2015

Locked Out Of The House? 3 Ways To Prepare For Next Time

You’ve locked yourself out of the house. You’re probably waiting for a locksmith and wishing you had access to an emergency key. While you can’t prevent future lockouts, you can make sure you’re prepared the next time. The best way to prepare for a future lockout is to hide an emergency key. When you hide your key, you want to make sure you place it in a secure location. Here are four safe places to hide an emergency key.…

Choosing The Best Lock For Your Front Door

The primary goal of a lock on the front door is to prevent unauthorized entry. Some locks are better at this than others. When considering a lock replacement for your front door, get the best available for the most protection from intruders. Here is how the deadbolt keeps your home safe and what to look for in residential locks. A Simple Mechanism With Many Parts That Must Work Together The deadbolt lock attaches to the door with a knob on the inside and a key lock on the outside used to move the bolt.…

How To Properly Secure Your New Home

When you move into a new home, you don’t often consider the fact that the previous owner might still have a copy of the key or that they would attempt to gain access. However, it is better to be safe than sorry. Here are some ways to secure your home after you move in. Change the Garage Door Code All electronic access codes that get you into your home should be changed, such as your garage door.…

Never Locked Out | The Do's And Don'ts Of Spare Key Hiding

If you want to make sure you are never left out in the cold because you have lost your house key, the most logical thing to do is to hide a spare somewhere that is within reach. Even though this sounds like a simple way to avoid having to call on a locksmith every time you get locked out, hiding a spare key should actually require a great deal of thought.…

3 Basic Tips For Protecting And Fortifying Your Property

Smooth operation for a house heist depends on speed, stealth and ease of entry. To deflect burglars from your property, the conditions in and around your house must run counter to these needs. These tips will help you fortify your property and protect your home from intruders.  Reduce Hiding Places, Improve Visibility Thieves who want to make a stealthy approach, who wish to scope out the best point of entry and who want to get an up-close look at your property, are going to seek out the best places to hide within close proximity to your house.…

3 Tips For Providing Better Building Security

Your commercial property most likely stores a lot of confidential data, legal documents, and expensive computer equipment, so protecting it is essential. Here are some tips for getting the best building security and protecting your assets. Have Deadbolts Installed Building security begins with the types of locks that are on your doors. You can begin by having a locksmith install commercial-grade deadbolt locks on all entrance doors of the building. This will prevent people from picking a lock.…

5 Ways To Maximize Your Front Door's Security

You know that a deadbolt on the front door is standard for preventing a break in. If you get a more aggressive thief that resorts to using a crowbar or kicking the door in, you may not be as safe as you think. Here are some ways to maximize the protection you can get from your front door. 1. Install the Most Effective Deadbolt You Can Afford Ask your locksmith to only show you the ANSI Grade 1 deadbolts in their inventory.…

2 Ways To Get Into Your Safe If You Lose The Combination

Losing the combination to your safe can be a frustrating and costly mistake, but it happens all the time. Many safe owners have lost the combinations to their safes over the years, but there is always hope. If you are trying to determine what to do about this, here are two options you may want to look into. Contact the safe manufacturer Most safe manufacturers keep records of the combinations their safes come with, but getting your hands on this information can take time and can be tricky.…

Locked Out Of Your Own Safe? 3 Tips For Getting Back In

So, you just bought that top-of-the-line home safe to keep your valuable jewelry, important documents, and some emergency cash in, and now you are locked out? Don’t beat yourself up over this common occurrence, as accidents are part of life. Forget the “would’ve, could’ve, and should’ves” about memorizing the safe combination or keeping it written down somewhere, and just focus on getting back into the safe without harming it or your valuables.…

4 Reasons To Re-Key The Locks In Your Home

The locks on the exterior doors of your home are extremely important for the safety of you and your family. When you lock the doors when leaving the house, or before you go to sleep at night, you have to know that those locks with keep unwanted intruders out of your personal space. The keys for your locks make a huge difference, and there may be situations where you need to hire a locksmith the re-key the locks in your home, such as :…