Home Safety and Security

“Time Life's most popular how-to guides for the home owner are now completely updated for the '90s with up-to-the minute codes, tools, tips, and techniques. Highly illustrated with step-by-step instructions. Rev. ed. of: Home security. 1979 Includes index Contents: Barriers against break-ins -- Low-cost lighting -- Strengthening vulnerable doorways -- Basic locks and bolts -- Putting on a better lock -- Windows that cannot be forced open -- Panes of shatter-resistant plastic -- Ready-made window grilles -- Safes and vaults for the house -- Silent sentries, loud alarms. Self-contained warning systems -- A network of protection -- Snaking cable through the house -- Elements of a home-security system -- Defenses against fire. Smoke detectors -- Ways to make a house hard to burn -- Building walls that resist flames -- Portable extinguishers for small fires -- Ladders to escape a house fire Contents (cont.): Coping with everyday hazards. Shutting down the basic services -- A plan for lowering radon levels -- Fences to secure a yard -- How to make stairs safer -- Childproofing storage areas -- Adapting a home for the handicapped -- Essential pool safety”.