How to Reinforce an Entry Door, Affordably, in 6 Easy Steps Your home protects some of the most important things in your life: your family and your possessions. But the main line of home defense, the door, can be bypassed ...
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Outdoor Gate Locking Mechanisms - How Best to Lock a Gate Residential, community and commercial gates can be secured in a variety of ways. Which is best depends on the type of gate you have, what you are trying to ...
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Sargent IC Core Pinning Calculator for 3 Level Master Key Systems When we received a call from a major sports team to rekey their entire facility we were excited. Then we learned they had Large Format IC Cores (LFIC) and ...
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How Much Do Locksmith Charge? During standard hours an unlock service in Arizona should not cost you over $125 total (the average is a bit higher nationally at $144). This includes the service call and the opening fee. Most locksmith ...
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What are the Best Padlocks for Your Application? Padlocks come in different sizes, with different ways to open and with different levels of security. They can be priced from just a few dollars to several hundreds of dollars. But which ...
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Where to Get Car Keys Made Depending on the car you have, the options available to you will be different as there are many different types of car keys. Car key copies are generally the easiest to get, but car ...
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My Ignition Won't Turn or My Ignition Sticks It's the worse possible scenario and it always seems to happen at the wrong time. You head out to your car, put your key in, and it won't turn the ignition. What ...
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What Kind of Locks and Door Lock are There? Locks can be broken down by function (how they lock), by application (what they lock), by style (lever vs knob vs handle), and by grade (how well they are built). This ...
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What Tools & Equipment are Required to Run a Locksmith Business The tools you will need to become a locksmith are key cutting machines (for key origination and duplication), software for code retrieval, lock picks, and a variety of small ...
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What is the Best Safe to Buy? Consider These Features When Choosing a Safe. If you're in the market to buy a safe what should you look for? Is the cheapest safe the best safe? Big-box stores like Costco carry ...
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How'd He do That? How Locksmiths Make Keys and Other Interesting Tidbits. Ever wonder how your locksmith did what he did? How he made a key appear out of thin air or how he opened that lock so easily? Here's ...
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Access Control System Basics - Components of Access Control Want to install access control on a door of your business? What components do you need to buy for access control? All access control systems can be broken down into the ...
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How'd They Do That - 9 Locksmith Tips and Tricks Lock Tip #1 - Door Not Closing Correctly - Locks Work Better with Lipstick Is your door not closing? Do you find you have to pull the door harder for ...
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Which Safe Lock is Right for You? When we sell a safe online (check out our safes for sale) of the choices given to customers is what type of lock they want on the safe. Interestingly, I was born in ...
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7 DIY Home Security Products You Might Not Know Existed but Will Love. As a locksmith I see new home security products frequently, most of them don't stand the test of time and fade away, but there are a few ...
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Are you considering access control for your business? There are many advantages to these systems. I am often asked, "What will it cost to install access control?" The answer usually starts with, "What do you want in a system?" but ...
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We've published several blog posts in the past about why we like the locksmith versions of deadbolts over the big-box store locks. We are sticking by that article and maintain that the deadbolts sold by locksmiths are better in security ...
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As a professional locksmith company serving the Arizona market for over 20 years, we've seen product come and go. But we do really like the new home electronic, keyless deadbolts. Let's cut to the chase. Which are the best electronic ...
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People lose keys. It happens. Having a locksmith out to your location can be a very expensive way to replace those keys. The service call can often make the key origination more expensive than simply replacing the object. If it ...
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When You Want to Protect Something Important, You Want an American Security / AMSEC Safe Unfortunately, this home was recently lost to the Carr Fire in Redding, Ca. Upon returning the owners discovered complete devastation. The house had burned HOT ...
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