By Ilyce Glink, CBS Money Watch Moving to a new residence is an exciting yet stressful time. Whether you have signed a lease on a new apartment or purchased your very first home, there are hundreds of little details...
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Where to Find a Keyless Entry Deadbolt A keyless entry deadbolt lock makes your home much safer while saving you both money and time lost on replacement keys. A vast range of suppliers offer keyless entry door lock styles....
If you’ve recently moved into a new home, you’ll want to have the locks changed. It’s impossible to know how many keys the previous owners gave to friends or relatives or to know the reputation of these people. A...
How many people have access to your house key? Even if you’re particular about whom you give your key to, anyone can quickly take it, make a copy and return it without your knowledge. Stay safe at home as...
By Doityourself A door lock is a hard-working piece of equipment, but it often goes unnoticed. However, when it breaks, you can end up shut out of your own house, or unable to secure your home. These door lock...
By First Time Homeowner Whether you’re a first-time homeowner, or simply facing challenges with maintaining your home, here’s a tip that can help when it comes to lubricating sticky door locks. Stubborn, sticky locks can be aggravating, but using...
By Superpages Interrupting the routine of your daily events to re-key the locks in your home is probably not a welcome task. But there are a number of times where a homeowner who does not stop to at least...
By Dena Potter BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) – After a student gunman killed four of his classmates and his German teacher and then left, Derek O’Dell had to wedge one of his sneakers under the classroom door to keep the...
By Dominic Schwebs The combination lock has been around well over 100 years and is still the number one method of securing a safe door. They are no different from any other ordinary lock in that it has moving...
By Juan Jimenez In a prior life, when I worked on aircraft, we used to say that the maintenance manuals were written in blood. In my opinion, this applies to many building codes as well. Building codes reflect decades...