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Old 24-06-2020, 08:15 AM #1
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Default what is safer?

i mean now with this hot weather, my parents want to either leave a window or backdoor downstairs open at night, but of course in terms of burglaries what i see on the news, and crimewatch here

idk what is safer


and leaving everything closed downstairs makes the heat stay inside


so i need some advice about this
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I’d never leave a flamin’ door open at night .. that’s an invitation to opportunist thief , cats or foxes !!


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Neither is safer unfortunately. If you have to leave something, I would say the smallest window although my parents left an upstairs bathroom window open that was tiny.......and they still got burgled. There were a gang going round who used a child to climb through small windows and then let the other people in through the doors. There were footprints on the toilet that were consistent of a child aged under 10
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I always leave windows open at night, would have thought it would be fine to

A door is a definite no though
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one sleeps downstairs, my dad, also now mostly because of a injury (which also prevents him from going to work)

maybe the window then, small gap just enough for some fresh air to come in at night
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Are they intending to go off for tapas and wine down the street?
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Maybe a small window in the room your Dad sleeps but a backdoor noooo
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Really all depends where you live. All my upstairs windows are left open overnight, and a couple small windows downstairs. The crime rate is about country average here, but people aren't burgling houses in my area lol (they would also need to mess around with a ladder too, thus being heard), they're burgling the houses actually worth burgling.
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Or get a fan, or invest in a standalone air con unit....
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Maybe a small window in the room your Dad sleeps but a backdoor noooo
thx for advice, but tbh i was discussing a bit with my mom again too, and maybe just a fan on mode 2 rather than mode 1 could still be safest



as for now myself, sorry climate but i have my airco on right now,


also just a few days of heat anyway, by the weekend we get some (thunder) storms again what gives some cooler weather, some rain either
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It would be silly to leave a window vopen if you don't have a big dog. Burgulars are opportunists after all.


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Neither is safer unfortunately. If you have to leave something, I would say the smallest window although my parents left an upstairs bathroom window open that was tiny.......and they still got burgled. There were a gang going round who used a child to climb through small windows and then let the other people in through the doors. There were footprints on the toilet that were consistent of a child aged under 10


That last bit is especially worrying !



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It was a good few years ago but the police were aware of them using a child to get through small windows. They did loads of houses in the area that way.
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Our windows lock open, and they're open all year. Wouldn't leave a door open though.

If someone gets in my dog has permission to eat them.
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It's a tough one, Nicky.
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Have you tried buying a neon flashing sign with 2 fingers pointing at the house, and "free stuff inside" displayed?
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my dad said wanting to leave the door open


he dislikes the fan because it gives him a sore throat, sore eyes
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my dad said wanting to leave the door open


he dislikes the fan because it gives him a sore throat, sore eyes
Much better to wake to an empty house.
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my dad said wanting to leave the door open


he dislikes the fan because it gives him a sore throat, sore eyes
Has he tried not pointing the fan at his face?
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I was always taught to never leave the backdoor or downstairs windows open of a night time regardless of how hot it is. Someone tried to burgle our shed in the back garden once but luckily they didn’t manage to get away with anything .

We have our upstairs bedroom windows open of a night time but even then they have those special lock things on them so you can’t fully open them from the outside.
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exactly what my mom said too
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You need to get your dad on here Nicky
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