Not all homes in Portsmouth have garage doors, or even garages. Space is such a premium in the city and because most of the houses are close together and older—many being built many years before the invention of the car—there is no room for homeowners to build garages onto their property either. Those that have detached homes with larger spaces can add a garage if there is not one there already. Most people with a car want to protect it and if they have the space to build a garage they will want some kind of solid security doors to protect the building too. Oftentimes the weak point of a home can be the garage door, especially if there is an inside door that leads to the house.
Many burglars look for the weak spots in a home, such as a slightly open window, a glass back door or a secluded area where they can break into the house without being seen. Often, the garage can prove perfect for that sort of situation and if the garage door is the initial weak spot, you, as the homeowner, have a serious problem.
Materials, Styles and Security Options to pick from
Garage doors can be made from wood, aluminium, metal and uPVC and with or without a lock. Most garage doors in Portsmouth have a handle that turns and inside the handle is a key hole that effectively locks the handle and the garage door. However, those locks are easily tampered with and any proficient home breaker or burglar could get into it within seconds. It would be a devastating feeling to come home and find that your home was burgled and vandalized simply because your garage door wasn’t strong enough to withstand the invasion of a thief.
The idea of strong security is a major concern for many thousands of homeowners around the United Kingdom these days. There are some areas where crime is too high and the people need to feel protected. The only recourse they have is to use some form of security on their homes, such as alarms, fencing, roller shutters or other secure measure to protect windows and doors in the home or business from being broken into by burglars.
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