Home Security Your Guide to Protecting Your Family Review
Home Security Your Guide to Protecting Your Family (let's just call it Home Security) is a book put out by Better Homes & Gardens. It's on the short side, 80 pages including the index, and runs $12.95. To be fair, they're large pages, probably 9" x 12", full of colorful how to illustrations.
Home Security is divided into two sections: Home Security Basics and Strategies for Safety and Security. Both sections cover a wide variety of topics. Here are just a few:
Outdoor security including fences and lighting
Entryways including locks and reinforced doors
Securing your garage
Securing windows, section that details available locks for different types of windows as well as glass alternatives
Various types of home security alarm systems
Fire and electrical safety, including smoke detector and fire extinguisher usage information
Home security options for apartments and condominiums
Homeowner's insurance
The book is a fairly quick read and does contain a lot of useful information despite not being very hefty. The Complete Idiot's Guide to Home Security probably contains more information for your money but the colorful diagrams and step-by-step processes outlined in Home Security Your Guide to Protecting Your Family make it particularly user-friendly, especially for the potential do-it-yourselfer.
I do believe the book is worth the money, but it's easily readable in a couple of hours, so you might want to see if your library has a copy.
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