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When you’ve changed a lock in the past, you might’ve stumbled across locks claiming to be ‘anti-snap’, ‘anti-pick’ or ‘anti-bump’....

As a certified master locksmith, I spend more time thinking about locks than I’d care to admit. Nonetheless, I know...

Break-ins and burglaries are horrible things to experience at home, but make no mistake, they’re equally, and oftentimes more, distressing...

We all know the ‘stick it under the plant pot’ and ‘hide it under the doormat’ tricks when it comes...

It’s a tale as old as time: valuables are spotted by an easy-to-access window left ajar, and an opportunist –...

Door security is no joke. As the primary entry point and first line of defence to the home – our...

Perhaps the term travelled along the grapevine of friends and family. Maybe it cropped up whilst you were considering changing...

They say moving homes is one of the most stressful things you can do; it’s time-consuming, emotionally taxing, expensive, and...

While DIY lock repairs aren’t always advisable to the general public, one thing I can get behind as a professional...

Lock snapping is a phenomenon I’m all too familiar with at The York Locksmith Company. A tactic used to break...