A busy last few days.Not many burglaries to report but heard of activity in certain areas from customers.Lots of calls from people looking to beef up their security and generally taking things seriously.Its good to see customers concerned about security before a burglary happens, its the best way.

Forest hill has had some burglary activity on flats,most by getting past the main door and then forcing or kicking in a flat door. Its not too hard to prevent this type of crime as usually the door is the only point of entry.You can reinforce the frame to prevent it splitting.A london bar does this job very well.
On the hinge side a pair of hinge bolts work well and a birmingham bar can strengthen the frame too.London bars and birmingham bars are a strip of metal that is screwed down the length of the frame.Essentially they spread the shock of someone kicking it and hold everything together.

Steel sheets are becoming a more and more popular choice for flat doors as they are a lot more discreet than a security gate.We can powder coat these to any colour so they match the surrounding doors if they are all the same colour.

Lock guards are another option,these surround a mortice lock and prevent the wood from splitting if the door is kicked.

The ingersoll london line is also becoming a lock of choice.Its not suprising given the quality of these substantial locks.They offer a very visual deterrent to any would be burglar.

A new page detailing the door reinforcement we can offer will uploaded in the coming week.As usual we shall be adding some pictures of the products so you have an idea of what things look like.

Met a nice traffic warden in london today, thats it pick yourself up, you read that right.He actually let me pop into a shop to get a drink without writing a ticket,if only more showed a little more common sense like this happy chap.



Allan the london locksmith