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Burglar-Proofing Your Home from the Outside

Home security can often be an element that is overlooked and mainly considered for the inside of the home. Whilst ensuring your home is safe and secure on the inside is really important, it’s just as important to ensure the safety is carried through to the garden, as this can often be a starting point for any burglars targeting your home. Making sure both your interiors and exteriors are safe and secure will enable you to rest assured that your home is as burglar-proof as possible. Install Sensor Lighting One of the most obvious yet surprisingly forgotten features to any garden security is motion lighting. Motion or sensor lighting is ideal for adding extra security to your garden, especially through those wintery months. The lighting will help a great deal when used in areas that may have extra foliage or built up hedges. If you look into your garden and cannot see a certain area, this is an indicator to you that you may need to add some motion lighting to ensure that if needed, you ...

4 Ways to Save Money with Electrical Upgrades

Even though it appears as though the economy around the globe is getting back on an even keel, there is always a need to save money. No one knows what tomorrow may bring and if you have any hope of tucking some money aside for that rainy day that just might come again in the future, one of the best ways to save a tidy sum is with a few electrical upgrades that can greatly reduce what you spend month after month. Here are a few of the best ways to save money. 1. Automate Wherever Possible How many times have you yelled at the kids for leaving the outside lights on when they come in after meeting with friends in the evening? Or what about all those times you forgot to turn off the basement lights off when coming up from the root cellar? Some families like to turn off the hot water heater at night to save money and others still want to set climate control to switch off at certain times of the day or night when heat or air conditioning just aren’t needed. An electrician can actually hard w...

Tips and planning to preserve garden in winter

Winter is coming with all its comfort and cosiness of home and yet, it brings a great challenge with it. The moment blizzards and snowflakes touch garden, the beauty of summer comes to a halt. In order to preserve the beauty of garden , it requires little care and up keep. OECO Garden Rooms provide some nifty and helpful tips in order to maintain your garden. Preservation of lawn Winter is an ultimate time of the year for any new garden to be prepared. Cultivate the required area leaving some tuft of soil on the surface which will be broken by rime frost, making it a great base. For existing gardens, grass cutting is required by one third. Summer is the time of growth and if the the size of grass is kept at medium by feeding it less then it will not become fragile and will outlive winter. Weeds and moss are also required to be kept under control and fallen leaves need to be scraped up regularly for a good access to sunlight. Preservation of plants Plants become inactive, with drop of ...