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National Home Security Month, Avoid Halloween Horror Stories
October’s here and it’s National Home Security Month. Autumn is statistically the worst time for domestic break-ins as the darker evenings mean that there are more hours in the day when intruders can creep about in the shadows. Bearing this in mind, Yale, and...
Powered Gates Are a Current Issue
Improperly installed or maintained powered gates can pose a potential health and safety concern. Several deaths and many more injuries have been attributable to powered gates malfunctioning or simply being the wrong barrier for the purpose to which it was applied....
Our Top Five Tips For Outstanding Security
It goes without saying that Prestige Doors are committed to security. Our core business is making sure that your business, or home, is securely shut and that you and your property are safe from intruders. However, there’s only so much a security shutter or sectional...
The Rules of Unintended Consequences
When Personal Security Compromises Public Safety A housing development in central London has this week had its security doors removed as a consequence of health and safety concerns raised by the Fire Brigade and local council. Residents of the block had been concerned...
Some of our Recent Installations
It’s been a busy couple of weeks for garage door installations here at Prestige Doors. When garage doors get old and worn, they aren’t just unattractive, they’re a safety security risk too, which is why it’s important to have them well maintained. Safety and Security...
What Do You Need To Know About Document Q?
The government’s Document Q outlines what builders and door fitters need to be aware of when installing windows and doors. The most recent update came out in October 2015 and instructs tradesmen on the latest minimum standards that are required when fitting doorsets....
The Importance of Regular Maintenance
For many of us, it’s easy to overlook something as everyday as a door. You unlock them in the morning, luck up in the evening and people come and go in between times. We’re all guilty of taking doors for granted. But we shouldn’t be so complacent. Maintenance Saves...
Think Like A Burglar and Improve Your Security
We’ve discussed in the past the things that you should do around the home to keep burglars out, outlining some of the things that they look for when selecting a victim but how do you think like a burglar? What are the things that you look for that make you chose one...
The Sensible Way to Keep Burglars Away
Summer should be a time for relaxation, of afternoons in the garden and trips to the beach, even a jaunt over to the continent for a fortnight of sun, sea and sleep. Unfortunately, summer is a high time for burglars too. In summer, with its long sultry evenings and...
Security and Style
The weather’s been a bit up and down this week but we were blessed with a great day to replace an old, patched up and flimsy doors with one of our steel roller shutters. You can see in the first picture what a mess the door was, the main door was a patched up...