Author: ACME Locksmith
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How to Rekey a Lock to Match an Existing Key
Determine if the Lock can be Rekeyed to Existing Key | Key compatible lock brands | Rekeying Options | How to Rekey a Lock Can You Rekey Your Lock to Match Your Existing Key Say you’ve bought a home, but there are one or two locks in the home that work off of a different…
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How Much Do Safes Cost?
Safe Prices Vary Based on Size & Security I get asked this question all the time. But the answer isn’t as simple as just giving a dollar amount, because there are many types of safes, in a lot of different sizes, and made for varying levels of protection (fire, burglary, etc.). A better way to…
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Safe Won’t Open with Correct Code | Locksmith Solutions
How to Know It’s the Right Code | Low Batteries | Bolts are Jamming | Worn Keypad | When to Call a Locksmith For information on combination locks, see our article, How to Open a Safe When the Correct Combination Isn’t Working. When a safe won’t open using the correct code the likely causes are…
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What to Try When Your Safe Combination Doesn’t Work
Table: Symptom – Solution | Not Dialing Correctly | Combination Has Drifted | Safe is Jammed | Handle is Slipping | When to Call a Locksmith Has your safe’s dial combination has stopped working? This article is for you. If you have a digital lock, check out “What to Try When Safe Won’t Open With…
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Where is the Best Place to Hide a Safe?
Why Hide a Safe? | Hide it under a sink | Put it in the laundry room | Hide it in the pantry | Place it under an old box | Use a camouflaged safe | Don’t hide a safe here | Prefer Video? Prefer Video? Check out our YouTube video on How to Hide…
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What is Door Handing?
Door handing refers to the direction the door swings when it opens and from which side, left or right, that the door is hinged. You can determine your door’s handing by determining which hand you would use to open the door. If you naturally want to use your left hand, the door handing is left…
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Ways to Lock a File Cabinet
How to replace a file cabinet key | How to replace a file cabinet lock | How to lock a file cabinet that doesn’t have a current lock | Installing a lock on a Wood Filing Cabinet How To Lock File Cabinets Our number one request in small lock solutions is for filing cabinet locks.…
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Best Ways to Lock Cabinet Doors
Cam Locks | Double Door Locks | Electronic Cabinet Locks | Magnetic Cabinet Locks | Plunger Locks | Showcase Locks In our article “How to Lock Drawers” we discussed several types of locks that also lend themselves well to locking cabinet doors. The nice part about cabinet door locks is that there is always a…
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Egress Door Requirements
What is an Egress Door? | Egress Requirements | Possible Egress Exceptions | Where to Find Door Codes | Residential Egress Door Requirements What is an Egress Door? “Egress” is a building term that refers to “a means or place of going out”. In other words, it’s an exit. Commercial exit door requirements exist to…
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The 5 Lockset Functions
Passage | Privacy | Entry | Storeroom| Classroom | Classroom Security Do you want a lock that always locks every time the door closes? There’s a lock function for that. Do you want a lock that cannot be locked from the inside (only the outside) so that you never get locked out of a room…