by admin | Sep 24, 2020 | Safes
By Julie Ryan Evans / August 10, 2020 Every year, millions of Americans are the victims of home burglaries and fires. Criminals find a way in or houses go up in flames along with valuables, priceless family heirlooms and important documents. To help protect their...
by admin | Apr 22, 2019 | Safe Work
The photos shown in this blog post illustrate a particular type of safe moving called ‘cribbing’. Cribbing involves stacking wood, either 4×4’s or 4×6’s in an alternating square pattern in order to raise an object. In our case, we use cribbing to bring a...
by admin | Apr 22, 2019 | Safe Work
In this post, I have photos of two different safes that were destroyed by locksmiths. It is my hope that in reading this people won’t make the same mistake the unfortunate owners of these ruined safes did by calling locksmiths who aren’t trained to service safes....
by admin | Feb 13, 2018 | Safe Work
This article is about retrofitting an old safe with a mechanical lock to a new modern electronic safe lock. Nowadays, many safe manufacturers install safe locks that conform to a ‘standard’ or ‘magic module’ footprint. Conforming to this ‘standard’ means that...
by admin | Feb 13, 2018 | Lock Work
As an LKM 7000 certified installer, I occasionally get calls from contractors needing this particular lock installed. For those unfamiliar, the LKM 7000 is a lock used exclusively by the government and its contractors to secure rooms that may contain classified...
