Index

Reference

These three pages carry the parts of the subject that are too important to be a footnote on a product page. Everything else on the site links back to them.

3 pages, 19 sections between them, and one rule that outranks the rest: getting out beats keeping anybody out.

• Escape Routes and Fire Safety

  Every restraining device on this site is described alongside this page, because the failure mode of home security is not a break-in. It is a family that cannot get out of a bedroom, or a crew that cannot get into one.

  7 sections · 4 sources

• Cameras, Privacy and the Rules

  This page does not tell you what the law is. It tells you which questions have answers that depend on where you live and what you have signed, so you can go and find yours before the camera is on the wall.

  6 sections · 3 sources

• Door and Lock Measurements

  Most lock returns are measurement problems wearing a compatibility costume. Five numbers decide what will physically fit your door, and all five can be taken in ten minutes with a tape measure.

  6 sections · 3 sources