This short article provides an answer to the many users who ask us which security solutions are best suited for wooden doors. In particular, we look at the Viro locks for internal and external wooden doors and gates, of the swing or sliding types.
Rim or mortise locks suitable for:
The aim of the “Security Tips” series is to reveal some of the “trade secrets” to be able to identify a good quality security product quickly and without having to disassemble it.
We answer the most common questions about padlocks, locks, safes and other security devices, aiming to offer the possibility of an informed choice.
In this second episode we talk about the locks to be fitted and the reliability of the locking mechanism.
Three other useful warnings:
1. Always pay attention to the gestures we generally perform automatically. A substantial percentage of unwantedintrusions into the home occur through adoor or a window unintentionally left open. What may seem like carelessness, a minor oversight, such as forgetting
2. Taking care of the garden, decorating the entrance, perhaps with an automatic light, and emptying the letter box periodically, gives the idea of an inhabited house. An increased likelihood of running into someone during an attempted burglary does not encourage a potential thief to operate.
3. Managing the privacy of one’s social media accounts. Through social media we can make our location public, as well as every minor movement but, in terms of security and theft prevention, this would not be the best behaviour to have. In our opinion it is not necessary to deprive oneself of sharing a holiday photo on the Internet, but it is useful that only a limited number of people can view it. Almost all social networks allow us to choose the privacy setting we prefer.
It doesn’t matter if a cylinder is low, medium or high level. You can greatly increase its resistance by protecting it with a security escutcheon.
The security escutcheon, also known as a “Defender” or security boss, is a true security shield that is mounted on the outside of a European profile cylinder, mainly to withstand attempts to break, remove or knock inside the cylinder itself. Continue reading
Thieves often target these environments which, due to their conditions (in most cases they are actual secondary entrances to the home) and the probable lack of high security devices installed, allow access to the property for the most part undisturbed. Another point in favour of thieves? The poor quality that generally unites the various cellar doors and their original locks.
Medieval castles and fortresses, known for their robustness, were not only built of massive materials but also included numerous defensive perimeters for protection against enemy threats.
Tools, electric and traditional bicycles, motorbikes and cars are just some of the valuable goods that are normally stored in garages.
A shop may have a rather complex management of the keys. Typically, there are various locks: shutters, entrance door, doors to offices and storerooms, secondary entrances or gates, security grilles and gates. If each lock is managed independently the bunch of keys soon becomes very bulky, and inconvenient to carry and use. Continue reading
As already suggested in previous blogs, the first things to do to make any door safer are to check that the manufacturing material is resistant and to replace the lock supplied as standard with a security type one.
However, shutters and up-and-over doors are exposed to different types of attacks. In order to prevent pull attempts, for example, among the various options available on the market we find the fastening unit.
One of the restrictions imposed to contain the spread of Covid19 is to stay at home. Many people have signed up to the social media campaign #IMSTAYINGHOME, but what is really behind those apparent smiles? Continue reading