People often ask us, “What do you locksmiths do besides unlock houses and cars?” In short, we service anything in a door opening—from the threshold to the closer, and anything in between!

To the right you can see a gallery of before and after pictures from a recent commercial threshold replacement we provided at a local Sonic in Conway, Arkansas. This back exit at receives heavy use for trash removal as well as stock replenishment. As you can see from the first picture, the threshold took all the abuse it could stand! This problem presented not only an inconvenience, but a safety hazard as well due to the sharp edges of the aluminum sticking up at ankle height!

This door required a special rabbeted threshold that is not readily available at local hardware stores. This typ of threshold is common in food service applications for health department code compliance because they provide a seal around the full perimeter of the opening, preventing intrusion from insects, rodents, or windblown debris.

Next time your door is slamming, or won’t close, or won’t latch, or your key is difficult to turn in it—contact us! We will help you in the right direction so you can get back to your important work without distractions from your doors!

If you have ever been the victim of a burglary, you know how unnerving the experience can be.

And that concern doesn’t go away overnight! Unfortunately we can’t heal all the trauma associated with the experience, but we can help provide you with a little peace of mind!

A common method of attack used by burglars is to kick in the door. This is a very fast way to gain entry to a residence due to the cheap locking hardware frequently used in residential construction.

When a door is kicked in, what usually happens is the jamb is broken out at the location of the strike plates. This is where the latch on your lock enters the door jamb. These strike plates are often only secured into the jamb with 3/4” screws. This means it requires surprisingly minimal force to to split out the trim and have the door wide open!

The video below demonstrates a product that can not only prevent a kick-in attack, but can also usually repair a door jamb after it has been split out. Not only does it repair the jamb, it makes the jamb much stronger than it was before the intrusion!

Take a look, and give us a call if you have any questions! We want to help you avoid an intrusion or recover from one.

Shut The Front Door Ep. 4 In this episode, Ted Nugent joins us for an Installation and Demonstration of the Jamb Enforcer, and we make unfounded blanket statements about gamers! Great product to reinforce a door frame against forced entry, or repair the jamb after a kick-in attack.

After a long hiatus for a complete redesign of the website and branding, (Thanks to Silverlake Design Studio) Shut The Front Door is back in business!

We hope to bring you interesting and helpful information on a more regular basis moving forward.

Would you like more information about a security or door harware topic? Drop us a note and we will contribute what we can to the discussion!