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...
by admin | Jan 22, 2018 | Safe Work
We recently sold a used high security safe. Every used safe we sell goes through a thorough servicing and inspection to identify any worn parts or items needing service. Worn parts are then replaced. What makes our company unique is our ability to remake many parts...
by admin | Oct 30, 2017 | Door Work
One of our school customers contacted us about installing a new door and frame for a classroom on the second floor of their building. I was taken to the wall seen in photo 1. The school recently had some construction done, some interior walls came down, others went up...
by admin | Oct 30, 2017 | Door Work
One of our customers, a private school contacted us to have a new door installed in their basement. At some point in time, for some unknown reason, the door was removed from the frame and discarded. The room was purposed for storage. The principal decided he again...
by admin | Oct 30, 2017 | Lock Work
Although there are a lot of different types of hardware designed to fit onto aluminum stile doors, this post includes photos from two different jobs. On one job I installed an Adams Rite Hook bolt and on the other job I installed an Adams Rite Electric Strike....
by admin | Oct 30, 2017 | Lock Work
A local customer had his bathroom recently redone. He decided to install a pocket door for the bathroom. Pocket doors slide from side to side on a track and retract into a pocket in the wall. Pocket doors require specific types of locks that hook into the strike plate...
