Dead Locks Offer a Low-Tech Solution to Security

Business and property owners are more security conscious than ever as property crime increases, and offenders are prepared to risk apprehension and imprisonment over relatively small amounts of money or goods. Much of this petty crime is driven by drug addiction, making the prevention of property crime very difficult. For this reason, property owners are investing in a range of security methods depending on their needs and budget. One of these methods which has proven to be effective is the installation of dead locks on exterior doors. This is a relatively cost effective solution for deterring criminals, and one which can usually be easily retrofitted to most domestic and commercial doors.

Dead locks can be easily installed as an addition to the existing locks, offering double protection against break-ins. Even if the standard lock is breached, the dead lock will still hold unless considerable force is used to destroy the actual door frame. A tradesperson call to any locksmith Brisbane will find a qualified person to do the work.

The key difference between a dead lock and a normal key lock or spring bolt lock is that where the latter can be opened by force which retracts the bolt, the dead lock mechanism can only be opened by rotating the lock cylinder. Dead locks can be single cylinder or double cylinder. A single cylinder dead lock has a key lock on one side of the door and a turn knob on the other side, where the double cylinder dead lock has key locks on both sides of the door and often does not have a turn knob.

While dead locks provide a double level of security, they can cause safety concerns for people unfamiliar with their operation, or for the elderly who, having unlocked the standard lock on their front door, then need to unlock the second lock, sometimes with a different key. There have also been concerns that people can be inadvertently locked inside in an emergency, for example a fire. This has lead to the development of safety release mechanisms that automatically unlock the internal knob on entry. In addition to this, locks can be keyed alike by a locksmith for greater convenience

Insurance companies appreciate the increased level of security offered by dead locks and many of them ask property owners if they have dead locks on external doors in their policy application. They use this information to calculate the insurance premium, and reductions can be offered for increased security measures including the presence of dead locks. As long as there are desperate people who will try anything to get money, there will be a place for products like dead locks, to assist people to secure their possessions.

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