Send your summer-house on secure vacation

Before leaving the summer-house, make sure that every window is closed and bared. Really often are windows the weakest links in summer-house security. In winter, it is wise to close the windows with so-called storm shutters. Due to the storm shutters, thieves cannot peek through the windows. In addition, they make entering the building through the window considerably more difficult. For a better security, you should lock the storm shutters with a padlock. In this case, padlock hasps must reach from one shutter to another, and the locking place cannot be between the shutters. Padlock hasps must be connected with latent head bolts, so that they cannot be turned off from the outside.

You should also see if the hatches are secured from the hinges side. Hinges of the shutter must be installed, so that moving the window is impossible. Security bolts give an extra protection for the hinges side of the door. Those will keep the hatches in place, even if the soul pins are cut out.   If you feel that storm shutters do not match with the rest of the house, you should ask a designer for a help. They will design the shutters according to your home style. For example, storm shutters are very common in America because they protect windows from flying objects. Incidentally, storm shutters can be surprisingly interesting design elements, which may give your house some personality. There is a great variety of quality hinges for decent and well-designed storm shutters, which are are locked from the inside of the house. Padlocks are not visible, so that the general impression of the house will not be ruined.

If you cannot but shutters at the moment, you should get them for next year and install in good time. In the meantime, control over the locking of the windows

 

Glass is the weakest spot of the window. In case of older windows, it is easy to remove the glass. It is possible to take away a glazing from the outside and remove the glass. To avoid something like that, you should attach the glass strongly with silicone. Window battens should be glued firmly. However, it will not give any protection against breaking the window.

If thieves break the glass, they plan to get access to catches. Here, we recommend using lockable window links. In case they do not match your style or existing locking mechanism, you can turn the windows off with blocking tiles. Thus breaking the glass is useless. Thieves may break the glass, but they cannot open the lock.

Front door Its lock does not necessarily have to be expensive, but it should be proper. You can find any decent locking solution at a great price. However, you have to be attentive and avoid so-called Chinese locks and key slots, which may look confusingly similar to quality products. Those locks may have different functionality, a low accuracy of processing and a poor quality of the composition. Such products do not keep thieves away.      We recommend you to use a security lock, which gives an extra protection.

Be watchful and look over all the options how thieves could enter your summer-house. For example, take a look in the attic, porch and toilet-window. Put yourself in thieves’ shoes, how would you enter your house, if you do not have keys? Eliminate all possible solutions that come to your mind – thieves could also come up with those ideas. 

Take care of your beloved summer-house!