Get Added Security by Adding Garage Door Locks

With a security audit, we’re able to add the security needed. If you have a garage, you should know that this is the one area of the home that is often over-looked or neglected. With the help of a qualified locksmith, you can avoid the possibility of someone breaking into your home through your garage. Since most homeowners don’t look at their garage as a place where a thief might break-in, they don’t often take the necessary precautions to ensure no one is capable of breaking in. Once we mention this possibility to our customer’s they immediately get nervous with the realization that they have left their family susceptible to an intrusion. If your garage is attached to your home, you should definitely know what the best options are for protecting your home against intruders. 

If you’re able to gain access to your able to gain access to your home through your garage, you must assume that other people can too. It’s important that you take the necessary precautions needed to effectively handle the job of securing your home. Even though you may not have heard of this occurring before doesn’t mean that it doesn’t happen. Trust us when we tell you that this is one of the places, we often find that burglars will target.

Deadbolt Locks

You are probably wondering how it is possible to place a deadbolt lock on your garage door. Well, this lock isn’t for the garage door, we make sure that there is one installed on the door that leads from your home into your garage. Since a deadbolt lock is so durable, it is one of the most effective types of locks that you can have installed. You have the option of a single cylinder deadbolt lock or a double cylinder deadbolt lock. We usually install the single deadbolt lock because it’s less complicated for homeowners to deal with. The double deadbolt requires that you have two keys to unlock it, whereas the single cylinder deadbolt only requires one. This means that in an emergency, both keys will have to be readily available to unlock the lock. Since a deadbolt lock takes such a long time to compromise, most burglars will not attempt to break them. They will often go to the next house if they notice you have a deadbolt lock.

Now, there are other locks that are used to gain access into your garage that are very popular these days, electronic locks. They offer you a better level of security and even though they are more expensive, they are well worth the added expense. You can’t assume that just any type of lock that use to gain access to your homes garage will do. While it may keep your door shut until you open it, it may not keep out an intruder. You have to remember that when someone is attempting to break-in, they have something to gain. They won’t usually simply abandon the job without at least trying. Even if they try to gain access into your home, you can make it difficult for them to do so by impeding their progress. First, stop them from getting inside your garage by having an electronic lock or digital lock installed on the outside. This will minimize the chances of them being able to gain access inside your garage, thus preventing them from getting inside your home through your garage. Next, you can stop them from getting inside your home even if they have somehow gained access into your garage by making sure that your interior door has a deadbolt lock installed on it. It’s important, as a homeowner, that you know what precautions you can take to protect your home and loved ones. Often, homeowners do not recognize the importance of having the right types of locks installed on their doors and this is why they might experience a home invasion.

At The Colony Locksmith Pros, we educate our customers about what they can do to improve their chances of avoiding a home intrusion. When you have the correct locks installed in the right places, it enables you to protect your home and your loved ones from the possibility of being harmed. Not only does it minimize their chances of being harmed but it is sure to give you peace-of-mind. We don’t want you to wait until you have to experience a home invasion via your garage before you take action; that is why we are letting you know that this is an area of your home that is often neglected. Act now to get the help that you need to secure your garage.