Windows & Doors UK
If you’ve ever had the problem of being locked out of your own house – i.e. no key available to open it, you will kow how jolly annoying and time consuming this can be. So if this is ever likely to be a problem occuring in your household, then knowing what type of door locks […]
There has been a shift in the way we protect our properties, from the most basic bolt on a door, through keys and locks, and then loud buzzing house alarms. Those annoying flashing boxes on the front of houses that rang out piecing alarm sounds if a burglar had broken in and bypassed the alarm […]
When a neighbour asked me how I lock my windows, I have to say I was pretty much stumped. It’s years since i have thought about locking my windows at any time. At night I tend to shut windows and this action alone locks them to a minimum degree – one has to press the […]
There are all sorts of locks for houses, windows, doors etc. they give a feeling of safety and security to the person inside and frustration for the person trying to get in from outside. Choosing the perfect window lock for your house is critical to your confidence in using it. Most chancing burglars will be […]
I live in a nice suburb of a quiet and not very well known county town. We benefit by having all the best of the housing market – very spacious family house – at omne time desribed as ‘executive 4 bed detached’ to separate it from an ordinary Wimpey 4 bedroomed detached. So the area […]
We are the middle one of tree houses in a small enclave. We therefore have 2 sets of neighbours and these could not be more different. One side is always lending out their key so we can help with their doggy day care of they think they’ll be out for too long n a trip. […]
I personally don’t like being able to lock myself out of my house . . . . if we had a simple yale design that locked as soon as we closed the door, that would be possible. However, when we moved to this current house, it had the superb deadlock design. So when we close […]
Some of the advertisements for home security devices are very comical – in fact they are so entertaining, it’s sometimes difficult to remember that they’re selling a serious minded product. The need to keep in touch with whatever’s going on at home is getting more important all the time. Years ago only the very well […]
With so many modern methods to secure our homes it’s easier than ever to ensure our belongings stay safely at home. some yers ago you would be forking out thousands to have alarms installed – and they were always going off at inconvenient times, when the owner was away from home and no-one could find […]
A man’s home is his castle . . . . . and we all know how lovely and inpenetrable they have always been considered to be. In these days of high criminality though, we have to look further than to assume the nice thick walls of our own little domestic castle will keep out the […]