- Locksets -

     We carry hardware from common brands such as Kwikset and Schlage, as well as high security products from Medeco.  Schlage offers various grades of hardware, from residential lines to higher security like Everest and Primus.

Keep in mind the function of the lock when thinking about security.  Some common functions are:

• Entry:  Can be left locked or unlocked, requires a key for entry when locked. This is the appropriate function for a front door.
• Passage: No key on either side and always open. Commonly used on bedrooms and closets.
• Privacy:  It locks with a button, but does not have a key on the outside. This function is typically found on bathrooms.
• Storeroom:  Always locked. It can be opened with a key, but it can not be left unlocked.  Janitor’s closets, server rooms and other areas that can not be left unlocked may need a storeroom function lockset.
• Classroom: Locks and unlocks with a key, and can remain unlocked.  Called a classroom lock because it is commonly used on classrooms.  By requiring a key to lock, it prevents students from locking the teacher out of the classroom.

     In addition to function, when replacing old hardware or installing new hardware, it is important to consider the difference between mortise and tubular.

• Mortise Lock:  A mortise lock has a lock body that slides into a pocket cut out of the door.  The latch and bolt are integrated into the rectangular lock body, and they are actuated by spindles that slide into or through the body.

Mortise lock body

• Tubular Locks:  A latch inside a shaft connects to a lock body which is attached to the knob or lever. Instead of a pocket cut out in the door, a 2 1/8 inch hole is drilled. The backset of the hole (the distance from the edge of the door) can be 2 3/8 inch or 2 3/4 inch, and many newer latches are adjustable.

Tubular style knob lock with latch

Many locksets and door hardware are available in different grades (or durability).  The highest is Grade 1, which is heavy duty commercial.  Grade 2 is light duty commercial, usually sufficient for most applications. Residential quality is Grade 3.  Often Grade 3 locks will break when installed in commercial applications.

- Digital Locks-

      There is a growing interest in digital locks for residential as well as commercial applications.  We provide advice, hardware and installation service for digital products for both residential and commercial installations.  For residential, digital deadbolts with keypads and biometric readers are now reliable security options.  A digital deadbolt can allow access with a code instead of a key. 

In commercial applications, the selection of hardware is even broader.   We offer stand-alone digital locks and products that can be programmed remotely.  Digital locks can be fitted to standard metal or wood doors or narrow stile aluminum doors.  Additionally, many manufacturers offer products in mortise and tubular lock designs, and digital entry can also be fitted for outside access with exit bars. 

As well as digital locks, keypads connected to electric strikes or electrified locks can enable keyless entry.  In commercial applications, many hardware manufacturers offer electrified versions of their traditional product line.  For example, both the Schlage ND series commercial cylindrical locks and the Schlage L series mortise locks are available in electrified versions.

Please call us with any questions you may have about these products or just look through the links for digital security products.

        

	Samsung SHS-3120 Digital Deadbolt
	TouchOne CFS-100 Biometric Deadbolt
	Sunnect AP501 Digital Deadbolt

 

  

- Padlocks -

     The brands we most commonly sell are American, Master and Abus.   We sell padlocks keyed individually or keyed alike, and often we can key padlocks to existing keys. For customers with gates on their homes, it is usually possible to key a padlock to a house key.  In our store we stock a wide selection of padlock styles.

 

 

Padlock from American Lock

- Doorclosers and Exit Devices -

   We sell many brands of doorclosers exit devices, and we provide installation services as and offer doorcloser rebuilding services.  In some applications an exit bar is required by law to meet fire code.  Exit bars are also useful in permitting exit but eliminating outside access.