Want to Save Money? This Irving TX Locksmith Wants to Help!

As a provider in Irving TX, we also offer commercial locksmith service to Irving TX, Las Colinas, Coppell, DFW airport and Grand Prairie TX.

By serving this vast radius of small business and corporations, our locksmith staff is often asked frequently a question that might seem relevant to all business owners out there and is therefore worth blogging about. Before we get to the question first lets describe the situation most small business owners tend to come across.

Hiring  the wrong employee will make you wish one of your friends is a locksmith.

For example let’s take Daniel.Daniel is a manger in the T mobile corporation, who manages several T mobile stores around the DFW metro area including Irving Tx.

Since T mobile encourage young professionals to be a part of the T mobile extravaganza,a lot of the sales reps at T mobile stores are youngsters who are at the beginning of their career life.These youngsters are at often less disciplined workers,and get bored fast with their line of work simply because they are young and still got youth foolishness in their mind.

This magic youth makes Daniel spend most of his time in hiring and laying off workers.

By doing so,Daniel encounters a problematic issue since every time he is laying someone off from the store he must call a locksmith to come and rekey the front store locks and exit door locks,to a new set of key,to avoid any chances of an unwanted access to the store.

irresponsible workers can loose your store key and also make you rekey your store.

At some point Giddy Up locksmith Irving found itself sending locksmith technicians weekly to rekey the store locks.Rekeying commercial locks is considered to be an affordable cost comparing to swapping out the locks, however when you change it weekly it adds up.

And so it was inevitable that Daniel will come to me and ask the question like other business owners asked our locksmith staff before,

is there any other affordable way for this kind of scenario?,instead of having a locksmith rekey my  locks every time ?

To resolve the matter me and my locksmith crew decided to sit down and think what can be done to keep the store secured and cost affective for frequent rekeys.Our locksmith crew came up with a couple of options which vary by budget,but provide the same results: security and access control.

Digital keypad commercial locks.

digital commercial keypad locks are functions by key code combination which send a signal to a mechanic actuator to lock and unlock your door.

pros:

• Un pickable – no locksmith or thief can pick a digital keypad lock.
• Entrance codes can be erased and added simply without a need of a locksmith.
• Can receive live updates on entrance to the store – (optional ).

cons:

• Expansive – advanced technology is never cheap and its installation requires a professional locksmith as there are adjutants for door to be made as well as frame  which involves professional locksmith work .
• Sharing the entrance code with non employees – an employee might share the code with friends or family and as rumor spreads the code might be whispered to the wrong ear.Also when opening the store a thief might observe the worker while opening the store and could see what is the key code he/she typed in .
•  Requires frequent maintenance by a commercial locksmith staff.

Access control with proximity cards.

In the commercial Locksmith market today you can find access control systems functioned by an electronic key card that transmit signals to the receiver in the door lock once the signal is confirmed the door will unlock.The lock is triggered by waving the card next to a trans receiver box located outside the door.The door is locked by an electric magnatic field created from dc voltage .

pros :

• Security – magnetic lock access control systems are highly durable from any breaking attempts,
• When ever you layoff a worker you can simply erase its key card from the system by phone or a computer with no need to call a locksmith.Adding a key card doesn’t require a locksmith either.
• Smart access control allows you to monitor entrance of workers,cleaning service or intruders to your store.
• The owner can know exactly if worker was late for his/her shift.

cons:

• Price – access control system are considered to be very expansive since it is not the ordinary key lock cylinder,access control system consists of high tech patent components and steel hardware to resist a high level of durance and offer advanced security .
• Installation – these systems require a professional locksmith to install them. Most of these system consist adjustments to the door,wiring wires in the walls and installing power control circuit boards.These installations are complicated and might take longer than the average commercial lock installations and your store clients might feel under construction when installing these systems.
• If a worker looses or damages a keycard the cost for replacement can be quite pricy.

BEST core cylinders.

Most commercial locks can be operated by a core cylinder which can be swapped by a control key with another , most common brand in the market with an effective key way is known as BEST .

pros:

• BEST locks are still operated with a key but BEST offer a high resistance against lock picking and bump keys
• BEST locks come with a restricted key way, so there is no way for a worker to duplicate your store key in a regular department store or at a locksmith shop without the owners permission.
• BEST core locks are easily to be swapped and with no need to contact a locksmith ,so if you ever lay off a worker or misplaced a key to your store,you can easily swap the cores by your self and avoid calling a locksmith to rekey your store.
• comparing to the options mentioned above BEST locks are priced affordably and are less complicate to install by a locksmith.

cons:

• No access control – with best locks there is no way to know when your store was unlocked or locked.
• No time management – no track on workers time if they were late for their shift or not.
• BEST locks are highly durable against possible breaking inns and vandalism.however comparing to the options above BEST locks are considered to be less secure lock on a security level grade.

To sum up,Giddy Up locksmith Irving Tx recommends for small business owners who deal with a constant lock rekeying to transfer their locking system,into BEST core locks.  The investment might be higher than a standard lock rekey but on the long term it will save you money.

Giddy Up locksmith Irving serving Irving Tx home & business owners  for over 8 years.For quotes or questions feel free to fill out our contact form or call us at 972-635-4639.