WITBY MRE PRESSI WEDNEPDAY, AUGUST 12,1992,. PAGE 13, ýSumm 1ertime, and'the.l_ stelaling is easy, Itssummertime and it seemae like everyone is on vacation. You can't afford to b. careless about home security, especiallyý when you're away from homne.: The- Greater Toronto' Home' Builders' Association. offers this advice to keep jour property and' family protée: Every exterior door should have a dead-bolt lock with a one-inch throw. It you have a key-in-the-knob lock, instail an auxiliary ldck -- a vertical boit, cylinder dead-bolt or honizontal- boit model. 0 If you've just moved into a new hous. or apartment,,reboey the locks. You neyer know who ma still have old keys. ?F Secure sliding glass doors withcommercially available Iocks, with a rigid woodn dowel 'in the track or -with a nail insertedl through a bole drilled in the sliding door frame and projecting inito te iedframe. * Lock double-hung windows by sliding a boit or nail through a hole drilled at a downward angle in each top corner or' the inside sasb and part way tbrough the outside euh. Or, buy window koy locks at a hardware, store. Consider grilles for basemnent or street-level windows if you live in a high-crime area. - * Don't bide your keys in malboxes, plantera or- under doormats. Give a duplicate key tQ, a trusted neighbour instkad., Check your doors.. Locks lose their effectiveness if they are installed in fIimsy or weak dloors. *Malte sure outaide* doors, including the on. between your house and the garage, are solid, 1-3/4 inch metal or hardwood. *Doors should fit tightly in their fraines and binges should be on the linside. Instail a peephole or wide-angle viewer in ail entry doors so. you can see wbo is outside vathontopening the door. A short chain between the doors and the jamb is not a good substitu te becausé it can b. broken easily. Look at your home fr-om the outaide. To discourage burglars from seiecting your home, make suré that: *Any shrubbery around doors and windows is pruned so as not te bide anyone tampering With them. Cut back tree limbs, that could help a thief dlimb into second-storev windows. *Ail entrances and porches are well-lighted. . Your yard is weil- maintained. Keep ladders and tools inside your garage Or basement when you're not using them. Investigate 'an alarm system. If you live inan isolated area or in a -neighbourhood vulnerabie to, break-mns, explore the coets of an alarrnsystem.' The simplest in-hous alrm system sets up a small electrical circuit across door bocks and fromn windoW to frame. When -this current is interrupted by someone peng the door or window, the aarm ounds. More sophisticated s"stems include sensing devices that set off a siren wben an intruder' disturbs a field of continually moving sound or radar waves. An even more sophisticated alarm'system can be monitored by a central station that alerts the 'police if a thief breaks in. These systema can, include smoke/fire alarms and 'help' buttons to signal a medical or other emergency as well. Have a fily plan. Rernember that your goal is te, avoid'any confrontations with a burglar. 9If you find a door &%jar, a screen. slit or a window broken when you corne home - don't go inside. Cal the police from. a neighbour's house. Whon you bave town. e Noify a trusted' neighbour that has à view of your >xuse and your vacation schedule.* 0 Have a neighbour pick up your mail, deliveries and newspapers. ** Put lights and a radio on timers to create the illusion that someone is home. Leave shades, blinds and curtains in normal positions. 0 Arrange to have your Iawn and garden niaintained. For a small investment of time and money, yon - can greatly reduce your chances of being a victim of home burglary.. A home that looiks lived-in deters burglars. So do watchful neigbbours who -will *cali the police when, they spot sometbing suspicious. For more information on home security and safety, contact your local police departmen. Home show MONMFA GE il Place, Toronto. It will present bundreds of exhibitors who can help consumners. save time and money on improvements to bouses, apartmnents, condomi- niums, cottages and country estates. The FaIl National Home Show is sponsored by' the- Greater Toronto Home Builders' Association and produced by- Southex Exhibitions -- the sainie people who bring the National Home Show every spring. For more information, contact Sandy Macdonald, «show manager, Southex Exhibitions, at (416) 445-6641. ATON SALI MFG. 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