it harder for intruders to enter our houses.

We all know burglars are out there, and we’ve probably taken steps to deter them from choosing our own house to target. Secure, double glazed windows, intruder alarm systems and possibly even CCTV cameras are all great deterrents, however these are all less likely to be effective if the locks in our external doors are cheap and easily broken through.

Thieves targeting residential homes use a technique known as bumping and snapping to quickly and effortlessly disable the traditional locks fitted in uPVC doors. In order to protect yourself against this, you need something more robust than traditional lock cylinders.

New products on the market can provide tougher resistance against the bump and snap technique. The pExtra24 for example offers a specially reinforced cylinder, overcoming the problem with the speed of entry cheaper alternatives present. For just £49.95 fitted, the pExtra24 is a truly low cost upgrade to home security.