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Security Tips and Advice
This section, which describes tips and advice on products for securing your home or premises are currently under development.
Feel free to contact us with any queries you have regarding any security products described on this page.
Dead Bolts for Doors and Large Windows
Every home should have a 1 inch deadbolt on every exterior door. That
means the "throw" of the bolt (the part that sticks out from the
door into the door frame, when in the locked position) should be 1
inch. Some older homes have deadbolts with only a half inch throw and
these should be replaced. Worse than that; you can go into any city
in America and find tons of homes that don't have a deadbolt on every
exterior door. Just having a locking door knob is one step away from
having nothing. You want to get a kind that has extra long screws for
holding the "strike plate". This is the plate that screws onto the door
frame for reinforcement of the hole accepting the deadbolt's throw. These
extra long screws make the "kick-in" attack much more difficult as you
are screwing through the frame face and into the "stud" behind it.
Steel Doors and Door Frames
Window Locks
Door chains
Peep Holes
Quality Locks and Keys
Quality Safes
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