Protect Your Valuables With High Security Locks, Safes And Deadbolts

High Security Locks

We have three choices for high-quality high-security locks, Medeco, KeyMark, and Abloy. All three offer a patented key blank that requires a special key machine to cut keys and a factory contractual agreement that dealers will only cut keys they are authorized to cut. Medeco and Abloy offer “extreme” pick resistance, along with superior resistance to physical attack. KeyMark offers key control with pick resistance.

 Key control is the ability to control the duplication of keys. This is accomplished not by stamping “Do Not Duplicate” on common keys; it can only truly be accomplished by purchasing it. The products we have selected to sell required special key machines cutting the keys precisely to work in the locks with precise specifications. While the keyway patent has expired on some of our products, no manufacturer makes the blanks and assigned keyways. 

Our high-security product line is available in a variety of formats. We can usually convert existing locks to one or provide new locks. 

The Abloy is the best product for abusive, industrial, dirty environments. We have them on fish processing plants, marine piers with salt spray, cold storage warehouses kept at 20 below, in deep forests with high vandalism, truck terminals, airports, high-security cash control, etc. We have been selling Abloy since 1984.

Medeco locks and cylinders are made to tight tolerances and suitable for all applications. High-frequency offices and retail, cabinet, and drawers in high-security cash environments, computer server rooms, gaming machines, safes, drug storage, medical environments, etc.

KeyMark locks and cylinders are also well made but lack the pick resistance of Abloy & Medeco or the resistance to physical attack. They are economical to gain key control in facilities with lower security requirements. It’s a very versatile product; besides converting the same locks as Medeco & Abloy, KeyMark can convert almost any interchangeable (or removable core) format. KeyMark can bridge different interchangeable formats, from Schlage LFIC to Corbin/Russwin to Yale to Sargent to Best SFIC. For more information, call one of our locksmiths.

Security Enhancements

We have a variety of products and ideas to enhance physical security. Just some examples:

  • “Wrap-Around” Plates.

    “Wrap-Around” plates. This is one way to repair doors that have been damaged/split, retrofit a modern designed knob lock over an old mortise or skeleton key lock, or improve the inadequate security of residential metal doors. The plates are made of either stainless steel, brass, or bronze, depending on the color desired, they are either 9” or 4 ½” tall, with 4” on both sides of the door, and can come with two hole preparations (one for a lockset and one for a deadbolt) designed to hold the latch in the edge of the door. 

  • Security Strike Plates

    Security strike plates. We have a variety of security strike plates, the type with a heavy steel plate and long screws that mounts behind the finished plate, and others taller than average with holes for 4 or 6 long screws (good for repairing door frames damaged in break-ins). 

  • Latch Guards

    Latch guards. A latch guard is generally a plate that covers the gap between the door and frame to prevent shimming a lockset's latch. Multiple designs cover a variety of situations, including some with a heavy pin to interlock the door and frame together and prevent prying the door and frame apart. There are even some designed for doors that open in that interlock. 

  • Sliding Glass Doors

    Sliding glass doors are more like a window than a door and should be thought of when considering security. There are lock cylinders that can be used to give key access on the outside; however, our experience has shown they wear out quickly with daily use (since they are now made in China), and we do not recommend using a slider as everyday access. We stock some and have available a variety of replacement handles, locks, etc. Additionally, we stock the security latches that you frequently see in hotel rooms and find them to be a good auxiliary lock. A “Charlie Bar” is an aluminum tube that folds down to block the door from opening and will work only with a door that slides on the “inside” of the house (as will a dowel of wood). 

  • Cabinet, Drawer, Cam, Etc. Locks

    We have a variety of these types of locks in stock or available, many in high security.

  • Other

    We can usually find some product or design to fit your situation.