Cooper Locksmith Decatur GA

Hiring a professional locksmith company is investing for your personal and family’s security. For instances such as being locked out of your home or car, without a professional team, the integrity of your locks might be at stake. Attempting to pick a lock without expertise, appropriate tools and doing it on your own may cause grave damage to your locks. 

The previous homeowner or tenant surely have duplicate keys. Worse, it might be tucked somewhere that can be easily accessed by a stranger. If you do not want strangers to have access to your new home, we strongly advise to change the locks or have them rekeyed.

A master key opens different types of locks which has its own keys. This is a very common system used by landlords in their apartment buildings. Each apartment door lock is unique has a key of its own. To avoid the costs of duplication and confusion of having too many keys, a landlord has a master key to access all apartments.

It is one of the most common techniques used by burglars that doesn’t require a skill. It is done by opening the outer side of the lock and applying a force to the lock cylinder that holds the lock mechanism. This can break the lock cylinder in two, completely breaking your lock.

However, this can be avoided by investing in locks that are lock snapping-proof.

This is inevitable and can cause you to panic especially if it happens in the middle of the night. Call us for extraction of the snapped part of the key. Do not attempt to retrieve it. Without skills and tools, damage can be done to your lock.

Rekeying lock is an affordable alternative to replacement of locks. The pins inside the lock cylinder are replaced to fit the new key.

A lock cylinder is where pins and springs can be found. These are responsible for the lock mechanism. When locks are rekeyed, the pins and springs are changed using rekeying kits and tools.

In choosing the most secure type of lock, you can be guided by the three different grades of locks. The finest grade is the ANSI Grade 1 is a heavy-duty commercial security lock designed for high traffic and superior security. It is followed by the ANSI Grade 2 for high residential security or low commercial grade. The third is the ANSI Grade 3 for basic residential security lock that meets the lowest acceptable quality standards for locks by the ANSI.

We recommend that your locks should be changed when it is too worn to be repaired. We would also recommend it if the locks installed are of poor quality that might compromise your safety.

Getting a duplicate is not a safe choice. Your lost key could have landed to a stranger’s hand. It is better to change your locks or for a lesser cost, you can have them rekeyed.