December 2024
Why You Should Find Your Emergency Locksmith Before Your Emergency
Imagine your car breaking down in the middle of a deserted road late at night. In that moment of stress and urgency, you wouldn’t want to be scrambling to find a reliable mechanic, would you? [...]
7 Areas We’d Recommend Against Storing Your Safe
The most secure safe is one no one knows you have. It's also one that may be in an unpredictable location. If you think that the garage or basement fall in this category, we have [...]
November 2024
A-1 Locksmith and the Dallas-Fort Worth Community
There’s a certain pride that comes with living in Texas. We love our BBQ, our sports teams and the common courtesy we show each other. As such, we value businesses that are either founded in [...]
October 2024
Are Glass Front Doors a Security Risk?
There’s something appealing about glass. It’s modern. It’s timeless. It’s open and inviting. And it’s quickly becoming one of the more popular materials for the front door of a house. Just because it’s popular, though, [...]
Liberty Safe in Austin, Texas – A-1 Locksmith
Dallas-Fort Worth and Austin are alike in many ways. They both appreciate good barbecue, share access to Interstate 35 and boast thriving economies. These attributes and more made Austin a tempting location for us to [...]
September 2024
Should You Change Your Locks if Moving Into a New-Construction Home?
Moving into a new home is almost always an exciting experience. This is especially true if you’re the first person to ever live in that home, and that’s one of the biggest benefits of a [...]
How Much Should I Budget for a Safe?
Some products are impulse buys. Candy bars, chewing gum and drinks are a few examples of products you’ll see while waiting in a checkout line at a grocery store that won't set you back if [...]
August 2024
Ways To Improve Your Business Monitoring
Mitigating theft, protecting employees and lowering insurance premiums are all reasons you as a business owner should prioritize security. Business theft is rarely the newsworthy event of someone smashing their car through a storefront and [...]
7 Ways To Upgrade Your Home with Smart Home Security
Long gone are the days of home security options being limited to privacy knobs, deadbolts and latches. It is now paramount to consider hardware options that also involve software to maximize your home security. Cameras [...]
The History of Keys and Locks
Scientist Carl Sagan once said that “you have to know the past to understand the present.” This is good advice for any area where you want to increase your knowledge or make better decisions. After [...]
July 2024
How To Change Your Gun Safe Lock
You may not think you ever have to change a gun safe lock once you get one, but there are a variety of reasons for doing so. Most often, this is a compliment to the [...]
