Security, particularly home security has\nnot always been the issue it is today \u2013 we have all heard our parents\n\/grandparents tell us that back in their day everyone left their doors open and\nvery rarely did anyone ever get burgled that was back in the 1960\u2019s and beyond\n\u2013 fast forward sixty years and how times have changed. The first thing most of\nus do we enter our property is to make sure the door is securely locked behind\nus \u2013 that is assuming that we had of course already unlocked it to gain entry. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The question \u201cHow many times a day do you\nopen and lock your door\u201d which seemed irrelevant n bygone years is now a\nfundamental requirement to personal security and of course it is a question\nthat is dependent upon many factors \u2013 number of doors, number of occupants etc.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Let\u2019s assume a very basic minimum example \u2013<\/p>\n\n\n\n
You start the day by l unlocking and off to\nwork you go leaving the door unlocked so your two kids and the \u201cgood lady\u201d of\nthe house can vacate the premises. Last one out relocks, that\u2019s (unlock\/lock)\nthat\u2019s (2x) minimum (or a lot more times if you are really safety conscious and\neveryone unlocks\/locks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Assuming someone returns at lunchtime (2x)\nminimum <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The return from school late afternoon early\nevening (2x)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Then finally at night (2x)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So it\u2019s fair to say 8 times a day would be\nan absolute minimum for a typical family of four an estimate which could be out\nby a factor of four if all of the occupants pf the house locked and unlocked\nthe door when they entered or left the premises <\/p>\n\n\n\n
A very conservative estimate would be that\nwe unlock\/lock our door 56 times a week <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Or 2912 times a year! <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Lock, unlock, repeat! <\/p>\n\n\n\n
It\u2019s a lock that\u2019s what its designed for we\nhear you say and we all take it for granted that it will work every time. But\nwill it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Your lock should never be overlooked it is\nthe first component that protects your home \u2013 which means, you, your family and\nyour possessions \u2013 simplistically \u2013 everything you hold dear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The strength and security quality of your\ndoor lock should never be over looked \u2013 unfortunately not all looks are as\nsecure as we would like to think and worse still many doors (purchased as a\ncomplete unit) come with cheap cylinders which cost about \u00a33. They look nice\nand shiny when first fitted, but they come with no guarantee that they will\nwork when you need them most or provide you with the level of security you\nwould expect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At GFD Group whether it be our Eurosecure<\/a> division or our Composite Door outlets \u2013 Timber Composite Door<\/a> \/ Global Door<\/a> we are in the business of locks and door security, sadly the failure and consequences of faulty \/defective locks is an all too common problem we hear about daily! <\/p>\n\n\n\n At GFD Group we take your security extremely seriously,\nthat\u2019s why every <\/p>\n\n\n\n Timber Composite \/ Global Door comes fitted with the\nnew Ultion WXM cylinder as standard<\/p>\n\n\n\n and our\nEurosecure website offers the Ultion WXM lock as a replacement option to\npurchase to replace their inferior locks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ultion Locks have been standard in all our doors for\nthe past two years! Yes! they cost a little<\/p>\n\n\n\n more but they\nare guaranteed to perform and we see no point in saving pennies when<\/p>\n\n\n\n our customers security is at risk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Ultion lock re wrote the rule book when it first\narrived as a security option achieving<\/p>\n\n\n\n security\nlevels never before seen! <\/p>\n\n\n\n Now with Ultion WXM they have again raised the bar! <\/p>\n\n\n\n More security<\/p>\n\n\n\n More robustness<\/p>\n\n\n\n More performance <\/p>\n\n\n\n To meet the standards of a TS007 Diamond Sold Secure (the\nindustry standard for security in<\/p>\n\n\n\n locks) the Ultion\nlock had to be tested to perform 100,000 cycles of locking and unlocking! <\/p>\n\n\n\n When you purchase the Ultion WXM as either a lock or\na component of one of our Timber<\/p>\n\n\n\n Composite \/\nGlobal Doors you will have the added knowledge of knowing that rather than <\/p>\n\n\n\n the minimum 100,000 cycles your lock has actually\nbeen tested to 500,000 cycles <\/p>\n\n\n\n That\u2019s equivalent to 171 years of constant locking\nand unlocking using our minimum 2912<\/p>\n\n\n\n times a year\n(from above) <\/p>\n\n\n\n