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What is Lock Bumping and What Countermeasures...

If you think that locking your door at night before you go to bed is enough to keep your residence safe, then think again. Even with your door locked, you may not be as safe as you think. Intruders with knowledge of lock bumping can get into your hom...

Extra Precautions You Can Take to Secure Your...

In Houston and around the world, burglaries in Houston are an unfortunate fact of life. You can increase lighting at night and lock your windows, but no matter how illuminated your yard may be,any locksmith in Houston can tell you that your door may ...

Safes Over the Centuries

Today's safes are made to protect nearly anything - documents, valuables, weapons, money, and more. They've come a long way from the "iron chests" of the pre-1800s, evolving into the impressive safes of today.

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Tips for Burglar-Proofing Your Home

In today's world, people need to protect their homes better than they have before. There were over 200,000 incidents reported in Texas in 2009. Ask any Houston locksmith and they will tell you that the risk of burglary is always high in a large city....

3 Reasons to Own a Home Fire Safe

The danger of fire is a constant one, as fire departments responded to nearly 400,000 home fires in the United States in 2009, and 44,867 fires in Houston. While you do all you can to prevent a fire from ever happening, knowing that your most importa...

Why Every Gun Owner Should Have a Secure Gun ...

Even if you have all of the proper safety equipment to safely own a gun, accidents can still happen. If you want to protect your family from falling prey to accidents involving guns, then you need to keep your weapon locked securely in a safe. Look o...

Why Use Any Other Product? Here's a Great Sto...

Bob Sallee President of American Security Products makes the grade (A) on quality control for CSC3417 and CSC1717 Burgulary & Fire Safe. These safes are well built and perform as advertised. Houston Safe & Lock received a call from a long time cu...

How to Choose the Right Gun Safe for Your Fir...

If you own a gun, you want to do everything you can to keep it out of the wrong hands. You especially want to be sure that your children or other family members can never accidentally get hold of your gun. While you can employ many precautions to k...

Preventing a Home Invasion

Houston's leading Locksmith and Security Expert, Fred Trotter with King Safe and Lock, comments on how to prevent Home Invasions like the one in Galveston County just south of Houston, Texas as seen on channel 2 news.  Police in Galveston County are...

Exactly How Does Your Lock Work?

We use a lock and key every day, trusting it to keep us safe and protected, but most likely never take the time to think about how it really works.  Gaining knowledge on how locks work could perhaps help you to be able to fix a broken lock in a situ...