The Home Alone movies are a particular seasonal favourite for the team here at P&R Alarms. While we would love to be able to install the hilarious burglar traps that Kevin does, it’s technically against the law so a burglar alarm and CCTV are your best bet for deterring break-ins over this festive season. To… Read more »
Could A Smart System Be Intrusive?
One of the compromises we have to make with modern technology is accepting a certain amount of intrusion into our lives. Whenever you get a new smartphone you spend the first couple of days figuring out how to turn off all the notifications from the apps that come pre-loaded, such as weather and news apps. … Read more »
Save Money On Your Home Insurance
Who doesn’t want to save money? The answer: no-one. We all want to save money where we can, either to bring our outgoings in line with our income, or to save for a big item like a car or a house deposit. Some ways of saving money are obvious – take a packed lunch to… Read more »
Dealing With Tiny Intruders
We’re mainly concerned with preventing human-sized intruders gaining access to your home or business, but there’s a much smaller intruder that you also need to be aware of – rodents. Rats, mice and squirrels can cause a lot of damage to a property, not to mention being generally unhygienic and a real pest in the… Read more »
Would You Invite A Burglar In?
You might think we’re talking about distraction burglaries, where one or more burglars work to gain access to your home through the front door, distracting you with a question or posing as a legitimate visitor (perhaps to read the meter), while they and/or their accomplice rob you. Distraction burglaries are a real problem, as it… Read more »
Dark Nights – Remember Your Lights
Who remembers this road safety campaign? You might have seen it on roadside signs, in the toilets at motorway services and in the print media. Although it’s an older safety campaign the message is still very relevant today, and not just for road safety. Good lighting around the home is often an afterthought, especially as… Read more »
Security Products Show You What You’re Missing
Just a few years ago domestic CCTV wasn’t something that everyone had access to. The cost of CCTV devices has come down a lot, which has resulted in an increase in sales of standalone items like video doorbells or car dashcams. This means that a lot more of us now has access to video and/or… Read more »
Home Security Tips For Halloween And Bonfire Night
Our autumn festivals might still look a bit different this year – although Covid restrictions have been lifted, we still have to be very mindful. This means that there will be fewer fireworks displays and bonfires and these will more than likely be a much smaller, family-oriented affair. Halloween will also look a bit different… Read more »
Is My Alarm System Hackable?
The proliferation of wireless technology means that we can charge our mobile phones without having to plug them in, we can control the lights upstairs from our phone downstairs, and we can even use voice commands to operate wireless devices. If we look back just two decades this kind of technology was something you’d see… Read more »
The Lights Are On, Is Anybody Home?
A light on in a house is an instant sign that someone is at home. It’s because of this that we set lights on timers when we’re going away, so that a passing burglar will assume the house isn’t empty and will move on to the next one. With the rise of smart homes and… Read more »