3 taken to hospital after home invasion, shootings at Kitchener residence: Waterloo police | Globalnews.ca You better believe I’ll be watching this one. Home Invasions are rare, but show an increase in potential violence Kitchener Waterloo has never seen before. Home Invasions require a level of planning to pull off, and aggression up to and […]
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If you thought your mental wellness was being tested in your house, imagine the wellness of those in a more confined space. We’ve got calls coming in from all angles, but none seem more pressing that the perimeter security of the apartment buildings in the Region. More and more, damaged entry and exit hardware is […]
In Your Head
So I think we’ve spent enough time trying to show home owners how to protect themselves against criminals. I mean, really, you’re either gonna protect yourself or your not. Hopefully home owners realize that you don’t have to be a target to get robbed, you don’t have to be rich to be a target, and […]
Buyer Beware
Do you need an alarm? Watch out for pressure sales.
Openers – Position Matters
So, this is gonna be a short post. It’s been awhile, again, but sometimes some things need to be said. Let’s start at the beginning; This is a door; When the door opens, it rests at a 90 degree angle from the door frame, covering approximately 39″ of wall, like this; These are things that […]
AC Hobbs and the Impossible Locks
So. I’m taking a break from history for a bit. As pretty as they are, I’m finding very little in the way of useful developments from the Romans to Medieval locks. The really interesting stuff starts at Joseph Bramah and Jeremiah Chubb around 1850. See, in 1770 a man named Joseph Bramah invented a lock […]
Technology Progression – Locks
Believe it or not, I’m not ready to post about the Romans yet. So much of this old, historical information is contradictory that speaking with any confidence of accuracy is difficult. Out of frustration I actually turned on YouTube and listened to a livestream of one of my own personal favorite writers doing a Q&A. […]
The History of Locks
So. We’re gonna start here, because it makes the most sense to start at the beginning. Note to the reader: This topic is huge. Massive even. I’m going to do this in parts, or no one would see me for about a month. While we should note that the earliest example of a lock and […]
Probably Never Happen – Really
There are some things you just can’t plan for. Some things should really be replaced. Some people really want in. And dumb will be dumb. Inevitably, stuff happens. When setting up security, it’s really up to you to decide how much protection you need, and what you think you need to protect against. If someone […]
Sidewinder
Cutting house keys isn’t complicated. Really, for the most part it’s all about knowing your blanks. Once you’re comfortable with identifying what you’re trying to cut, the rest is just keeping your key cutter aligned. This is where I normally go into my rant about automatic cutting machines, but really those machines drive so […]