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Locks are the most basic home safety products around.

Locks: Home Safety Products We All Need

Obviously, a home security system is the best way to ensure home safety. But that's not always an option for everyone. Depending on where you live and when your house was built, you might have different locks on your house than someone else might have. A house built in a suburb of Kansas City in the 1960s might have the kind of lock where you push the doorknob in and turn it to the right to lock it or something similar to that. A house built in the same area in the 1980s might just have a pushbutton lock. But houses built in the 1990s and later have deadbolts. If you have an older house with the aforementioned types of locks, you might consider getting deadbolts. These are some of the most effective home safety products (and the cheapest) you can buy.

Locks are home safety products you can do a lot with. You could have one deadbolt that opens with a key, and a keyless deadbolt above it that can only be opened from the inside for an extra measure of security. If you don't want to do that, you could get a deadbold and a chain. A deadbolt is definitely the way to go, but you want to make sure the deadbolt you have goes at least 3/4"-1" into the door frame.

Other Locks Your Home Needs

If you have small children, you need more locks than you can imagine. These are usually some of the most helpful child safety products you can buy from the time your child starts to crawl until he or she goes to school. You need home safety products like cabinet locks and drawer locks to keep them out of chemicals and away from sharp objects. You might also want to put locks on things like toilet lids. It's gross, but some kids are curious about the toilet when they're first exploring.

Other Home Safety Products

Many times your situation at home will dictate what home safety products you need. If you are caring for someone with Alzheimer's disease, you may want to take special precautions like placing red tape around things that may be hot and outlet covers on outlets to help insure kitchen safety . Keep all medications locked up so the person doesn't take one that isn't meant for him or her by mistake. The same goes for alcohol.

If you live with someone who doesn't have Alzheimer's disease but is an older person who has difficulty getting around, installing grab bars in the bathtub isn't a bad idea. Combine this with a stool for them to sit on in the tub and a handheld shower head device and non-slip stickers on the bottom of the tub and bathing or showering becomes much easier for that person.

Some of the most important safety products you can have in your home are fire safety products like smoke detectors and fire alarms. Similarly, a carbon monoxide detector isn't a bad idea either. Having these products and knowing how to use them can mean the difference between life and death in certain situations.