Tips

Trained locksmiths offering residential, commercial and automotive services

Here are effective tips from professional locksmiths on how to prevent your locks from getting defective.

Easy ways to safeguard your home

At night, keep your garage and the pathways well lit.  This will discourage potential thieves from entering your home.  It is also helpful to join neighborhood watch programs.  Also, get to know your neighbors.  This will provide you with a peace mind for the safety of your home when you are not around.  Crooks will search for possible point of entry so keep your doors locked.  You can ask “Locksmith Fall City” to help you with this.

Effective ways to safeguard your homes

• Proper lighting to dark areas in your homes will ward off potential thieves.

• Crooks are known to look for possible ways to enter your home.  Keep your doors and windows locked at night.  If you have broken windows, find a way to immediately fix this as this might invite thieves within one day notice.

• When giving out keys, make sure to remember the people who you chose to have a copy of your keys.

Gate chain locks

Beware when using chains to hold the two parts of a locking system. If the padlock is not fitted tightly then the chain can be expanded to give the intruder access. Use a metal fitting framework that is not liable for expansion except through opening and closing.

Get a deadbolt lock

A deadbolt lock is the best lock to keep your home safe and secure. Deadbolts have a lot of advantages as they can withstand a lot of force and cannot be easily opened by kicking. It is also almost impossible to break a deadbolt lock and considered the safest option.