All Florida Alarm Systems, Inc.

Security, Safety and your Home Lighting

Having an alarm system is just one way to prevent would-be burglary attempts.

Other than adding aesthetic beauty to your home, your landscaping and outdoor lighting can be a useful tool to preventing burglary. Your landscaping enhances the value of your home, ease of entry (prevent missteps) and deters someone from getting near a well-lit house.

Clean Up
With wild shrubbery going untrimmed, you make it easier for burglars to find a hiding spot. Be sure to pay close particular attention to trimming points of entry.

Lighting
Lights, even if they provide very little light, can deter burglars from stalking your home. The first rule they need to abide by is not to be seen, so they will avoid the light. Motion-sensing floodlights are great to have installed to track any unknown or unwanted movement around your home. Providing lights around your points of entry can help your neighbors to notice any strange visitors as well.

Prickly Bushes
When you think of points of entry of your home, don’t forget to include the ground-floor windows. A great idea to get intruders thinking twice about entering your home are to plant bushes with thorns in front of those windows.

Noisy Landscape
Aside from getting caught by sight, no burglar wants to get caught by sound. Loose rocks and gravel can protect your home along walkways and around the house by blowing the burglar’s cover.

All these small design tactics may help keep you safe. Landscape changes along with a great alarm system is sure to give you peace of mind, keeping trouble at bay.


Home lighting for security
OCTOBER 29, 2020

With everything going on in today’s world many people are looking to save money on their monthly bills. Some people are cancelling their home phone to save some money but you need to be cautious.
Remember that the alarm may use the phone-line to call out when there is an alarm!
But not to worry, All Florida Alarms can install a cellular device to call the central station replacing the need for any phone line.
Stay home & stay safe

Every alarm has a backup battery that is there to keep the system good if your home or business loses power. The battery needs to be replaced every few years (usually 3-5 years) because on some systems without a good battery you may have an alarm when you lose power.
You can test if your battery is good by unplugging the transformer and seeing if the alarm remains okay when you trip it and your central station calls you or have your alarm company come out to test it. If it's been a long time since being replaced or If you have an older alarm system, the system doesn't check the battery periodically like the new alarms do.
Posted 1/21/18