Various Kinds of Locks

There are various kinds of locks that are available on the market for all kinds of security and reinforcement needs. Whether you are a home owner or run a commercial business, you need basic locks on your doors. These basic locks are usually installed for the purpose of locking doors and are not used primarily for security and reinforcement purposes. Since there are various kinds of locks, they offer varying levels of security, and the kind of lock that you choose to install depends on the purpose of the lock and the level of security it should provide while serving that purpose.

Let’s take a look at the four most common kinds of locks that are available on the market.

Padlocks are one of the most common locks that you can purchase to lock any kind of door.

Padlocks might be the only kind of locks that can be removed when you unlock them. They are not a permanent part of the door or the handle that you are using them on. Depending on the kind of door that you are using them on, you will find that their sizes will vary. The benefit of padlocks is that they are portable, and if you purchased a padlock and have to, for instance, move or use it anywhere else, you can easily take that padlock along with you. There are two kinds of padlock locks. Combination locks have dials on them that unlock the hook when the combination is entered but one downside of these locks is that they can easily be unlocked by anyone if they know what they are doing. Keyed padlocks, as the name suggests, are opened by a key. Keyed padlocks can come as rekeyable or non-rekeyable. Rekeyable padlocks can have the key changed, which means that you can choose to have the lock changed to a key that you use for multiple purposes, such as your house key. There are also key- or non-key-retaining padlocks, the former meaning that the key cannot be removed from the padlock if the lock is open. You may find that some padlocks have shoulders that rise up on both sides to make it harder to cut a padlock open.

Knob locks are mostly installed in residential units, both on exterior and interior doors.

They are usually used for security but are and definitely should not be used as the only form of security on exterior doors. The lock cylinder is inside the knob and not the door, which means that it can easily be broken or wrenched off hence removing the lock cylinder completely. If you do have knob locks, you may want to invest in additional security, such as deadbolt locks, so that you can reinforce your door, making it harder to unlock.

Lever handle locks are interior use locks mostly used in commercial buildings.

These handles are easier to open since they only need to be pushed down rather than turned like a knob. These kinds of locks are used in settings where handicap accessibility is of importance. They function the same as any other lock since they can be unlocked using a key.

These are some of the most common kinds of locks that are used in residential and commercial buildings, but there are a wide variety of other locks that are available. The features of each kind of lock depend on the function that they serve and the level of security they provide.

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