Do Cages Work To Keep Your Air Conditioner or Water System Safe?

Picture is worth a thousand words.  It is not to say that you will or will not be helped by having a cage as a deterrent but this one doesn't to have appeared to help much. The problem is, the cage enables a perpetrator to get to the parts from the ac system.  There are systems that are better than this one and we have seen some of them work successfully.  The bars need to be very close together to be effective. 
The weakness then is just the door or locking mechanism that must be in place to be able to work on the unit. 

Our advice is to remove the unit as soon as you know the home is vacant and have them stored off site.  Some owners will have them removed and put in the garage.  Thisbeing less effective,  is being found out by perpetrators as they enter the home looking for the air handler or other things in the home.  Having the items stored in another location is usually a better decision.

The key is also to make the home look occupied if you choose to leave your appliances and or outside equipment in place.  Talk to your neighbors.  They can be your biggest deterrent.  It would be a shame if you spent the money to put a cage in place like the one shown, only to lose the equipment anyway.

For more information on how to protect your equipment, check out our website at http://www.aaarealtyllc.com/

Cheers for now,
Tammy Rodriguez
Broker/Owner