Safe Locksmith in Houston TX
Professional Locksmiths in Houston Offering Affordable Safe Locksmithing
Not All Safes are the Same
Alamo Key and Lock repairs and installs safes for homeowners in Houston and surrounding areas.
WHY CHOOSE ALAMO KEY AND LOCK TO REPAIR OR INSTALL YOUR SAFE?
- Family-owned and operated professional locksmiths in Houston TX since 1982
- We can do a thorough audit of your home security to ensure you get the right safe for you
- We have top quality safes in stock and can order the right safe according to your requirements (e.g. guns, jewelry, important documents, and others)
- As a Texas based business, we know the importance of gun ownership of our customers. For this reason we also specialize in gun safe installation and consultations for maximum protection from intruders, and to keep away from children
- Our locksmiths will always come to you and inspect and fix your safe
- Same day response guaranteed 24 / 7
- 100% guaranteed parts and quality workmanship
WHAT ARE THE MOST COMMON MISTAKES WHEN BUYING AND INSTALLING SAFES?
In over 35 years of consulting Houston customers on installing safes, the most common mistake we see is where the homeowner chooses to place the safe. Because most homeowners think a safe in the closet is secure and out of house, this location is the first place thieves look.
For this reason we recommend to homeowners that they place a cheap, fake safe in the closet with non-valuable documents, and hide the real safe elsewhere. When a thief finds the fake safe in the closet, he or she will think it’s the real one, and waste their precious minutes trying to open it. Meanwhile, you have bought the police time to come and get the bad guy.
SAFE REPAIR AND INSTALLATION SERVICE
Alamo Key and Lock can repair your old safe and install new ones as needed. The most common ways old safes break is that someone loses the key combination or program, if it’s an electric safe, or a thief tried to break into the safe. Since breaking into a safe may damage it, the safe will likely need repairs.
Safe Locksmith Pro-Tip: In fact, we often recommend to customers that when they are building a new home or business, that they install a floor safe while the building is still under construction. Floor safes sit directly in the concrete, and no thief can extract it without heavy-duty equipment. In a very real way, only thieves from the movies could get into safes installed in concrete in the floor of a secure home. Since the safe is snug in the concrete with a trap door over it, all you see is the small dial of the safe, and there’s no way to get access to the points of entry a thief needs to break into it.
SAFE AUDIT SERVICE
During our safety audit of your home, we can assess what kind of safes are best for you, and where best to place them. For example, in sheetrock homes, we don’t recommend wall safes, since a thief can easily break through the sheet rock wall, take the entire safe, and then break it at his or her leisure. In addition, floor safes often need to be installed during a remodel or construction of the home, so we recommend hiring Alamo Key and Lock while you are still planning your home or a remodel.
SAFE CRACKING SERVICE
Alamo Key and Lock licensed locksmiths can crack safes that you need opened. Of course, homeowners and business owners will have to provide ownership proof of their safe before Alamo Key and Lock safe locksmiths will open it. Call the manufacturer and track down proof of purchase if you do not have any other documentation available. If the locksmith has to drill the safe, Alamo Key and Lock guarantees the repair for you.
Why do owners need to have a safe cracked? Most often the combination of the safe has been lost. Another reason is, if the safe has a smart or electronic keypad, the battery may have gone out on the safe, and the whole mechanism will no longer work.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT SAFES
WHAT ARE THE MOST COMMON REASONS HOMEOWNERS BUY SAFES?
Alamo Key and Lock often recommends homeowners buy safes when they want to securely protect any valuable items. Safes can protect jewelry, guns, documents, and expensive materials like gold.
HOW DO I SERVICE A SAFE? WHAT ARE SAFE FIRE RATINGS? WHAT ARE SAFE SECURITY RATINGS? AND WHAT MAKES SAFES FIREPROOF?
Safe fire ratings are a quick way to determine how much heat a safe can withstand and for how long the safe can in the fire while protecting the contents inside. Here is a safety rating guide to see how safe your safe actually is.
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WHERE TO BUY SAFES? WHO BUYS SAFES? WHO SELLS SAFES? HOW DO SAFES WORK?
Different kinds of safes work in different ways. A combination safe for example has a combination dial attached to a spindle which runs inside of many wheels. The wheels must be moved in alignment before the lever that blocks the safe door from opening, will open.
HOW DO LOCKSMITHS OR THIEVES CRACK A SAFE? HOW ARE SAFES CRACKED
Learning how a locksmith or thief cracks a safe may help you decide that in fact you do need a safe. Here’s a simple guide about how safe cracking works.
ARE SAFES WORTH IT?
Yes! Alamo Key and Lock highly recommends homeowners with valuable belongings protect them with a high-security safe. Because your safe is the last line of defense between your valuables and a thief, it must be concealed and correctly installed. Also, safes protect valuable documents, jewelry and guns from damage.
CALL ALAMO KEY AND LOCK and SPEAK DIRECTLY WITH a PROFESSIONAL SAFE LOCKSMITH in HOUSTON 713-688-3887