Are two story houses safer from intruders looking to do physical harm than single story homes? (Lowes, convert)
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We recently had impact-resistant hurricane windows and doors installed on our single level home.
I appreciate the added safety they provide other than from hurricanes. The glass can be breached, but it takes more effort than an opportunistic thief would want to spend. It takes an ax or a drill to get through them. We replaced the double front glass entry door with an impact resistant set, they are outward opening and the door or the glass won't be getting kicked in for a quick smash and grab.
I also used to sleep in an older home with the windows open on the second floor, never really thinking anout the porch roofs that provided easy access. That also took more effort for someone looking for an easy target, but for someone with an agenda, it would not have been a problem.
I want the next house I buy to be some place I could live forever, so considering concerns about aging (and I have a condition that affects my joints, so I need to be careful about this), I've decided that single story would be better. Last time I had a knee injury, I was confined to the first story of my current home.
However, I often wonder how I would feel sleeping in a bedroom on the ground floor. Seems like it'd be more accessible to intruders via the bedroom window. In a two story, the intruder would have to go through quite a bit of the house to get to me.
Is there any merit to these concerns?
keep it under your bed or a .38 and load it with HP rounds; you will sleep soundly in a rancher! LOL
We keep our interior door locked when we are in for the night. Also we have an alarm system and enough cameras to cover all entrances, even the garage door.
The video is why windows in a garage door is a particularly bad idea.
Someone with practice could probably unlock the door even without windows.
When I was a kid we had a old heavy wood door. We kicked a ball into the garage and actually knocked out a panel (12X15 inches or so). So even if you can't open the door most of the time you can go through it.
What if you cannot find the key when a fire breaks out?
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