WEBVTT - Home Security | Hour 1 0:00:00.510 --> 0:00:04.850 KFI AM 640, you're listening to Dean Sharp, the House Whisperer, 0:00:05.130 --> 0:00:07.620 on demand on the iHeartRadio app. 0:00:08.700 --> 0:00:11.620 There is a dream home hiding in the house that 0:00:11.680 --> 0:00:15.100 you have, and I'm here every weekend to help you 0:00:15.260 --> 0:00:18.110 find it. And also here to help you find it, 0:00:18.140 --> 0:00:23.450 sitting across the table from me, my design partner, my boss, 0:00:23.989 --> 0:00:26.630 my better half, my best friend in all the world, 0:00:27.070 --> 0:00:27.910 Tina is here. 0:00:29.250 --> 0:00:34.570 Welcome home. I'm in control of my own microphone today. 0:00:34.729 --> 0:00:36.910 Yes, you are. Look at that. You've got your finger 0:00:36.950 --> 0:00:39.120 on the button. You turned yourself on. 0:00:39.220 --> 0:00:45.240 I did. Wait, what? 0:00:45.260 --> 0:00:46.440 You turned your microphone on. 0:00:46.620 --> 0:00:46.979 Correct. 0:00:48.680 --> 0:00:51.920 That's it. Let's just leave it there and move on. 0:00:51.940 --> 0:00:52.460 How are you doing? 0:00:53.020 --> 0:00:55.370 Great. I love the weather. 0:00:55.390 --> 0:00:58.740 I was actually hoping to wake up in a full 0:00:58.800 --> 0:00:59.960 rainstorm this morning, though. 0:01:00.420 --> 0:01:02.660 But if we did, we wouldn't have heard the owls. 0:01:03.220 --> 0:01:03.720 That's true. 0:01:03.960 --> 0:01:05.580 And so that was lovely to hear this morning. 0:01:05.860 --> 0:01:10.160 Tina loves her favorite sound, bird sound, or sound, I 0:01:10.180 --> 0:01:14.480 don't know, one of her top favorite sounds, owls. 0:01:15.459 --> 0:01:19.399 We have some great horned owls that. 0:01:18.980 --> 0:01:23.850 Hang out around the house, and they hoot and they hoo, 0:01:24.190 --> 0:01:25.170 and it was great. 0:01:25.750 --> 0:01:28.590 It's lovely. It is lovely, actually. Falling asleep to them 0:01:28.630 --> 0:01:30.209 and waking up to them. That was nice. 0:01:30.510 --> 0:01:33.830 And I sensed that that was happening. I heard it 0:01:33.890 --> 0:01:36.750 through the closed windows. I'm like, is that a, is that? 0:01:37.550 --> 0:01:40.400 And I opened the windows to find not rain, but 0:01:40.440 --> 0:01:40.840 the owls. 0:01:41.160 --> 0:01:41.680 It was nice. 0:01:41.700 --> 0:01:42.400 That was lovely. 0:01:42.420 --> 0:01:46.720 The owls were nice. All right. Okay. Well, hey, what 0:01:46.740 --> 0:01:47.380 are we doing today? 0:01:47.660 --> 0:01:50.860 We have got some special stuff going on today. We 0:01:51.240 --> 0:01:55.020 are going to be talking about home security. And I'm 0:01:55.030 --> 0:01:59.059 going to be taking some tact with you that's a 0:01:59.580 --> 0:02:03.480 little different than normal. Well, you've come to expect that 0:02:03.540 --> 0:02:06.740 from me anyway. We're going to look at home security. 0:02:07.140 --> 0:02:16.350 Very realistically, I don't want to be all hyper-vigilant and advocate, like, 0:02:16.430 --> 0:02:20.590 let's just lock this place down like a fortress. 0:02:20.630 --> 0:02:21.660 No, no, no, no. 0:02:23.330 --> 0:02:26.230 Not only is that extreme, but it's not necessary. And 0:02:26.250 --> 0:02:31.310 there are solutions these days that can do almost exactly 0:02:31.370 --> 0:02:34.609 that and do it in elegant and amazing ways. So 0:02:34.690 --> 0:02:37.270 first part of the show, we'll be talking about what 0:02:37.330 --> 0:02:40.460 is the essence of home security that we need to 0:02:40.500 --> 0:02:43.740 look at and based on the kind of crime that 0:02:43.800 --> 0:02:46.800 most homes experience all the time. We're going to be 0:02:46.840 --> 0:02:51.040 looking at some weak points in your security of your home. 0:02:51.389 --> 0:02:54.329 things that you might not expect to be weak points. 0:02:55.030 --> 0:02:58.950 And in the 11 o'clock hour, the third hour of 0:02:59.010 --> 0:03:02.630 our show, I'm going to have a very special in-studio guest, 0:03:03.430 --> 0:03:08.000 the owners of California Security Screens, who I am thrilled 0:03:08.540 --> 0:03:11.600 are partnering with us now. And I am thrilled because 0:03:11.660 --> 0:03:15.180 the product is so solid in so many ways. 0:03:16.080 --> 0:03:16.840 Amazing. 0:03:16.900 --> 0:03:19.500 And not many people know, not enough people know, I 0:03:19.520 --> 0:03:23.630 should say, about security screens. Security screens are not bars. 0:03:23.690 --> 0:03:27.070 They're not ugly. In fact, they just aren't there as 0:03:27.150 --> 0:03:31.070 far as the curb appeal or look of your house. 0:03:31.270 --> 0:03:34.630 And yet, when you come up against them trying to 0:03:34.669 --> 0:03:38.029 get into the house, stopped cold. So the first part 0:03:38.050 --> 0:03:40.550 of the show, we'll be talking about what has become 0:03:40.690 --> 0:03:46.550 traditional home security methodologies. But I want to draw a 0:03:46.590 --> 0:03:55.770 line between notification technology and actual security, okay? And it's 0:03:55.810 --> 0:03:59.190 not to put anything down on notification technology. 0:03:59.210 --> 0:03:59.910 What am I talking about? 0:04:00.370 --> 0:04:08.760 Cameras, smart systems, smart doorbells, video doorbells, motion detectors, sensors 0:04:09.000 --> 0:04:11.360 of all sorts. And we live in the golden age 0:04:11.560 --> 0:04:14.880 of these things, especially in terms of what you can 0:04:14.920 --> 0:04:18.660 get as a homeowner and DIY them yourself, right? 0:04:19.290 --> 0:04:20.010 So we all know. 0:04:19.910 --> 0:04:24.339 About ring doorbells and nest doorbells and all of that 0:04:25.200 --> 0:04:27.360 and the cameras that are associated with it. Some are 0:04:27.400 --> 0:04:31.040 solar powered, some are hardwired, some are battery run. They 0:04:31.180 --> 0:04:33.680 all tie into a smart home. They all tie into 0:04:33.720 --> 0:04:36.700 your phone on phone apps. And so you think, okay, 0:04:37.640 --> 0:04:41.469 I'm secure. Well, you're not. You're not secure. What you 0:04:41.690 --> 0:04:45.810 are is you're monitored. You're monitored, meaning you're going to 0:04:45.850 --> 0:04:49.240 get alerts. As the person who's getting into your house 0:04:49.320 --> 0:04:52.610 gets into your house, you're going to know about it, 0:04:52.700 --> 0:04:56.560 whether you're home or not. In the 21st century, we 0:04:56.600 --> 0:04:59.460 are going to tell you, hey, there's a guy and 0:05:00.120 --> 0:05:03.440 he's in your house. There's no excuse for that anymore. 0:05:03.940 --> 0:05:07.650 But that's not security in the sense of actual security, 0:05:08.610 --> 0:05:12.929 you know, keeping that guy out of your house. That's where, 0:05:13.610 --> 0:05:17.350 you know, an application like security screens work. takes over 0:05:17.950 --> 0:05:21.950 in which the security screens actually keep people out. 0:05:22.330 --> 0:05:22.830 Of your house. 0:05:23.670 --> 0:05:26.219 You'll get notified that they're there by your cameras, and 0:05:26.279 --> 0:05:29.960 then you'll get to watch them frustratedly attempt to get 0:05:30.000 --> 0:05:32.140 in through a door or window and not be able to. 0:05:32.260 --> 0:05:35.700 So we're going to try and cover the entire gambit today. 0:05:36.010 --> 0:05:39.279 And of course, middle hour of the show, We'll be 0:05:39.620 --> 0:05:41.820 going to the phones and taking your calls. And when 0:05:41.839 --> 0:05:46.000 it comes to your calls, any topic is wide open. 0:05:46.100 --> 0:05:49.110 You set the agenda. It's whatever has got you scratching 0:05:49.130 --> 0:05:51.330 your head about your home. I'll give the number out 0:05:51.370 --> 0:05:53.370 as we get a little closer to middle of the show. 0:05:53.779 --> 0:05:55.279 So you don't have to call in and sit in 0:05:55.300 --> 0:05:59.279 the queue too long. And that's the story. That is 0:05:59.320 --> 0:06:03.450 the story of today, a day in which we're all 0:06:03.510 --> 0:06:07.050 smiling because the heat wave has at least temporarily broken. 0:06:07.390 --> 0:06:10.510 There's water falling from the sky. It's a good thing. 0:06:10.610 --> 0:06:14.240 It actually looks a little bit like autumn around here. 0:06:14.850 --> 0:06:19.250 in Southern California, and we are rejoicing. Wherever you are, 0:06:19.390 --> 0:06:22.610 I hope the weather is treating you well. You hang tight, 0:06:23.170 --> 0:06:26.050 and we'll do more right after this. You are home 0:06:26.630 --> 0:06:28.310 with Dean Sharp, the House Whisperer. 0:06:29.930 --> 0:06:33.210 You're listening to Home with Dean Sharp, on demand from 0:06:33.290 --> 0:06:34.770 KFI AM640. 0:06:34.990 --> 0:06:38.920 We're talking home security today. It is our annual home 0:06:38.950 --> 0:06:43.360 security show. Why today? You know, because it's a show day. 0:06:43.520 --> 0:06:43.880 That's why. 0:06:44.600 --> 0:06:47.560 No, I don't have any particular strategy as far as 0:06:47.620 --> 0:06:50.599 the time of year or anything like that. It's not that, 0:06:51.500 --> 0:06:54.690 you know, burglaries go up this time of year per se. 0:06:54.850 --> 0:06:59.490 It's just something that is kind of ubiquitous and always 0:06:59.570 --> 0:07:02.500 present with us. And it was time. It was time 0:07:02.560 --> 0:07:05.260 on the schedule. And so it's time to talk to 0:07:05.300 --> 0:07:10.060 you about home security. Let's get into it. Home security, 0:07:10.300 --> 0:07:13.870 it's not just a stranger in a ski mask right 0:07:14.270 --> 0:07:17.550 in fact often that's not the case at all it's 0:07:17.910 --> 0:07:21.369 uh these days more often package theft off the porch 0:07:21.850 --> 0:07:25.700 uh it's opportunistic that's the word of the day really 0:07:26.420 --> 0:07:31.320 uh opportunistic entry through uh an unlocked door left in 0:07:31.360 --> 0:07:35.630 the driveway uh uh often A garage remote, if you're 0:07:35.670 --> 0:07:38.390 still going old school and you've got the remote for 0:07:38.410 --> 0:07:41.910 your garage door clipped to your visor of your car, 0:07:42.750 --> 0:07:46.920 not pre-programmed into your car, then you're just basically begging 0:07:47.320 --> 0:07:50.280 somebody to smash that car window, grab that remote, and 0:07:50.360 --> 0:07:55.200 open your house via the garage door, right? It's those 0:07:55.260 --> 0:08:01.430 kinds of things. The overwhelming majority of residential break-ins are opportunistic, 0:08:01.870 --> 0:08:05.190 not sophisticated. I always say this, and we say this 0:08:05.230 --> 0:08:08.830 like when we do security systems and sometimes have security 0:08:08.940 --> 0:08:15.200 teams for estate clients, okay? Somebody who is a pro 0:08:15.680 --> 0:08:20.060 and who spends enough time and energy targeting a house, 0:08:22.000 --> 0:08:22.580 they're going to get in. 0:08:22.920 --> 0:08:23.530 They're going to get in. 0:08:23.700 --> 0:08:26.240 It's going to be hard not to, unless you're spending 0:08:26.420 --> 0:08:29.940 a tremendous amount of money shutting it down. But the 0:08:30.110 --> 0:08:35.070 opportunistic and what we might say the light sophisticated burglars, 0:08:35.090 --> 0:08:37.670 the burglars who are like, you know, there's something I want. 0:08:37.590 --> 0:08:38.030 In that house. 0:08:38.050 --> 0:08:41.790 I'm going to case the joint for a bit. Those 0:08:41.870 --> 0:08:47.069 kind of folks, they can get stopped. Burglars are exploiting opportunities, 0:08:47.330 --> 0:08:53.510 unlocked doors, unlatched windows, weak hardware. rather than doing things 0:08:53.550 --> 0:08:57.090 like picking locks like you see on TV or cutting glass, right? 0:08:57.990 --> 0:08:59.670 So this is really kind of the spine of the 0:08:59.690 --> 0:09:04.170 whole episode. Detection tells you that something happened, deterrence stops 0:09:04.240 --> 0:09:06.739 it from happening, and you have got to be the 0:09:06.820 --> 0:09:08.420 one to decide, you know, how you're going to go 0:09:08.460 --> 0:09:10.720 with that, all right? So first half of the show, 0:09:10.780 --> 0:09:13.560 we'll be talking about what actually stops someone from getting 0:09:13.660 --> 0:09:19.060 in versus just alerts. Second half brings in our guest 0:09:19.100 --> 0:09:21.880 California security screens, and we'll talk about a layer of 0:09:21.920 --> 0:09:27.840 protections that most homeowners skip entirely. The recurring pattern on 0:09:27.900 --> 0:09:34.060 job sites, homes with a $ 3, 000 camera and a video 0:09:34.100 --> 0:09:40.180 doorbell system and a $ 40 sliding door lock that a 0:09:40.580 --> 0:09:44.890 determined 12-year-old could get through. That's the kind of inequity 0:09:45.320 --> 0:09:47.520 that I want you to kind of look at today, 0:09:47.540 --> 0:09:50.239 all right? So you spent a lot of money on 0:09:50.280 --> 0:09:55.450 your very, very smart detection system and you still have 0:09:55.470 --> 0:09:58.530 a cheap lock on the sliding glass door. So the 0:09:58.670 --> 0:10:01.500 imbalance of the money spent on tech and the money 0:10:01.520 --> 0:10:05.880 spent on physical hardening is really the through line for 0:10:06.059 --> 0:10:08.239 the show today that I want to help you out with, right? 0:10:08.260 --> 0:10:11.260 So let's talk about, let's start with the front door, okay? 0:10:11.870 --> 0:10:17.960 The front door, deadbolts. Deadbolts are really strong, okay? Have 0:10:17.980 --> 0:10:22.720 you ever looked at a deadbolt? Most even average quality 0:10:23.020 --> 0:10:29.690 deadbolt locks. That bolt is tempered steel. That bolt is 0:10:29.870 --> 0:10:37.270 hard to bend, break, cut. They're strong. That bolt comes 0:10:37.370 --> 0:10:41.420 out of the door and slides into a strike plate 0:10:42.240 --> 0:10:46.320 in the jam. That strike plate is held in place 0:10:46.559 --> 0:10:51.440 with two little three-quarter inch screws that only bite into 0:10:51.740 --> 0:10:55.440 a three-quarter inch thick piece of wood that's all the 0:10:55.500 --> 0:10:58.870 way on the edge of the jam. 0:10:59.170 --> 0:10:59.449 Okay? 0:10:59.490 --> 0:11:02.110 It's not even a hole in the center of the jam, 0:11:02.309 --> 0:11:05.130 front to back. It's all the way on the inside 0:11:05.330 --> 0:11:06.530 edge of the jam. 0:11:07.030 --> 0:11:07.130 So. 0:11:07.650 --> 0:11:10.530 When you see the thought of a door getting kicked 0:11:10.630 --> 0:11:12.949 in or busted in, and you're like, whoa, those guys 0:11:12.990 --> 0:11:13.470 are strong. 0:11:13.530 --> 0:11:14.290 No, they're not. 0:11:16.030 --> 0:11:19.730 That deadbolt is nothing more than a piece of metal 0:11:19.809 --> 0:11:23.980 sticking through a hole that's barely hanging into the side 0:11:24.200 --> 0:11:27.640 of a very, very weak piece of wood. And so 0:11:28.000 --> 0:11:31.960 this is lesson number one for you today. Now, the 0:11:32.080 --> 0:11:35.559 simplest fix, and there's a couple of layers of fix here. 0:11:36.040 --> 0:11:41.469 But the simplest fix is this. No deadbolt strike should 0:11:41.510 --> 0:11:45.250 be screwed into the door jamb. That's the lesson here. 0:11:45.730 --> 0:11:49.610 The deadbolt strike should be screwed through the door jamb 0:11:49.950 --> 0:11:55.770 into the very substantial 2x4 stud that the door jamb 0:11:55.820 --> 0:12:02.359 itself is attached to. If you want a piece of 0:12:02.420 --> 0:12:06.520 advice where in the next 30 minutes... You can change 0:12:06.800 --> 0:12:09.620 the security profile of your house significantly. 0:12:10.140 --> 0:12:10.640 This is it. 0:12:11.200 --> 0:12:18.380 Two 3-inch long screws. 3-inch long screws that you go 0:12:18.420 --> 0:12:21.520 pick up at the hardware store. The screw heads, you're 0:12:21.540 --> 0:12:23.970 going to want to size them. So you take out 0:12:24.190 --> 0:12:26.570 one of the puny little screws that are holding the 0:12:26.610 --> 0:12:29.070 existing strike plate in. And then go to the hardware 0:12:29.110 --> 0:12:33.710 store and find yourself a 3-inch long wood screw. that will, 0:12:34.190 --> 0:12:36.770 the head will recess in in the same space as 0:12:36.809 --> 0:12:40.199 the little strike plate screw. And then replace that strike 0:12:40.240 --> 0:12:42.500 plate screw with that three inch long screw. 0:12:42.540 --> 0:12:44.980 So it goes through the jam and. 0:12:45.059 --> 0:12:47.420 Into the stud and even into what we call the 0:12:47.480 --> 0:12:51.780 king stud, the second stud behind that stud. And now 0:12:52.480 --> 0:12:56.750 we have a deadbolt strike that is very, very difficult 0:12:56.780 --> 0:12:57.260 to kick in. 0:12:57.610 --> 0:13:00.150 That's it. It's two screws and a half hour worth 0:13:00.170 --> 0:13:00.650 of your time. 0:13:00.890 --> 0:13:01.030 Yep. 0:13:03.050 --> 0:13:06.090 I'm handing out pearls today. All right, more when we return. 0:13:06.510 --> 0:13:08.410 You're home with Dean Sharp, the House Whisperer. 0:13:08.950 --> 0:13:12.250 You're listening to Home with Dean Sharp, on demand from 0:13:12.309 --> 0:13:13.790 KFI AM640. 0:13:14.980 --> 0:13:18.060 Today, our way of doing that is we're talking about 0:13:18.100 --> 0:13:20.980 home security. I just handed you one of the great 0:13:21.080 --> 0:13:25.500 pearls of home security wisdom right before the break. The 0:13:25.580 --> 0:13:29.080 door strike on your front door, the deadbolt strike on 0:13:29.179 --> 0:13:31.809 any door with a deadbolt. You need to get rid 0:13:31.830 --> 0:13:34.760 of those little three quarter inch screws that came with 0:13:34.800 --> 0:13:37.700 the door strike. Just toss those in the trash or 0:13:37.760 --> 0:13:39.720 put them in a little jar and save them for 0:13:39.800 --> 0:13:43.300 some other useful thing. And get yourself a couple of 0:13:43.360 --> 0:13:47.660 hardened steel, three inch long wood screws and drill right 0:13:47.730 --> 0:13:53.230 through the door jam itself and screw those suckers into 0:13:53.790 --> 0:13:57.690 the trimmer wood, the two by four trimmer and the 0:13:57.770 --> 0:14:01.060 two by four king stud behind the trimmer. And put 0:14:01.080 --> 0:14:03.020 them at a slight angle if you can so you 0:14:03.120 --> 0:14:04.239 really get into. 0:14:04.000 --> 0:14:05.320 The meat of that wood. 0:14:05.679 --> 0:14:09.900 And now we're talking about a much, much more secure door. Now, yeah, 0:14:09.940 --> 0:14:12.100 there are other things I could talk about. You can 0:14:12.200 --> 0:14:17.030 buy larger door strikes or deadbolt strikes, meaning that they 0:14:17.090 --> 0:14:20.210 stretch out longer up and down the surface area of 0:14:20.230 --> 0:14:21.890 the jam and they have more screws in them. And 0:14:21.930 --> 0:14:25.050 that means the more screws, the more you could secure that. 0:14:25.930 --> 0:14:28.580 And yeah, you can get metal reinforcement caps for the 0:14:28.620 --> 0:14:31.810 door itself. That's all well and good, but if you 0:14:31.830 --> 0:14:34.370 have a good quality door and you have a regular 0:14:34.410 --> 0:14:36.980 house with regular framing, believe me, the most important part 0:14:37.000 --> 0:14:39.300 of that are the two screws that I just told 0:14:39.320 --> 0:14:44.979 you about. Moving on from there, let's talk about sliding doors. 0:14:45.780 --> 0:14:49.270 If you have newer sliding doors, I want to be clear, 0:14:49.330 --> 0:14:53.410 this concern is not for you. If you have newer 0:14:53.450 --> 0:14:57.739 sliding doors, then your sliding doors have very likely, and 0:14:57.780 --> 0:15:00.400 you should test this out by the way, don't just 0:15:00.460 --> 0:15:03.150 rely on the fact that they're new, but your sliding 0:15:03.190 --> 0:15:06.670 doors should have been designed so that they cannot be 0:15:06.910 --> 0:15:10.340 lifted out of the track while they're in the closed position, 0:15:10.580 --> 0:15:13.790 all right? So very simple. Slide your door closed. Don't 0:15:13.870 --> 0:15:16.200 latch it. Just leave it on, you know, because, you know, 0:15:16.380 --> 0:15:19.140 you don't want to break your latch. But slide it 0:15:19.180 --> 0:15:23.620 closed and then attempt to lift it up in its 0:15:23.660 --> 0:15:25.280 track and lift it out of the track. I don't 0:15:25.300 --> 0:15:27.160 think you're going to be able to, not on newer doors. 0:15:27.880 --> 0:15:31.770 To my knowledge, every door manufacturer for several years now 0:15:31.810 --> 0:15:34.550 has been designing their tracks so that that door cannot 0:15:34.590 --> 0:15:35.210 be removed. 0:15:35.590 --> 0:15:38.110 So you're like, well, wait, can the door be removed? 0:15:38.530 --> 0:15:41.860 Yes. the door has to basically be completely open. It 0:15:41.920 --> 0:15:44.120 has to slide all the way over into the open 0:15:44.160 --> 0:15:47.740 position before it hits a notch in the track that 0:15:47.800 --> 0:15:50.380 allows it to actually be pulled up and opened up. 0:15:50.460 --> 0:15:54.610 So that's a security feature. So the classic broomstick in 0:15:54.650 --> 0:16:00.070 the track trick, that works. That actually is great reinforcement 0:16:01.150 --> 0:16:05.850 If your door is one that will not get lifted 0:16:05.970 --> 0:16:07.890 out of its track when it's in the closed position. 0:16:07.910 --> 0:16:11.160 But if you have an older sliding glass door, then 0:16:11.200 --> 0:16:13.840 the broomstick, it ain't doing you any good, my friend, 0:16:14.020 --> 0:16:16.100 because we're just going to lift that door right out 0:16:16.380 --> 0:16:19.550 and get on into the house. So for you... And 0:16:19.590 --> 0:16:21.790 for everybody, actually, I like this better than the broomstick. 0:16:22.110 --> 0:16:24.360 You can go, you know, 15 bucks at the hardware store. 0:16:24.390 --> 0:16:27.960 You can buy a sliding door track pin, right? It's 0:16:28.000 --> 0:16:31.380 just a pin. You drill through the track and drill 0:16:31.400 --> 0:16:33.830 through the door and a little steel pin goes in 0:16:33.890 --> 0:16:36.550 when it's in the closed position. or there are some 0:16:36.630 --> 0:16:40.210 pin setups that are a little on spring, activated with 0:16:40.230 --> 0:16:42.610 little buttons that go on the inside edge of the door. 0:16:42.970 --> 0:16:47.160 Either way, it's just that extra lock that basically not 0:16:47.240 --> 0:16:50.940 only keeps the door from sliding open, but also stops 0:16:51.000 --> 0:16:53.140 anybody from trying to lift it out of its track. 0:16:53.820 --> 0:16:57.760 It's $ 15, $ 20, $ 30 at the most for the most high-tech, 0:16:57.800 --> 0:17:00.640 complicated one that you can buy, and it takes just 0:17:00.680 --> 0:17:02.940 a few minutes to put in place. 0:17:03.120 --> 0:17:07.510 All right. Now, You're like, good, good. I feel safe. 0:17:07.720 --> 0:17:10.470 I feel safe because I've got a really, you know, 0:17:10.510 --> 0:17:13.580 my garage door, it's got a great locking opener on it. 0:17:14.150 --> 0:17:16.170 And my front door that I paid a lot of 0:17:16.230 --> 0:17:20.300 money for, I've followed Dean's advice and I've got those 0:17:20.359 --> 0:17:23.720 screws in there. So we are secure. Well, guess what? 0:17:24.260 --> 0:17:26.440 If I'm casing your place, if I'm coming over your place, 0:17:27.700 --> 0:17:30.040 I'm not looking at your expensive front door. In fact, 0:17:30.100 --> 0:17:32.770 I'm assuming that your expensive front door is the hardest 0:17:32.790 --> 0:17:34.889 door to get into. I'm not going to mess with 0:17:34.930 --> 0:17:38.290 your garage door because garage doors are tough to get into, 0:17:38.470 --> 0:17:42.410 generally speaking. And they're usually right up front, in front 0:17:42.450 --> 0:17:44.530 of the driveway, in front of your house. And so 0:17:44.710 --> 0:17:48.120 everybody in the neighborhood sees me trying to pry your 0:17:48.130 --> 0:17:51.359 garage door open. I'm not going in through there either. 0:17:51.780 --> 0:17:55.830 My favorite door in your house is is the side 0:17:55.890 --> 0:17:59.000 door into your garage. Yeah, that one that you have 0:17:59.040 --> 0:18:03.900 done zero things to. The door on the side yard 0:18:03.940 --> 0:18:09.159 of your house into your garage that in some cases, shockingly, 0:18:09.420 --> 0:18:12.270 when I walk through a home, is a hollow core 0:18:12.310 --> 0:18:16.740 door that I could basically just lean against and break in. 0:18:19.170 --> 0:18:21.750 But it's a door with a simple knob and a 0:18:21.840 --> 0:18:25.700 cheap $ 15 latch and maybe not a deadbolt at all. 0:18:25.900 --> 0:18:28.760 Or if there is a deadbolt, you definitely haven't used 0:18:28.800 --> 0:18:30.520 the long screw trick on that one. 0:18:30.940 --> 0:18:31.800 So here's the thing. 0:18:32.740 --> 0:18:37.040 That side garage door, one of the first things that 0:18:37.180 --> 0:18:41.590 opportunistic burglars want to key into because it is nine 0:18:41.650 --> 0:18:45.970 times out of 10, the easiest pathway into your home. 0:18:46.030 --> 0:18:50.650 Nobody's going to spend time trying to finagle their way 0:18:50.730 --> 0:18:53.140 into a house when they can just hop the side 0:18:53.180 --> 0:18:58.600 yard gate be clear visibility, you know, hidden from the 0:18:58.640 --> 0:19:03.160 neighbors and bust in your side garage door, which may 0:19:03.200 --> 0:19:05.080 not have a sensor on it, may not have a 0:19:05.100 --> 0:19:08.090 good deadbolt on it, may not even be a good door, right? 0:19:08.240 --> 0:19:10.910 It's just the cheapest door. You're like, man, that door, 0:19:10.950 --> 0:19:12.750 I'm not going to spend any money on that door. Well, 0:19:12.770 --> 0:19:15.850 you should for security purposes. No, it's not a door 0:19:15.910 --> 0:19:18.830 that anybody has to look at and go, ooh, you 0:19:18.850 --> 0:19:20.770 know what I remember about your house? I really liked 0:19:20.810 --> 0:19:23.730 that side door coming off your garage. That's not the point. 0:19:24.310 --> 0:19:26.449 The point is, it needs to be a good door 0:19:26.930 --> 0:19:28.570 so that it keeps you secure. 0:19:29.670 --> 0:19:30.090 Windows. 0:19:30.270 --> 0:19:34.200 Window latches that have been painted over repeatedly or older 0:19:34.340 --> 0:19:38.859 friction-fit latches that were never designed as security hardware in 0:19:38.900 --> 0:19:44.919 the first place. They're often overlooked. They're locked sometimes, but 0:19:44.920 --> 0:19:47.600 minimal actual resistance. 0:19:47.600 --> 0:19:47.899 Okay? 0:19:48.280 --> 0:19:53.480 You got old double-hung windows, old style with the little 0:19:53.540 --> 0:19:56.899 twist clasp at the top, right? You twist the one 0:19:56.980 --> 0:20:00.770 in and it engages the other side, and you're like, well, 0:20:01.150 --> 0:20:06.050 nobody can grab that thing. That thing's locked in really good. Yeah, except, again... 0:20:06.410 --> 0:20:10.820 The latch that it's tied into is probably secured into 0:20:10.840 --> 0:20:14.340 that window sash with a couple of three-quarter inch screws. 0:20:14.400 --> 0:20:18.460 Three-quarter inch screws are probably responsible for more burglaries in 0:20:18.520 --> 0:20:24.710 America than any other piece of hardware. Undersized screws. That's 0:20:24.770 --> 0:20:27.910 the point. It's not how beefy the hardware is. It's 0:20:27.930 --> 0:20:30.830 how strong is it attached to the thing that it's 0:20:30.850 --> 0:20:32.810 supposed to be protecting. 0:20:33.290 --> 0:20:33.689 Look at me. 0:20:34.240 --> 0:20:37.600 I'm breaking my voice just to emphasize to you how 0:20:37.660 --> 0:20:42.840 important this is. It's the attachment. It's not just the 0:20:42.900 --> 0:20:45.760 beefiness of the hardware. Does that make sense? 0:20:46.100 --> 0:20:49.700 All right. I think you're catching my flow here. All right. 0:20:49.780 --> 0:20:52.800 More when we return. You're home with Dean Sharp, the 0:20:52.840 --> 0:20:53.480 House Whisperer. 0:20:54.369 --> 0:20:57.670 You're listening to Home with Dean Sharp, on demand from 0:20:57.730 --> 0:20:59.230 KFI AM640. 0:20:59.430 --> 0:21:02.850 Home security. That's what we're talking about. Although. 0:21:03.730 --> 0:21:06.129 I need to tell you this. We're actually creeping up 0:21:06.270 --> 0:21:09.270 on middle hour of the show, which means we're going 0:21:09.290 --> 0:21:13.149 to unlock the phone lines and invite you to call in. 0:21:13.840 --> 0:21:17.280 Anything that's got you scratching your head about your home, design, construction, 0:21:17.340 --> 0:21:23.160 DIY stuff, inside, outside, hardscape, landscape, you can talk home 0:21:23.180 --> 0:21:26.020 security with me, but you don't have to apologize if 0:21:26.080 --> 0:21:29.090 it's a different topic. Whatever has you. 0:21:31.000 --> 0:21:33.189 Scratch in your head about your home, okay? We'll put 0:21:33.230 --> 0:21:35.510 our heads together. We will get it figured out, I promise. 0:21:35.590 --> 0:21:41.140 Here is the number to reach me. 833-2-ASK-DEAN. 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Here is one. 0:22:21.720 --> 0:22:24.690 Of those things that I wanted to cover today for 0:22:24.750 --> 0:22:28.770 you smart house enthusiasts. I know I've already kind of 0:22:28.950 --> 0:22:34.720 poo-pooed some smart tech ideas. already in the home security realm. 0:22:34.820 --> 0:22:36.939 And believe me, I'm not talking it down. I have 0:22:36.980 --> 0:22:40.800 cameras and that stuff too, right? I just don't want 0:22:40.859 --> 0:22:44.379 you resting behind your cameras thinking that that is a 0:22:44.420 --> 0:22:48.460 complete home security system because cameras don't stop anybody from 0:22:48.520 --> 0:22:52.100 doing anything. They just watch them do it, okay? That's 0:22:52.140 --> 0:22:54.900 all I'm saying. We just got to be aware of that. 0:22:56.080 --> 0:23:00.480 Casing behavior, the way that burglars who really are kind 0:23:00.520 --> 0:23:05.480 of being intentful about getting into your home. They often 0:23:05.560 --> 0:23:08.780 will surveil a home for a time, right? Not a 0:23:08.820 --> 0:23:12.040 long time, but they're looking for patterns. They're looking for 0:23:12.340 --> 0:23:16.480