How does a Rotherham locksmith know it’s your house?

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.

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!

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.

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.

Easter is on the horizon, and along with it a reminder of what can happen if you don’t fit proper locks to giant rocks – Jesus really did make the whole profession look bad on that day – but I think we’ve just about recovered. Besides, if the Romans had secured the services of a professional, accredited locksmith, who knows how different the Easter story would be.

You can’t have escaped Slade’s Merry Christmas Everybody in the last few weeks. As well as being quite a cash cow for the Midlands band, this too, believe it or not, is a nod to anti-snap locks…

The end of October also sees the release of horror films so I began thinking the other day about how these films could relate to my job, notably about how different the plots of classic horror films would be if they had included better home security.

Thieves throughout Rotherham and South Yorkshire are using a whole host of new methods to gain entry into properties, which is why you can’t afford to take any chances with your security.

Ernie the Fastest Milkman in the West; Bandit from Smokey and the Bandit, and yours truly – what do these three people have in common? No, it’s not that, or that…and I’ll thank you not to be so rude. It is of course that we all mainly work from our respective mode of transport, whether that be an ice cream van, a delivery truck, or my trusty locksmiths van.

Chief amongst the security considerations is the question of whether you should get the locks changed as soon as you move in.

This month I’ll talk a little about mortice locks which can be found in one form or another in most homes in the UK. They have admittedly been a little usurped recently with the advent of uPVC doors replete with their own cylinder locks, but there does also seem a bit of a swing back to mortice locks in some new builds, given the level of security they provide.

Today I’ll be talking about a specific type of door – the front door to your property.

Whilst the trade of locksmithing has continually adapted over the 1400 years, here’s a few pointers as to what my work as a locksmith entails.