Hey hey
I'm moving into my first "by myself" apartment next Friday.
I chose the ground floor model, because I can have a barbecue and walk chester and dynah out on the little bit of grass in front of it if I choose too. The downside to having the groundfloor is security of course.
I have a sliding glass door that I bought a bar that snaps down and holds it in place for. It will be installed first.
I also have a window that slides side to side. We're going to have to measure it when we get there. The man at home depot suggesed a mechanisim where you drill a hole or two into the opposite window, attach the mechanisim to the one on in inside and the lock has a pin that pops into the holes, essentially attaching one to the other. I think it'd work, but I'm wondering if I need something more visible. All of the bars and such that I've found for windows get applied to the outter edge on the inside (not holding the window in place at all).
We're going to bring a piece of wood and a saw to cut for it for the first night, then figure out what's next the next day.
Do any of you have special locks on your windows and doors (past manufactuers)? If you do, what would you suggest. I just want to make sure I'm safe, even though it's in a nice neighbourhood.
I'm moving into my first "by myself" apartment next Friday.
I chose the ground floor model, because I can have a barbecue and walk chester and dynah out on the little bit of grass in front of it if I choose too. The downside to having the groundfloor is security of course.
I have a sliding glass door that I bought a bar that snaps down and holds it in place for. It will be installed first.
I also have a window that slides side to side. We're going to have to measure it when we get there. The man at home depot suggesed a mechanisim where you drill a hole or two into the opposite window, attach the mechanisim to the one on in inside and the lock has a pin that pops into the holes, essentially attaching one to the other. I think it'd work, but I'm wondering if I need something more visible. All of the bars and such that I've found for windows get applied to the outter edge on the inside (not holding the window in place at all).
We're going to bring a piece of wood and a saw to cut for it for the first night, then figure out what's next the next day.
Do any of you have special locks on your windows and doors (past manufactuers)? If you do, what would you suggest. I just want to make sure I'm safe, even though it's in a nice neighbourhood.