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Umbrella term for anything considered part of home security, including locks, door closers, video doorbells, CCTV cameras, and much more.
Bumping a lock is using a specialist blank key to try and force the mechanism. Anti-bumping technology reinforces the pins and makes them more difficult to manipulate.
Drilling attacks aim to forcefully destroy lock mechanisms. Anti-drill technology uses reinforced materials to protect the locking mechanism within the door.
Anti-pick locks contain strengthened pins to protect against picking. They also contain more complicated combinations of springs, pins, and wafers which make the picking process incredibly difficult.
Technology found on cylinder locks consisting of a sacrificial shear line, which when put under pressure will break before the main body of the lock does. This helps to prevent the entire lock mechanism breaking and offers security against snapping attacks.
Browse Anti-snap products hereThe name of the measurement taken from the centre of the door handle to the back of the cavity in the door where the lock mechanism sits.
Additional security that can be applied to door frames. Secures the hinges and whichever lock or latch is in place. Product consists of a flat reinforcing piece of material.
Testing and accreditations organisation who ensure the standards of locks are as high as they can be. Also test other security products such as door handles and escutcheons for security. Can grant zero star, 1-star and 3-star accreditations to these products.
The central part of the lock which moves to engage the bolt. The key turns this protruding piece of material to engage the locking system.
Browse Cam (lock) products hereOtherwise known as trickle vents, these can be fitted to windows, even older ones retroactively, to allow for a small amount of airflow into a room even with the window shut. They can prevent condensation on both the windows and walls when used and fitted properly.
Locks often found in metal, UPVC, or timber doors. Found in most modern houses and popular across Europe. Features a thin keyhole, and flat keys to operate. Uses a pin and tumbler system, and can range from 3 to 5 pin mechanisms.
Browse Cylinder lock products hereLocated on a cylinder lock, placed over the cylinder on the exterior of the door. They provide extra security and a small lip/handle for shutting the door with. Found on nightlatch systems.
A safe that is disguised as something else, usually a household object, for additional security. Usually, decoy safes are disguised as rocks for outdoor use or cans for indoor use.
Rounded shaped padlock, with the construction meaning it benefits from resistance to lock cutting and blunt force impacts.
Mechanisms placed on or around the door frame that ensure the door stays closed after it has been used.
Connects doors to frames for use with electrically powered systems. Often found on high security doors or fire doors.
Referring to cylinder locks, where there are locking mechanisms on both sides of the cylinder. This could be a combination of key and key, key and thumb, or thumb and thumb.
Browse Double cylinder (lock) products hereA protective attachment that covers the keyhole and can protect from attacks on the lock. Also, can be BSI security approved and so can add to the overall security function of your lock.
A euro profile cylinder is a cylinder lock, but made out of a single piece of metal rather than two pieces being joined at the cam. Often features anti-snapping technology.
Browse Euro cylinder products hereReferring to cylinder locks, where there is a locking mechanism only on one side of the lock. This could be key operated or a thumb turn.
Browse Half cylinder (lock) products hereUsually found securing garden sheds or gates, they consist of a horizontally protruding piece of metal, which is then covered with an adjoining piece and secured with a lock.
Found in fire doors, these are a feature designed to stop smoke, heat, and flames from passing the door threshold. Usually fitted to the door frame, these are the ‘hairy’ brush-like strips often seen on fire doors. In the event of a fire, they expand to offer extra protection.
Symbol found on the product to denote its level of quality. Kitemarks can be found from BSI, and the Police Force’s Secure by Design programme, amongst others.
These padlocks offer drill and snapping resistance due to the construction of their bodies, being made of several layers of metal layered on top of each other.
Locks found on safes and doors quite frequently. Uses an analogue keypad with numbers 1-9 and usually 2 letters. Then has a turn for access once the correct code is input.
Ovular chamber lock. Similar to the Scandinavian cylinder lock but with the keyhole located at the top of the chamber.
Browse Oval cylinder (lock) products herePart of the locking mechanism. Moved by the teeth of the key, working with the springs located in the cylinder, they move to sit flush with the internal cylinder allowing the cylinder to turn, thus moving the cam and engaging the lock.
The area of a door panel that must be removed to a strikeplate (as part of a lock) to sit flush against. This is located opposite the door panel with the latch on it, as the latch sits in the rebate.
A lock mechanism that makes up part of the nightlatch system found in older doors. Consists of concentric rings, creating a circular lock.
Browse Rim cylinder (lock) products hereLocking mechanism that is common across Europe, and especially in Scandinavia. Features an ovular lock body, with the keyhole on the bottom of the chamber.
Browse Scandinavian cylinder (lock) products hereHigh security padlocks, also known as block padlocks for their shape, often used on rollers/shutters or on warehouses.
An electric type of locking mechanism, which drives a bolt into a driving plate. Based on principles of electromagnetism.
A door spindle is a long cuboid shaped piece of metal, used for connecting door handles. They sit inside cylinder lock cases and nightlatch systems.
A concealed type of door closer, located at the top of the door. They remain hidden but ensure the door stays closed after use.
Often found in commercial buildings like schools, offices, and hotels, these are fitted to prevent windows opening the whole way. They are used as a safety feature to prevent things being lost or thrown out of windows.
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