Business Door Locks

Business Door Locks

Is it time to pur­chase new Locks? Big box stores have entire aisles filled with var­i­ous secu­ri­ty door locks. How does the con­sumer know what a good val­ue lock with good secu­ri­ty fea­tures is?

PROTECTION PLUS® can help!

  • You can deter­mine qual­i­ty lev­els by learn­ing some pri­ma­ry lan­guage of the lock indus­try.
  • Lock qual­i­ty is assessed by “Grade”. Grade One is the high­est qual­i­ty. The high­er the “grade” num­ber, the low­er the qual­i­ty. Typ­i­cal­ly, Grade One locks are sold by Lock­smiths and secu­ri­ty com­pa­nies. Most big box stores sell Grade 3 door locks, knob sets and dead­bolts. These are mass-pro­duced locks made with low stan­dards and cheap­er inter­nal com­po­nents, includ­ing plas­tic and nylon. They have min­i­mal pro­tec­tion from abuse, heat, or com­mon bur­glary tricks like lock pick­ing, key bump­ing, or drilling. In many cas­es, they also can­not be repaired or upgrad­ed; they are sealed units and are more or less dis­pos­able. These are the typ­i­cal “builder” installed locks, low cost with min­i­mal secu­ri­ty fea­tures.
  • The lack of key Secu­ri­ty is anoth­er major weak­ness in many low­er-grade locks com­mon­ly sold in Big Box stores. The cheap­est locks can be, in essence, rekeyed by insert­ing a blank key and tap­ping the cylin­der; the tum­blers inside will align with the new key. This allows a quick bur­glar entry with no sign of forced entry. High-Secu­ri­ty Grade One locks use dif­fer­ent tech­nol­o­gy, such as side pins or ball bear­ings, to pre­vent this tam­per­ing.
  • Key Con­trol takes Secu­ri­ty to anoth­er lev­el. The abil­i­ty to con­trol who can dupli­cate a key is an impor­tant step for­ward in Secu­ri­ty. Some­times we all lend out keys, per­haps to a neigh­bour or con­trac­tor. With key con­trol, only an autho­rized per­son with I.D. can dupli­cate the key from an autho­rized deal­er, not the cor­ner store. Key Con­trol can stop at sim­ply lim­it­ing dupli­ca­tion, or it can be expand­ed to cre­at­ing a mas­ter key sys­tem allow­ing you to have a Mas­ter Key that can open all locks while restrict­ing access to oth­ers door by door, lock by lock. This is an excel­lent solu­tion for homes where per­haps a clean­ing ser­vice gets access to a side door but not the home office. And busi­ness­es where a man­ag­er has a Mas­ter key with full access, but employ­ees are lim­it­ed to spe­cif­ic doors and locks.
  • Check your local fire code for restric­tions. We get plen­ty of requests for dead­bolts that are keyed on both sides. In many juris­dic­tions, this is not per­mit­ted. In the event of a fire, do you want to make it dif­fi­cult to exit? This is an exam­ple of what is not allowed in some juris­dic­tions; our Lock­smith and con­sul­tants can assist you in ensur­ing you adhere to local bylaws and safe­ty reg­u­la­tions.

The Cronus pro­vides a low­er-cost alter­na­tive with a good qual­i­ty Grade 2 lock, also com­pat­i­ble with Mul-T-Lock’s key con­trol fea­tures. Mix and match the Cronus and Her­cu­lar as need­ed, and still use the same key to open them. Ask our con­sul­tant about the best fit for your appli­ca­tion and bud­get.

Mul-T-Lock Deadbolts

Door Locks and Cylin­ders: Mul-T-Lock’s door lock fam­i­ly includes Mor­tise Locks, Knob & Lever Cylin­dri­cal Locks, and Jim­my-Proof Locks. These have Mul-T-Lock’s patent­ed cylin­der and are designed to offer a com­plete high-secu­ri­ty pack­age.

Dead­bolts: Mul-T-Lock’s line of high-secu­ri­ty door locks has been spear­head­ed by the unique Her­cu­lar® Dead­bolt. Uti­liz­ing supe­ri­or strength and ease of instal­la­tion, the Her­cu­lar® Dead­bolt lock has set new stan­dards in high-secu­ri­ty lock­ing. Con­struct­ed of sol­id brass and hard­ened steel, the Her­cu­lar® dead­bolt lock is rec­og­nized by many as the best dead­bolt on the mar­ket today.

The Cronus pro­vides a low­er-cost alter­na­tive with a good qual­i­ty Grade 2 lock, also com­pat­i­ble with Mul-T-Lock’s key con­trol fea­tures. Mix and match the Cronus and Her­cu­lar as need­ed, and still use the same key to open them. Ask our con­sul­tant about the best fit for your appli­ca­tion and bud­get.

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Cylin­ders: Already have good qual­i­ty door locks or pad­locks? Have you just moved into a new build­ing with good-qual­i­ty locks, but you need to ensure there are no unau­tho­rized keys? Ask us about increas­ing your Secu­ri­ty by installing new High-Secu­ri­ty Mul-T-Lock Cylin­ders that are drill, bump and pick resis­tant, and offer essen­tial Con­trol. Mor­tise, Rim, and Key in Knob Cylin­ders head­line Mul-T-Lock’s com­pre­hen­sive line of retro­fit solu­tions. Avail­able for a wide range of Res­i­den­tial, Com­mer­cial, Indus­tri­al, and Inter­na­tion­al lock­sets, each is designed to offer an afford­able upgrade to pick, drill and bump resis­tance, as well as patent­ed, restrict­ed essen­tial Con­trol to almost any exist­ing lock­set. Also, Mul-T-Lock car­ries Large For­mat Inter­change­able Cores, Mogul Cylin­ders, and a vari­ety of Pro­file Cylin­ders to fit mul­ti­ple appli­ca­tions.

Mul-T-Lock Cylinders
Mul-T-Lock Passage sets

Pas­sage sets: Look­ing for more secure solu­tions for inte­ri­or door locks in your home or office? Do you need to switch to Lever sets to meet upcom­ing Acces­si­bil­i­ty reg­u­la­tions? Look­ing to expand your key Con­trol to inte­ri­or doors? We can help!

Pad­locks An often over­looked secu­ri­ty weak­ness is the use of Pad­locks. Pad­locks usu­al­ly pro­tect and con­trol access to valu­able items rang­ing from Bar fridges to equip­ment rooms and tool sheds. Yet often are pur­chased with lit­tle thought to Secu­ri­ty from the local depart­ment store. Mul-T-Lock’s var­i­ous pad­lock lines are world-renowned and rec­og­nized by many insti­tu­tions. Whether it’s the weath­er resis­tance of the G‑Series Line, the famil­iar­i­ty of our T‑Series Line, the ver­sa­til­i­ty of the C‑Series Line, or the brute strength of our robust E‑Series Line, Mul-T-Lock car­ries the best solu­tion for almost any pad­lock appli­ca­tion.

Mul-T-Lock Padlocks