Securing Your Rental Property

If you’ve followed our blog at all, you’ve seen several useful tips to help you secure your home and business. Most of these tips revolve around securing the areas where you spend a significant amount of time. However, many people also look to us to help them secure other properties they own. Providing this security…

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Limiting Access to Your Business

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When it comes to designing security measures for commercial applications, we take special care to make sure we limit access to your business to those who should have it. Due to the time commercial buildings spend empty, we must take serious measures to give you this security. Additionally, the security measures we install must secure…

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The Biggest Threats to Your Locks

Whether at your home or business, we see locking hardware as an important first line of defense against crime at your property. Of course, thieves can create a breach through other means. However, entering a house or commercial property without going through a door often proves quite conspicuous. Therefore, installing robust locks can encourage burglars…

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Adding Master Key Security to Your Property

Over the last couple decades, we’ve provided customers with the best in electronic and mechanical security. Due to recent technological advances in the industry, electronic security has gained most of the attention lately. However, we still place a strong emphasis on the mechanical side of our business. In fact, we surprise many people by telling…

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Common Lock Hardware Issues

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While we’ve long integrated both mechanical and electronic security solutions into our services, we surprise many customers when we tell them we started out as locksmiths! This makes us uniquely qualified to give customers advice when it comes to choosing and installing door hardware. Since locks represent your first line of defense against crime, we…

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Commercial Door Security Options

Although many people do not know it, our company started out as a locksmith shop over 30 years ago. Over time, our focus has eveolved to include other areas of both electronic and mechanical security. However, we still have our roots in providing expert door security. With this background, we place a premium on this…

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Stopping Unwanted Key Copies for Good

A few months ago, we published a post on Key-Free Lock Control for Your Business. In that post, we explained that burglars can thwart even the best locks if they have a key. In fact, unwanted key copies create a constant security threat for home and business owners alike. Occasionally, a contractor working in a…

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Choosing the Right Residential Locks

When creating a complete home security plan, many homeowners focus on electronic security. For example, burglar alarm systems and video surveillance systems often take first priority. While useful, these plans sometimes fail to address the mechanical side of home security. We consider locks the “front line” of any good residential security plan. After all, high-quality…

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Medeco Master Key System Design Tips

A couple months ago, we posted some Security Tips to Secure Vacant Businesses. In that post, we discussed some electronic security measures to secure commercial locations. These included technology-related ideas such as installing cameras, access control, and alarm-related products. However, that post did not include any tips on installing physical lock hardware to create security.…

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Creating an Effective Master Key System

As locksmiths, we pride ourselves in helping customers identify and install the best door hardware for their security needs. You may recall our post on Choosing the Right Commercial Lock Equipment. In that post, we shared the benefits of several different types of locking hardware. Selecting the right hardware can greatly enhance security in your…

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