Tuesday, March 09, 2010

Electronic Key Impressioner - advanced key duplication system

Electronic Key Impressioner(EKI) a modern way to duplicate a key within 60 seconds. It has a scanning tool with custom key mapping software and a computer provides a key code within a matter of seconds. It also helps at night and low light conditions where manual key impressioning is more difficult. EKI is potentially making the job of a locksmith more efficient.
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Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Lawmakers taking steps against immoral locksmiths

Lawmakers from Washington state are taking serious steps against fraud locksmiths to protect you from locksmith swindles.
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Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Raid on phony locksmith

Read a story about a raid on phony locksmith company and investigation revealing how they overcharge and deceive customers.
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Friday, October 16, 2009

Beware of phony locksmiths

Today, locksmith business is the only business which is becoming more popular than others. But, with this popularity it is also became a way of cheating people and making fraud. Recently, I heard a news about a fraud by a fake locksmith company. The victim said that he was leaving his house for some work and leaving his puppy at home but while making sure weather he has gated properly or not so she could get in to the house, he accidentally locked himself out.

Because he moved in to his house recently, he didn't had any other spare set of keys He tried to call his landlord but he didn't replied. After several calls to locksmiths, finally he found one who were ready to do the job in $55 only, he immediately jumped over their price. They told him that one of their locksmith would be there in just 15 minutes but he came after 45 minutes. After examining the situation he asked for extra $85.85 for opening the door. The locksmith tried to pick the lock and also used air pressure bags to open the door but both didn't worked.

And finally, he would be able to unlock the door and changed his lock in around $200 including installation, uninstall and new lock price.

In these types of situations phony locksmiths get a chance of cheating people because they know that they will pay anything to solve those problems.

Always call a 24 hour locksmith. I advice you to be very sure to whom you are calling. If you are not sure, ask your neighbors, colleague or other consumer help departments. To avoid these frauds, check for locksmiths id, company's vehicle, company's certificate, etc.

Saturday, May 30, 2009

Fireproof Safes

Fireproof safes are specially designed to protect all the material kept inside it from fire or high temperature. Rating of fire resistance security safes is done on the basis of the amount of time they can resist fire and withstand high temperature and set internal temperature does not exceed, example 340 °F or 167 °C over 40 minutes. Floor safes are more fire resistant than normal safes. Rating of fireproof safes is performed by Underwriters Laboratories in USA

Friday, May 15, 2009

Precautions To Avoid Flu

We all know that flu is increasing rapidly in some countries. We should take serious steps to avoid this disease from spreading in more area. There are some precaution to protect oneself:
  • Don't make close contacts who are already infected with this disease.
  • Always cover your mouth and nose when sneeze or cough.
  • Don't touch your mouth, nose and eyes frequently, it will spread germs.
  • Don't use other's towel or personal things like soaps, drinking bottle if you are infected.
  • If you are infected, stay at home.
  • Exercise daily, drink atleast 8 glasses of water and eat fresh fruits and vegitables.

If we take proper precautions, we can overcome this problem.

Saturday, May 02, 2009

Choice of a safe depends on need

Many kinds of safes can be found in market with different varieties nowadays. The shape ,size and variety depends on your need ,if you need the safe to secure your money inside then you probably need more secure safes rather than the ones which are used for files and documents only. Some people like to install a wall safes where they dig a hole with size of safe in the wall and then put safe in there to protect the safe itself, but some people like to dig floor and then install a floor safe there. Everyone is having their own idea to protect their valuable and expensive things. In every case home safe is the best choice and should be used by everyone so to protect their valuables from unauthorized hands and harms, Almost everyone now in homes are using safes, we can call this a home safe too because It is used in home .The safe that are found in banks are too big in size which are too heavy and much more secure than the home safes because it is a bank safe at all where bundles of money is putted inside.

Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Garage Doors - Opening Problems

One problem can be noticed when dealing with automatic garage doors. Eventually, they fall off the track and get stuck, not moving properly either up or down. It's a difficult task to fix this matter and put the automatic garage doors back on the right track without some assistance. The results are that in the meantime you get it repaired, you may need to leave the doors wide opened. Repairing automatic garage doors requires skilled manpower and should be done only strictly by people trained by the manufacturer of the garage door opener apparatus.

To finish, I want to point a safety feature I believe automatic garage doors are missing: a built in sensor to provide an automatic stop in case something or someone is in the way of the descending garage door. In New York locksmith, some units have a panic button to stop the door in case something is blocking their pathway, but an automatic sensor would bring much more safety for drivers since some people simply freeze when facing panic situations.

Saturday, March 28, 2009

Blast in Mosque - Victims counting reached 250

On Friday, a mosque was struck by a severe bomb blast, in which 51 people died according to officials and more than 100 people injured, in Pakistan. Officials said it was a suicide blast near Afghanistan border in the Bigiari area. Still no claim of responsibility has been taken. It is believed that bombs are carried out by anti U.S. Muslims against people cooperating the United States. At the time of blast around 250 worshipers were praying inside the mosque when bombers detonated the bombs.

On Thursday, another blast killed 11 people at a restaurant. And on Wednesday, a U.S. missile killed 8 members believed to be of Mehsud stronghold.

Monday, March 16, 2009

7 easy ways to stop burglary

Here are some simple and easy ways to stop burglary in your house.

  • Do not leave your ground floor windows open because these are the most convenient way to break into a house.

  • Always inform your neighbors to collect mails, parcels, etc in your absence.

  • Keep garage doors heavily secured and doors attached with it.

  • Properly lock all windows near roof, trees and drainpipes.

  • Properly padlock sheds because if its opened then tools stored in it may be used by burglars.

  • Don't let shrubs and wooden fences get too high, that will screen thieves.

  • And the most important way is to print your house number or post code on your valuable items, it will help police to find your items if they were stolen. You can use ultra-violet marking pen for this.