Three Best Rated Rotherham locksmith 2024 Excellence Award
SF Locksmith of Rotherham has been recognised as one of the top 3 locksmiths in Rotherham, earning the prestigious 2024 Certificate of Excellence from Three Best Rated.
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SF Locksmith of Rotherham has been recognised as one of the top 3 locksmiths in Rotherham, earning the prestigious 2024 Certificate of Excellence from Three Best Rated.
I’m going to take the two topics of Lent and home security, mix them together in a bowl, put them in the oven, and then serve up a cake containing useful tips around what we could give up for Lent that would also help our home security.
The detective skills I use are twofold. Most obviously there is the deduction needed to work out what’s causing the problem with a lock or door, and it’s then a process of elimination, testing and questioning before pinpointing the problem and then being able to remedy it.
We’ve recently been recognised as one of the top 3 locksmiths in the Rotherham area, receiving the 2023 Certificate of Excellence from Three Best Rated. This prestigious award is a testament to the exceptional quality of service that has been recognised by our customers and expert reviewers from Three Best Rated.
Now, before I start ripping other “locksmiths” to shreds, I do want to make it clear that the majority are honest, skilled, and a credit to their profession, even if they don’t quite have the film star good looks shared by some of us.
In the words of the great Bing Crosby, It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas. He’d certainly be convinced of that this recent week with the frosted ground and smatterings of snow we’ve been having. Another way he’d be able to tell that the day is getting near is because it’s time for my annual Christmas home security blog.
In this post I will slyly be combining the subject of the football world cup with the subject of home security for the next 800 words, give or take!
Horror films. I was musing on some of the classics of the genre and how they relate to my profession. Although a slight warning… in the same way that Fargo begins with a misleading caption saying the film is based on a true story, I will also be saying the following is based on true facts. Well, sort of.
But why am I rambling on about inflation and an impending recession? It’s not simply to depress my valued customers. Instead, it’s to raise the uncomfortable truth about the link between turbulent economic times and rates of crime, namely burglaries.
Today I’d go back to basics and look at reasons why you may want to change or update your locks, as well as elaborating on the benefits of doing so.
Which of us hasn’t had that sinking feeling when looking at lost roof tiles or the like of knowing we have to call someone out to deal with it? Who do we choose? How do we know we can trust them? Will we end up having to pay several grand for a job that should only cost a hundred?
Today I’ll touch on the other side of holiday security, and look at ways you can keep your personal possessions safe whilst on holiday.
I don’t have the first-hand experience of being a burglar, but my interest was piqued this week when I read about an ex-burglar who now offers tips on how people can protect their homes from criminals.
To try and redress the balance of this security oversight, today I thought I’d deliver a blog concerning slightly more modern home security.
I thought I’d talk once more about precautions and steps that should be taken when moving house, whether as a renter or an owner-occupier.
The garden is what I’m concentrating on today. Not in a Percy Thrower or Alan Titchmarsh way, and not even in a Charlie Dimmock fashion, but rather about how the layout of your garden can impact on your home security.
Well then, Happy New Year to you. These New Years seem to come round quicker and quicker, don’t they. Although I’ve done the sums and apparently they don’t – it’s still 12 months between each one.
I’ve been hearing disturbing news lately about a predicted spate of break-ins this month. They’re a bit different from usual as it seems the culprit isn’t actually stealing anything, but merely getting a vicarious thrill at being in the houses of strangers, rifling through their hosiery.
Usually, I restrict myself to information about home and business security, but a change is as good as a break, so I thought today I’d touch on the topic of how to keep your car secure.
It goes without saying why burglars like the Autumn and Winter months so much, although I’m still going to say it because I’m helpful like that. Cover of darkness is one of the greatest friends to your household burglar.
I doubt there are many teenagers out there desperately looking up information about how to help keep their family’s home safe and looking for tips to prevent burglaries. As such, I’ve put together five quick tips that you may wish to discuss as a family when eyes are diverted from phone screens.
What with Covid and lockdowns, it’s not really been much of a time for touring the world. But that got me thinking about appropriate places for a locksmith such as myself to go on holiday.
For my local Rotherham customers they get someone they trust, with knowledge of the local trends when it comes to burglaries and crime spikes, after the police, I’m generally the best informed of what kind of break-ins are taking place and what can be done to protect against these.
A mistake I frequently see in my work is when customers have left their key in a “hiding” place outside their house for a friend, cleaner or workman to be able to let themselves in, only for a burglar to get there first, gain access to the building and ransack the property without even needing to smash a window or force a lock.
With all the news around recently, I’ve been thinking about the subject of honesty. Don’t worry, I’m not about to start talking about £800 rolls of wallpaper, flat refurbishments or who paid for what and when. Rather, I’m looking closer to home at locksmiths themselves, or rather those who claim to be, and how they can tarnish the profession.
I discovered that in 2020, the average burglar (if there is such a thing) lost out on around £13,000 compared to 2019. This was due to a 20% decrease in burglaries overall.
I thought it might be interesting just to talk a little about one aspect of my working week that takes up a large proportion of my time. This is the repair of uPVC doors and windows.
A history lesson in the form of a whistle-stop tour through the evolution of locks and locksmiths over the years.
As it’s the New Year, it seems an apt time for resolutions. I’m not hugely into them myself, but always keen to find a new spin for this little bit of writing, I thought I’d come up with some resolutions you can put into practice regarding home security this year.
I’m treating (yes, treating) you to my very own version of Last Christmas, with apologies to the late George Michael. Feel free to sing along…
Admiral’s survey found instances where previous owners of a house had used their keys to let themselves in to their old house to steal items from the new owners. The problem is not restricted solely to previous owners, but also people the previous owners had themselves given a key to, who could then use this key to access the property without the need to break in.
This topic came to mind whilst scanning a recent report about the frequency with which burglars return to the scene of their crimes.
Nowadays when people are looking for a locksmith and need one quickly they will turn to a search engine such as Google for help, expecting to see listings from locksmiths that are local to them.
Despite the reduction in holidays, we are still expecting thefts from houses to increase in the coming months as the lockdown ends and more people head back to work.
Today I’ll be discussing the instances when your key snaps in half, leaving one half stubbornly stuck in the lock. It is far from an ideal situation, but do not despair as all is certainly not lost.
Given we’re living in strange times, today I’ll have a brief look at how these may affect home security and any issues that may crop up due to this new, if hopefully temporarily, way of living.
I trust you’re all keeping as well as possible out there and doing all you can to stay safe. It’s a strange time, and no mistake, isn’t it? One minute we’re all talking about Brexit, Liverpool and Love Island (well, some of us) and the next it’s all immediately pushed aside as everything focuses on the threat from COVID-19.
Whilst watching movies, my mind sometimes wanders to my day job. Cinema would have a lot fewer plots to choose from were it not for the existence of locks and keys. This dates right back to the very early days of cinema.
I know that lovers of the window tax will be disappointed to hear that I won’t be covering the whole history of windows back from the start of time, but keeping it to the uPVC windows of the last half century seemed a lot more manageable, and less Tolstoy-esque in length.
As any opportunist gravy thief knows, the turn of the year is an excellent time to take stock. And also to look forward to the year ahead, perhaps making a resolution or two!
Superb service, very professional and prompt. Really happy with the work Steve did and would use his services again. Have already recommended to other people. Many thanks.
David Sanderson - Swinton
2018-04-25
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