Obvious, really, but if you decide to try drilling your own lock, for whatever reason, wear eye protection! Hitting the hardened pins designed to protect your lock from a drill attack is very likely to shatter the drill bit, and generally the energy goes into the bit as velocity. Losing an eye for the sake [...]
There’s something interesting I’ve noticed about houses where warrants come up. Now, this is a weak hypothesis, but it seems that there are more warrants on north facing houses than south facing houses. I’m going to have to start tracking this, and see if it holds up to scrutiny.
There is so much I can’t write about on here that is truly fascinating. Well, fascinating to me, at least. However, it is important to me, and to my clients, that their information doesn’t get out onto the internet. While it is unlikely that anyone would misuse anything put up on this blog with any [...]
Some days, the door will make you feel like a beginner again. Trust me on that – I’ve been a full time professional locksmith for over 8 years now, and it still happens on, thankfully rarer and rarer, occasion. Yesterday, I went out to complete a job. I was fitting a 3R35 Chubb to a [...]
An interesting tweet I saw earlier today lead me to this article on another locksmith’s blog. The Uk’s oldest door is in Westminster Abbey, and dates from an incredible 1050AD! They’ve put an newer padlock on it, though. Looks like a Squire…
What a locksmith like me sees varies hugely, from day to day, and indeed even on the same job! Today I installed a digital CCTV system in a stately home, and, at the same time, I was asked to repair the lock pictured below. One is a state-of-the-art IP camera system with motion detection and [...]
So, it tool nearly forevva to get, but at last I have an EVVA factory cutaway set! I’ve only been after this for 5 years. I shall be doing photos and words on each EVVA locking system in turn, for both on my blog and for articles in Locks And Security Magazine. Click to make [...]
The exhibition was a huge success this year. I was part of the team, but mostly it was down to my wife Kate, who did almost all the code for the websites and ticketing system, and, of course, Mick Friend, who without getting too grumpy or having a stress related heart attack, guided the many [...]
If you have a ‘plastic’ door (uPVC, PVCu, composite, ‘metal skinned’, etc) then you should look at this link. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-17075027 It isn’t the end of the world, but you likely do need to change your locks to remain secure. Yes, give us a call and we can keep you secure.
I knocked the ice coat off and it worked first time. …and here’s a nice photo of just how fun freezing rain can make things!
