The Single Best Thing You Can Do to Protect Your Home

As a locally owned az locksmith company, ACME is often asked, "What's the best thing I can do to protect my home?"

The question is a valid one, but until now it has been a difficult one for us to truly answer without first knowing what the homeowner is most interested in protecting. For some, the answer may have been to purchase a burglary rated safe in order to protect a valuable collection, but for others it may have been to rekey their new home to ensure that no one has a working copy of their key.

However, ACME Locksmith has found that there is one improvement every homeowner should make, have a single-sided or half deadbolt installed on every door of your home. Doing so improves your home's security to the maximum extent possible.

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A single-sided or half deadbolt is a deadbolt that only has one visible side (see photo). On the inside of your home, you lock the deadbolt with a thumb turn, but on the outside of your home, there's nothing. No hole to pick, no lock to bump (What is Locks Bumping), nothing to pry, break or jimmy.


The benefits of the single-sided deadbolt are numerous.

* Your garage door is one of the most common points of entry for someone breaking into your home. In Arizona, the door into your garage from your yard is often behind a brick fence. This gives intruders plenty of time to work your locks without being seen by neighbors or people walking by. Once someone is in your garage, they can work at breaking in and emptying your home without any worry of being seen. The single sided deadbolt protects that door and any other door it's installed on, from all types of silent lock attacks. The only way they're getting past this lock, is to bring out some very noisy tools, and that attracts unwanted attention.
* Engaging these locks on your house doors while you are in the home offers the same type of protection. There are no silent ways to get around this lock. It's pick proof, bump proof, and jimmy proof. Burglars won't even know it's there and you can rest comfortably in your home knowing that this is the case.
* If you've given keys to your home to someone that you no longer want to have access, engaging a single-sided deadbolt will keep them out until you can have your home rekeyed to work with a new key. You don't have to worry about them showing up unannounced and walking into your home while these locks are engaged.
* This lock is ideal for families, such as mine, with small children in the house. Once your child is old enough to unlock your existing deadbolt and doorknob, only your constant attention can stop him from running outside on his/her own. Installing a single-sided deadbolt high up on the door, where your young children can't reach, gives you the security benefits we mentioned plus gives you a way to stop your young child from exploring the world unbeknownst to you.


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