Stoke Locksmith – Christmas Security Advice

Stoke Locksmith – Christmas Security Advice

How temperature changes damage your locks?

Its getting to the time of year where the temperature drops dramatically, and it is freezing cold. Your locks are affected by these drastic changes in temperature and causes problems that come at a high cost to fix. Door realignment is one thing that can be affected by the cold temperature. People don’t take into consideration the door frame when it comes to these extreme temperatures. In the cold, the door frame has the potential to contract, leading to a bad fit between the lock installed and the door itself. This causes the door to be realigned. Your Stoke Locksmith, Lockman247 is here to help.

Continuous pressure being applied to open the door when the door isn’t aligned properly and forcing the handle up will cause big damage to your door while its being used if the door not aligned properly and forcing the handle up will cause big damage to the gearbox for your door. To fix this would cost around 200 pound and its not something you want to be paying for over Christmas.

Burglary Beware

You’ve also got to be wary of burglaries in your area. You might be thinking that a burglary isn’t going to affect me. It’s very rare and not likely to happen. A burglary is committed every 40 seconds. It happens a lot more often than you may think. Make sure your locks provide immense security and protect you and your valuables. Did you know it takes 9 seconds to snap a standard front door lock and enter your home. Burglars target houses with Standard front door locks. To ensure protection of your home, you and your family make sure you have snap safe Locks to slow down or prevent burglars from snapping your locks.

Did you know that 64% of Burglaries happen when someone is at home. The sad truth is, this means you aren’t only protecting your valuables. You are protecting yourself from being injured and hurt. While 64% of Burglaries happen when someone is at home, 30% of people see their burglars face to face. People never recover from the trauma of being burgled and always doubt and feel unsafe in their homes.

If you want to see crime in your area and see if crime rates are high or not use police.uk and type in your postcode or address. Although we cannot predict crime, it might be a good investment to get some snap safe locks installed in your doors to make it hard for burglars.

How Your Stoke Locksmith can help?

Lockman247 can come today and install snap safe locks on all your doors to provide a safer environment in your homes. Snap safe locks are significantly better than the standard locks on normal households. Burglars will more likely target houses without snap safe locks rather than houses with Snap safe Locks. He can also come and realign your door to stop continuous pressure being applied on your gearbox.