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How To Protect Your Door from a Kick-In
Most burglars don’t bother with picking or bumping your lock. Why should they, when they can just kick your door in? Even with a decent lock, if your door, frame, jamb, and hinges can’t withstand a kick, they might consider your house a sitting duck. As a local locksmith, Pop-A-Lock New Orleans often repairs doors and locks after a robbery, but it’s better to take the precautions now than pay for repairs later. Being robbed is expensive, scary, and often preventable. Here’s how a kick-in works. Your door is locked, the bolt firmly in the jamb. A burglar kicks your door hard, and the strike plate (the part where the tongue of the bolt goes into) tears out and the door jamb splinters. Unless you’ve taken precautions, your door is likely to open right up. The good news is that it’s not hard to make your door less easy to
5 Commonly Overlooked Home Security Threats
So you’ve upgraded your locks, activated your motion sensors, and are feeling pretty good about the state of your home security. Hold it right there – it’s easy to overlook some major security threats that compromise the safety of your home and family. We should know — we’re professional home locksmiths here in New Orleans. Here are five you may have missed, plus how to fix them. Sliding doors. The basic lock that came with your sliding doors won’t keep out anyone determined to get in. If you haven’t taken special precautions, burglars can simply lift most sliding doors out of their tracks. Fortunately, there are many specialized locks and products that make sliding doors more secure, including keyed locks and bars. The dog door. Do you have a larger dog? Even if they can’t fit through your dog door, burglars have been known to reach through the dog door
Pop-A-Lock Locksmith of New Orleans New Website is Live!
Hi there! Have you seen our new website for Pop-A-Lock Locksmith of New Orleans, Louisiana — the leading New Orleans Locksmith? We’ve added lots of info, photos, and links where you can find information about our services, the areas we serve, and how it all works. We love being and working in New Orleans and here to help whenever you need us. Our mobile services come out to you wherever you are in the greater New Orleans area. As always, we offer our FREE car lockout service to all residents if a child is locked inside a vehicle. It’s a scary thing to happen to any parent, but when you call us, you can be certain we’ll be there as fast as we can — often in minutes, because we know you’re counting on us to rescue your child. Please let us know what you think of the new site. If
