This article was prepared for publication in the South Coast Herald @ Home 18 March, 2011

You don’t need to live in Fort Knox to feel safe at home

With South Africa still suffering under rampant crime, it has become essential to ensure that your home, property and loved ones are sufficiently protected against unwanted visitors. Sadly today having a home alarm with armed response is no longer enough to be safe. You need to control the access to and from your property.
Margate Engineering has been supplying the South Coast with security solutions for over 50 years.  eoff Howard-Tripp – MD, has kindly offered to share some of his thoughts on the thorny issue of ensuring your families safety, without your home looking like a fort.

When it comes to access control Geoff and his team of security specialists strive for a perfect mix between security and beauty.  For instance, galvanised palisade fencing can be painted to subtly blend with the greenery of the garden, and a driveway gate can be manufactured to almost any design and be so attractive that you almost forget it’s a security feature. With automated gate motor installations great care and planning is taken to ensure they blend in.
To round off your access control measures, Geoff recommends either the Spanish style burglar guards or Rollerstyle aluminium shutters, which protects all of your windows, not just the ones that open.

Feel free to drop in to Margate Engineering’s office on Marine Drive in Manaba or call on (039) 312 2595 or (039) 312 0541. One of the team will be glad to assist you with all your security needs or visit their website at www.margateengineering.co.za

Margate Engineering's Geoff Howard-Tripp with one of his company's installations. Margate Engineering supplies and installs a full range of Security solutions.