Comments on: Protect Your Home and Family with a Home Security System http://www.homedecortips.org/protect-your-home-and-family-with-a-home-security-system/ Tips, Tricks and Advices in Decorating Your Home. Wed, 02 Nov 2011 08:19:48 +0000 hourly 1 By: perry http://www.homedecortips.org/protect-your-home-and-family-with-a-home-security-system/comment-page-1/#comment-72 perry Wed, 29 Jul 2009 15:33:46 +0000 http://www.homedecortips.org/?p=130#comment-72 These are good tips, today crime is at its outmost and we should protect our families and our belongings. With window film you add privacy to your home. Perry Jamal These are good tips, today crime is at its outmost and we should protect our families and our belongings. With window film you add privacy to your home. Perry Jamal

]]> By: admin http://www.homedecortips.org/protect-your-home-and-family-with-a-home-security-system/comment-page-1/#comment-61 admin Tue, 28 Jul 2009 06:03:16 +0000 http://www.homedecortips.org/?p=130#comment-61 thanks for the tips Pamela.. thanks for the tips Pamela..

]]> By: Pamela http://www.homedecortips.org/protect-your-home-and-family-with-a-home-security-system/comment-page-1/#comment-60 Pamela Mon, 27 Jul 2009 14:31:18 +0000 http://www.homedecortips.org/?p=130#comment-60 Thanks for the explanation of a couple home security options. I agree, current (and ever evolving) technology allows people to have more security and more home automation options for lower equipment fees. A few tips I would add for anyone considering a home security system: 1. Only contract with companies that guarantee their services. This guarantee needs to include performance, equipment and labor, emergency service, false alarms and a 6-month money back guarantee. 2. Ask A LOT of questions about the monitoring center. No matter how fantastic the equipment, if the monitoring center fails to perform, you have no protection. Make sure the monitoring center is UL certified, verifies alarms with either audio or video technology and maintains an operator to account ratio less than 1:2,000. Many large central stations have one person "watching" 10,000 accounts or more. 3. Talk to local police or deputies. Although they can't recommend a security company, they can tell you which alarms are more reliable and more accurate. Thanks for the explanation of a couple home security options. I agree, current (and ever evolving) technology allows people to have more security and more home automation options for lower equipment fees.

A few tips I would add for anyone considering a home security system:
1. Only contract with companies that guarantee their services. This guarantee needs to include performance, equipment and labor, emergency service, false alarms and a 6-month money back guarantee.
2. Ask A LOT of questions about the monitoring center. No matter how fantastic the equipment, if the monitoring center fails to perform, you have no protection. Make sure the monitoring center is UL certified, verifies alarms with either audio or video technology and maintains an operator to account ratio less than 1:2,000. Many large central stations have one person “watching” 10,000 accounts or more.
3. Talk to local police or deputies. Although they can’t recommend a security company, they can tell you which alarms are more reliable and more accurate.

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