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Simple Actions You Can Take Right Now to Keep Your Home and Family Safe
These days, there’s truly no dearth of dangers, unseen or otherwise, that can threaten your home and your family. These can range from the obvious, like crime and diseases, to those that are easily overlooked, like toxins from household products. It’s truly a must to explore long-term, sustainable and effective solutions to keep your home safe and your family’s quality of life high. Consider these suggestions from me your Realtor Jeffrey Nitz of Luxury & Beach Realty.
Safe and Healthy
It can be said that the biggest threats to your home are those that threaten the health of your family. For this reason, you put in the effort to keep yourself and your kids healthy, making sure that everyone keeps a reasonably healthy diet, clocks in regular exercise, and so much more.
And then there are unseen threats that can be all-too-easy to overlook or even brush off altogether. Take the water that you and your family are drinking, for instance. While tap water is generally purported to be safe in most areas, the fact is, you can’t be 100 percent sure, especially in highly urbanized areas where harmful contaminants may be present in the water. For this reason, it’s definitely prudent to have an extra safety measure in place, such as a good water filtration system, suggests Business Wire.
Another silent risk is the indoor air that we breathe. As important as it is to clean or change out the filters in a water purification system, you should do the same with your HVAC system. The Home Depot recommends changing out fiberglass filters every 30 days and pleated filters every three to six months, depending on factors like whether you have pets or someone in the house is a smoker. It also depends on the material and manufacturer, as well as how often the system is used.
Safe From Harmful Substances
While still in the subject of health, another thing that’s often easily overlooked but is absolutely no less important a concern is the chemicals that your family may be inadvertently exposed to on a daily basis at home. In fact, you may be shocked to know just how many toxic things you and your family use everyday that are found in most, if not all, cleaning products, cosmetics, and even cookware—to name just a few.
With this in mind, it’s more than wise to start paying close attention to the stuff that your family uses regularly in and even outside of the home. You can, in fact, easily make your own safe yet no-less-effective cleaning products using safe ingredients. One great example is hand sanitizer, which you can easily DIY by mixing rubbing alcohol, essential oils like peppermint or lavender, and aloe vera gel. As a bonus, you won’t even have to worry if stores are out of stock as you can create homemade hand sanitizers anytime.
Safe From Crime
Of course, just as pressing is a concern for your home is crime. ScienceDirect notes that criminals can be extremely motivated in general, so you simply can never have too many safety measures in place. But you may be surprised to find that securing your home can be a simple enough matter of mixing technology and no small amount of common sense.
Case in point, installing a smart security system is a very smart thing to do. However, it’s just as smart to be mindful of locking your doors and windows or maintaining adequate lighting in and around your home. If the need arises for replacing your locks (i.e., moving into a new home) or adding new locks for extra security, consider hiring an experienced locksmith. As you research the local talent pool via service directories like Angi, be sure the pro you hire specializes in residential jobs, and that they are licensed, insured and offer a warranty on their work.
Suffice to say, your family is only as safe as the measures you take to preserve health and security overall. Indeed, it’s never too late to pay attention to what your household needs in terms of safety, and there’s certainly no better time than the present to deliver. So look into the many different ways you can keep your family and home safe today.