Window/door security bars

[arliejacobs]

In the area around the pool of home owners are usually going to use it. A wrought iron fence around the security during the ban, not only for the children accidentally fall into water, but the fence looks nice too. They form a fence, you can go to the pool and does not restrict the view of the rest of your garden. Employees can also iron fence ornamental iron bars, safety, or to change the curved design.

[poosmate]

I think my eyes have become dyslecsic I cannot understand any of this guys posts

[PeteC]

I'm moving this one back here:

When I lived in Queensland in Australia, we had fly net doors with mesh to stop insects. The front and back doors were a securty type of door which had good locks. Do you know if they can be bought in Thailand? They are really great in a hot climate.

Take a look at the below thread Siani. In one pic you'll see a back inner door with a dark metal frame with insect netting. You can get these made all over Thailand from companies who make security window grills/doors. They can make sizes to fit any size door, even the large double door type. They have sliding security bolts in and out and hasps to affix your own pad lock. Pete

http://www.huahinafterdark.com/forum/vi ... 20&t=13049

Great thanks. Had a look at the pics, look good. yes the mesh is very important. In Australia it was more flies than anything that were annoying. But the doors were great. The french shutter system is great too. They just roll down and lock from the inside. I do think that if someone is determined to get in the property though, they will. Once theives break these doors etc the cost of repairing them would probably be really expensive. I do like them though, would reccomend them. Another tip for security... Build secret cupboards in the house, also a false wall is good! Don't laugh, its true! Hide all your valuables in it. When we took a holiday in Cannes, we rented a villa. It had a vistors book which said quite a few time.."Lovely holiday, shame we go burgled" etc. The owner had a huge mirror put on the wall...behind it was a recess which was secret..marvelous idea. The mirror just opened like a door, but to other people it just looked like a flat mirror. Anyway thanks!

The mirror alcove would be difficult to impossible here with the standard interior cement/brick walls unless you did it when the house was being built.

Another thing I want to repeat about your standard house thief here in Thailand now, they are not sophisticated, they're opportunists.

Back in the 80's and 90's there was organized house theft. A pickup truck filled with men with firearms would storm down a soi and empty an entire house, literally down to the kitchen sink and everything in between. Farang occupied houses were usually the target and if you happened to be home, you wouldn't get killed if you didn't resist, just tied up and put on the floor and left there until someone found you. This happened more in resort areas than anywhere else to my memory. To this day when you purchase a homeowners or renters insurance policy, there is a clause excluding gang theft. Perhaps they think it may resurrect itself once again?

Unless your house is out on the south 40 all by itself or surrounded by empty development houses, no thief these days is going to stand there and saw or blast through security bars. Visual deterrents work really well here and the thieves will simply move on to a house that looks easier to get into.

However, our little girl locked us out the other day but that back white wood door in the photo was open, but the metal security door was closed and bolted from the inside, but not pad locked from the inside. A small punch from me knocked the screen off its mounting, inserted hand, pulled the bolt, and was in, in less than 5 seconds. This is what a Thai thief could do very quickly if your door is not padlocked regardless if you're not home, or just home alone and up in the shower. Will happen, maybe. Could happen, definitely.

Security awareness is not an idle pastime here. It has to be consistent and regular and you have to show those going by your house and working in your neighborhood that you are aware and alert.

Electronic alarms are of great value also, either alone or in combination with other types of security shields. I'll let SJ go into that further as I'm getting tired of typing. Alarm systems have a visual deterrent also, before the thieves break a door or window and set it off. Motion detector lights and/or just the presence of the alarm speaker on your upstairs balcony may be enough to put them off. Pete