Glass Bricks Offer Protection and Appeal

• Install a two-sided deadbolt that requires a key to unlock either side. But there is a drawback: If there's a fire at your home, your family may be at greater risk. It takes more time to find a key and unlock the door to get out.
• Use reinforced glass in the entryway. Reinforced glass with wire inside keeps intruders out when the glass breaks. But it is not that attractive. Glass bricks, on the other hand, are appealing and let natural light in. They also are thick and hard to penetrate. Use glass bricks in highly visible parts of your home and wire-embedded glass for basement windows.
• Add home security, which offers a high level of customized protection and no drawbacks. Products include glass break detectors, motion detectors, and contact sensors that activate when a door or window opens.