Window security grills are retractable grills that are especially designed to be installed on your windows. These offer effective security and protection against any would be burglars. It also protects your children from falling accidents that can cause serious injuries and, worse, death.
What Are The Advantages Of Window Security Grills Over Alarms?
Both your alarm and grills serve as protection for your home. Alarms were very useful about 30 years ago, when they were not as common to have for the average Joe. Little was known on how to disalarm and render it useless. However, with current technological advancement, alarms do not serve their purpose as effectively as before. Nowadays, everybody knows, including the burglars themselves, that alarms are not strictly monitored. The thing is, even if alarms are monitored and the police took notice of the alarm tripping, they still need to travel towards the house where the alarm started. Travelling involves preparation and time. And in most cases, it takes them a lot of time before they arrive to that particular house. If the window is not protected, by the time the police arrives, they are already gone, as well as your possessions.
One of the problems of having house alarms is false alarms. When police are sent to the house with the tripped false alarm it can be a lot like the little boy crying wolf. It, thus, exacerbates the problem connected with alarm use. In 1999 alone, record shows that out of 219,503 alarm calls, 183,996 or 84% were false. To solve this issue, new rules about alarm installation have been implemented. The new rules state that if there are more than two (2) false alarms recorded in a 12-month period, your alarm system will be removed.
Window security grills on the other hand offers a much better and stronger deterrent as compared to your regular alarm system.
- It offers a visual deterrent or obstacle
- Once the burglar sees the presence of the grills on your window, he will definitely have to rethink his plans. It wont be as easy as anticipated. He would probably ask himself these questions: Would I rather go on and risk being caught? Am I equipped enough to break these steel bars? Am I willing to make that much noise to break them? I don’t think so! Maybe the next house won’t have these grills.
- It offers a physical deterrent or obstacle
- Window grills are made of steel. It is not breakable. Need I say more?
- Highly effective when installed on all windows
- It is recommended that they be installed on all windows if you want a 100% security. Otherwise, there’s not much use of putting them on only a few windows as it defeats the whole purpose of “utmost” security.
- No false alarms
- No maintenance and monitoring costs
- Once they are there, they are there forever. You don’t need to pay for anything just because you want a safe and secure home.
If you do have an alarm system and want to beef up your security it can be done by adding window security grills to all your windows, effectively securing your home from any invasion by would-be burglars.