How to Protect Your New Home with The Help of a Residential Locksmith

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How to Protect Your New Home with The Help of a
Residential Locksmith
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• Its easy to get caught up in the excitement (or
  stress!) of moving into a new home, and forget
  all about the fact that someone else used to live
  there, and may still have the keys to gain access
  at any time.
• Wherever youre moving to, and whatever type of
  home youve bought, keeping it, you and your
  family, and your belongings safe, should be at
  the forefront of your mind when you first
  relocate. The best way of ensuring that you dont
  make it easy for someone to enter your home when
  youre not there, or are upstairs sleeping, is to
  have the locks on both the doors and windows,
  changed by an experienced, licensed locksmith.
  Once that has been done, you can focus on
  improving all other areas of your new homes
  security.

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• Below are some of the options available to you
  when changing the locks of your new home
• Electronic locks
• Electronic locks are certainly convenient, and
  many modern homeowners are choosing to upgrade to
  them for that very fact, but its important to
  remember that while they do make use of the
  latest in technology, they are not necessarily
  any more secure than a high security lock in
  fact, they may not offer enough protection if you
  live in an area vulnerable to crime.

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• High security locks
• While these locks undoubtedly cost more, they are
  absolutely worth the investment if you want to
  give your new home the protection it deserves,
  and provided you have them installed by an
  experienced, residential locksmith, they will
  give you long lasting security and peace of mind.
• Are your doors sturdy enough?
• Its one thing to replace the locks on the doors
  in your new home, but if the doors themselves
  arent robust enough, a determined thief could
  simply hack their way through them to get inside.
  Doors with a solid core offer the best
  protection, and are usually impenetrable to the
  majority of thieves and intruders, no matter how
  hard they kick or ram them.

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• Before having the locks replaced in your new
  home, have a locksmith assess the doors, and if
  necessary, upgrade them to stronger ones. Note
  that every time a hole is drilled into a door
  such as to replace a lock the door becomes
  weaker, especially if its hollow, and that the
  level of protection it gives, becomes much less.
• Consider rekeying
• It might be that the locks on the doors in your
  new home are expensive or aesthetically
  appealing, and you may not want to change them.
  If they are string and pass a locksmiths
  inspection, you could simply have them rekeyed
  instead. Once every lock has been rekeyed by a
  professional locksmith, only the new key will be
  able to open them.

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• When you first move into your new home (or
  ideally, before you move in), its always a good
  idea to consult with a residential locksmith, who
  can assess the security of the property from
  every angle, and suggest upgrades and
  improvements as required.
• Golden Locks Inc is a local licensed 24 hour
  locksmith in Huntington Beach with years of
  experience and trained staff skilled in locksmith
  services for both residential and commercial
  clients and having an online store for high
  security locks, and mul-t-lock, MT5 High Security
  keys etc. We also specialize in automotive lock
  repair services for cars, bikes and trucks and
  installation, servicing and repair of high
  quality security systems, access control systems
  and CCTV systems. If you are looking for a
  locksmith in Huntington Beach or any other
  locksmith services in Orange County, call us at
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