Regardless of the extent to which you go to protect your home from home invaders, you are not safe until you are actually inside and your locks are engaged. Particularly if you live in a city or a large apartment complex there are times when you may feel threatened on your way into your home. A person who would like to break into your home may follow you from your car and force himself inside your home while you are opening the door. You may also feel as though a person may want to harm or even abduct you.
To give you peace of mind and boosted self-confidence, your friendly and dependable AJ’s locksmiths Oyster Bay offer you these tips for opening your home doors and getting inside safely:
- If you are going into your home from your car leave your car doors locked until you are absolutely ready to get out. This means that you have gathered everything that you need to bring inside with you and your keys are already in your hand.
- Never stand in front of your door rummaging for your keys. This puts you in a very vulnerable situation. Instead, have your keys in your hand prior to getting out of your car or while you are walking toward your home. Always walk confidently and with purpose.
- For an added layer of self-protection, carry your key ring so that the ring itself is in your palm with your fist wrapped around it. Allow keys to protrude between your fingers. This will provide you with an emergency weapon should the need arise.
- Have one of our emergency 24 hour mobile Oyster Bay locksmiths check the locks on your doors to make sure that they are in good working order. This means that the key goes into the lock smoothly and that the unlocking motion is fast and easy. You don’t want to struggle with your lock.
- As soon as you get inside, before you do anything else, turn around and lock your door. Flip the deadbolt thumb turn first, if you have such a mechanism. Then utilize the other locks you have in place.
