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BoxC-32068 Richmond, Virginia 23261-2(>(>8 HOME REPAIR AND IMPROVEMENT HOME SAFETY AND SECURITY BY THE EDITORS OF TIME-LIFE BOOKS, ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA The Consultants let'l Palumbo is a registered journeyman car- penterwho has a home-building and remod- eling business in northern Virginia. His interest in carpentry was sparked by his grandfather, a master carpenter with more than 50 years' ex- perience. Mr. Palumbo teaches in the Fairfax County Adult Education Program. Mark M. Steele is a professional home inspec- tor in the Washington, D.C., area. He has de- veloped and conducted training programs in homeown- home-ownership skills for first-time ers. He appears frequently on television and radio as an expert in home repair and con- sumer topics. David A. Mandel is the vice president of Liberty Lock and Security, Inc., in Rockville, Maryland. He is a memberofthe board ofdirectors ofthe National Burglarand Fire Alarm Association (NBFAA) and a past presidentofthe National Capital Alarm Association. CONTENTS BARRIERS AGAINST BREAK-INS 5 Barriers against Break-Ins A safe and secure home requires protection against fire and accidents as well as bur- glary. Yet for many homeowners, break-ins remain the principal concern, largely be- cause many residences are poorly equipped to bar intrusion. The improvements on the following pages—a chain-link fence, well-placed yard lights, sturdy locks and window grilles—can provide all the protection mosthomes need, simply and economically. A Boundary of Chain-Link Fence 8 Basic Locks and Bolts 32 A Guardian for the Front Door Anchoring the Posts Protection for Special Doors Installing the Top Rails Hanging the Wire Mesh Locking Sheds and Garages Taking Up the Slack Gates for Walks and Driveways Putting On a Better Lock 38 Replacing Cylinders Low-Cost Lighting 1 Adding a Deadbolt Working with Conduit Installing a Spring Latch Running a Cable for an Outside Light The Right Way to Attach a Rim Lock A Mortise Lock Tapping an Existing Fixture Installing a Box in Concrete Block Vertical Bolts for French Doors An Exit from a Basement or Crawlspace Recessing a Light in a Stairway Wall Windows That Cannot Be Forced Open 47 Mounting a Fixture in an Eave Adapting a Yard Light to a Mercury-Vapor Bulb Locks for Double-Hung Windows An Incandescent Flood Lamp A Keyed Latch in a Casement Window Low-Voltage Lighting 50 Panes of Shatter-Resistant Plastic Strengthening Vulnerable Doorways 26 Setting Plastic in a Wood Sash Holes to Grip Screws Tight Procedures for Metal Sashes Matching Bits to Screws Sawproofing a Door Ready-Made Window Grilles 52 A Deadbolt Strike Box Stiffening a Frame Anchors for Masonry Walls Securing Problem Doors Safes and Vaults for the House 54 Repositories for Your Valuables Building a Safe into a Wall Bolting a Safe to the Floor An Enclosure of Concrete Blocks Homemade Strongrooms A Boundary of Chain-Link Fence Anyfenceisapsychologicalbar- is galvanized to preventrust, and it rier, butahigh chain-linkfenceis a weathers to a dull gray. At addition- realobstacleto illegalentry. Bur- al cost, you canbuy mesh and posts glars alsoknowthatsuch afence with acolored vinyl coating; dark makesremoval ofvaluablesawk- green is popularbecause itblends ward andhighlyvisible. with shrubbery. Anchors or Concrete: Posts for Planning the Job: Where you can a chain-link fence mustbe set in place a fence and how high it is al- concrete onlywhen the soil is lowed to be are generally regulated rocky orvery sandy. Elsewhere, by code. Itiswise to set afence metal anchors (right) simplify the afoot or so inside yourproperty job. They also make the installation line to avoid accidentally infringing go fast: Using anchors, two work- on the nextlot. ers normally can erect 300 to 500 Before ordering materials, draw feet offencing, complete with a rough scale map. Ma—rkthe loca- gates, in aweekend. Concrete foot- tions ofterminal posts thickposts ings, on the otherhand, require at needed atgates, corners, and other least 2 days to harden before the positions as described in Step 1, op- mesh can be installed. posite. Sketch in additional posts, known as line posts, so thatno Selecting Materials: Ifyou have a posts are more than 10 feet apart. choice, buyheavy-gauge posts; Usingthe map, afence distributor lighterones cost less, butthe tops can supplywire mesh, posts, and may deform asthey are driven into hardware forthejob. Many distribu- place, complicating thejob. Consid- tors also rent special tools, such as er cosmetic issues whenyou post drivers, stretcherbars (page choose the chain-link mesh. The 13), and cablejacks, or"come- least expensive and most common alongs," to pull the fencing taut. TOOLS Ropes MATERIALS Rail bands and SAFETY TIPS Lineman's pliers cups Posthole digger Cable jacks Wood stakes Top rails Put on goggles whenever you are or shovel Stretcher bars Metal post anchors Tension bars hammering something at or above Torpedo level Hammer or concrete Tension bands, waist level, and have your helper don Post driver Adjustable wrench Line posts and caps nuts, and bolts a hard hat to steadyposts that you File Electric drill with Terminal posts and Tie wires are driving. Cloves protect your Sledgehammer carbide bits caps Prefabricated gate, hands when you work with individual (12-lb.i Grindstone attach- Chain-link mesh hinges, and latch strands ofwire or with wet concrete. Hacksaw ment
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