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Schools and Security

brads — Thu, 20 May 2010 12:19:12 +0000

I have been recently contracted to change all the locks at a school located in Washinton, DC. The security they have in place right now are security personel and hard lock and key system. It is a middle shcool with a high school in the same building. They will be getting a card access system and cameras in the near future. But for now we need to the change the locks because master keys have been given out.

I will talk first about a master key system. Most people know that a master key will fit all doors and a seperate individual key for each door. The same as in an apartment complex. The maitenance man has a key that fits every unit and each tennant has their own key that doesn’t fit any body elses unit. This is the lowest level of a master key system. This is normally called a level 2 system.

The system that they have currently is Sargent large format removable core. I have no clue of what level or what has been done in the past. No records have been kept nor has the previous locksmith issued or kept any records. Because of cost reasons they have decided to rekey and remaster the existing cylinders. I did inform them of High Security and Restricted cylinders that could be installed.

After walking the school and making a list of every door, I designed a system for them using the existing Sargenat IC removeable core. The system will need a grand master key (GMK), master keys (AA, AB. etc.), and individual keys to seperate offices and rooms (AA1,AB1,AA2, etc.). The grand master keys will work everything, while the master keys will work only sections. The admistation office area will have its own sectional master key. This key given out to the right personnel working only in this area. Only people who might need to go into all the offices will be given a GMK or a sectional master key. Each door will be keyed seperatley and keys given out to each person occupying each office. Security and pincipals will be given a GMK.

Lateral File Cabinet Lock Out

brads — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 22:22:52 +0000

Hello, from Brads Safe and Lock. We recently got a call from one of my good customers. An account I have been servicing for a couple of years. Their lateral file cabinet was locked. They have a key and it turns but none of the drawers would open. I moved the cabinet around and shook it rapidly. I then heard the rods fall into place and the cabinet opened. Now if I left the cabinet alone it would happen to them again. Lateral file drawer locks operate a lot differently then vertical file cabinets. It took me about a half hour to an hour to fine tune the catches on the side of each drawer and lubricate the turning rod along with the slide mechanism down the side of the lateral. When we were done the file cabinet opened everytime when the key was turned. Upon further conversation We found out the cabinet was moved from another room to its present location. Now we new what had happened and why. Good customer service locksmiths should address the problem at hand then fix the problem so it doesn’t continue. Although we can’t stop them from moving their file cabinets.

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brads — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 17:00:36 +0000

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