If you’re anything like me, any changes in routine can be unsettling.  From a change in a doctors appointment, to an unexpected visit from my grandkids… I guess as you get older, your ‘Life Box’ seems to become smaller. It feels  more secure when life goes along at the regular daily pace. Your home is part of your Life Box.  Changes seem larger as we age. Most changes are fine, of course, but their effects are greater than they would have been, say, twenty years ago.

The most noticeable changes are your home, car and family.  Take your car for instance.  You don’t want anyone breaking into it so you are more cautious where you park, locking it faithfully and perhaps setting an alarm.  The same concerns should apply to your home.  Knowing where all the vulnerable places are in your home and safe guarding them in what ever means you can.  You lock your door every time you leave or return.  You check all the doors at night before you go to bed.  You put sticks in the windows to prevent them from being opened from the outside.  This may seem a little paranoid, but it’s basic common sense if you don’t want home intrusion.

You can have an alarm system installed, but you have to remember to turn it on and off and it can be costly.  Signs outside your home indicating that you have an alarm system.  Or, possibly a sign indicating you have an unfriendly dog.  Home security brings peace of mind, particularly in hard economic times.

If you put sticks in your windows,  that works fine, as they are easy to move.  Your doors have their own security with a lock in the handle and a dead bolt lock.  So now you have your window and doors covered, there’s only one thing left. Not all homes have one, but most do – a sliding glass door.  Most sliding glass doors have very inadequate locks.  They can be bumped or “rocked” from the outside and become unlatched.  Of course, high end doors have better locks on them, but there’s always a way to unlatch them.  If you have a sliding glass door you might want to raise the sliding door as high as it will go to take the play or wiggle out of it.  This is done simply by screwing in or out the adjustment screws at the bottom of the door.

After making this adjustment,  you would still want to put in some kind of bar to prevent the door from opening if don’t feel comfortable with the latch.  There are many after-market devices for sliding glass doors from foot levers, to pins, and security bars.  When choosing a security device, remember you want it to be easy to use.  With back problems prohibiting bending up and down, or perhaps opening and closing your doors from a wheel chair, you’ll want to choose something that aids you in the task.  One of the best locks on the market comes from a company in Oregon, JTC Solutions.  Their objective is to provide a security bar that is visible as a deterrent; is easy to install, and, of course, is easy to use. LockKing Security Bars provide each of these. The LockKing can be installed at different heights in your sliding door to accommodate your needs.  Set high, they add to the security of children. In locked position, it is visible – so you can see that you remembered to lock your door.

Once installed, LockKing moves easily with the door because of its self-adjusting articulating features. This means it like your arm with your hand and shoulder attached to the sliding door and the side jamb.  Then your elbow is the articulating part.  When in the locked position no one can slide the door or open it from the outside.  It must be locked from the inside and therefore prevents locking yourself out.  It can’t be jimmied, and being in full sight from the outside adds a deterrent.  So check out LockKing Security Bars – read what customers have to say.  I know you will find them a lot better than any security bar on the market.

This new model has a Tamper Proof adjustment , pre-drilled holes in the end brackets to prevent removal.

The Self Adjusting, Articulating Security Bar is constructed of aircraft grade aluminum and Made in USA.

As with all Lockking Security Bars, a 3M VHB™ double coated Industrial Grade acrylic foam tape with super high bond adhesive secures the security bar to the sliding glass door .

The Lockking Security Bars come in Anodized Black, and Clear finish.

The Security Bars are  the same price as the Residential Models.

It is a great addition to the line, it will give commercial business’s the same Quality and Security as the Residential Model, and will also be tamper proof .

Please View Product Line and other information at: http://www.lockking.org

Not long ago, I received a call from a woman whose brother was a quadriplegic. She was intent on eliminating his struggles opening and closing, locking and unlocking his sliding door. Her brother used a stick in the railing with a string attached to it. She had been researching the internet for a solution, looking for a security bar – one that would fit in his large-sized sliding door. Her search brought her to Lockking Security Bars.

A very large focus of the media is security, everything from securing our borders to home invasions; with daily news from crime against homes to crime against businesses. Many home devices are unable to withstand a break-in, although any security device will definitely deter a break-in by sight. An estimated 1 in 3 homes have a sliding door and most homes have sliding windows, making a good, strong security bar a valuable tool in home security. Some windows in a home are in a vulnerable place by sight or by foliage, and with that in mind, a security bar is a very unique security product for sliding doors and sliding windows. It is set in the door, with one end attached to the sliding door and the other end attached to the jamb. No tools are necessary for installation, adding easy placement. An important part of this security bar is its ability to perform at any height in the door.

Unlike some products with a similar description of “security bar”, security bars works with the door, opening fully. Because it can be set at any chosen height, our security bar eliminates bending over to pull up a stick or move some kind of fixed lock. The bar moves with the door back and forth, and a simple push down on the bar will lock it. The reverse action unlocks the door. Once in a locked position, the bar prevents any movement such as jiggling of the door, preventing removal of the door itself from the outside. This product overcomes many obstacles encountered by our seniors, handicapped and disabled homeowners. Installed at any convenient height, everyone can easily lock and unlock, open and close the door it can be modified to fit any size door, which gives wheelchair users the convenience and security they need. 

When placed out-of-reach, parents have added security for their children, preventing unseen access to such things as the backyard or swimming pool. This unique product has found its way into many homes, including a home of 11 children with disabilities ranging from autism to CP giving the caretakers added security and peace of mind. An Alzheimer’s home has set the security bar high in the door under the blinds, giving out of sight and reach to many, preventing “wandering” of patients. Parents and caretakers can see the bar from across the room or house. The children are quiet, maybe too quiet. With a glance – the bar is in place, peace of mind is back. We like that.

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The Pet Door Panels are installed on the same side where the handle is.  When you close the sliding glass door against the Pet Door Panel it creates the doggie door.

Then Pet Door Panels are a great solution for a doggie door with a sliding glass door.  Each manufacturer has their own instructions and ways to secure the Pet Door Panel against the jamb and the slidng door.

With the sliding door attached to the Dog Panel, and the Dog Panel attached to the jamb, the unit is still not secured.  Most manufacturers latches are inadequate without the Dog Panel in place so there is little security with the Dog Panel in place. There are several types of practical methods to secure the Sliding Glass Door.  The most common is putting some kind of device between the sliding door and the side jamb.  One of the best devices is the Lockking Security Bar.

 This security bar is self adjusting and articulates with the door, it moves with the door when it opens and closes and a simple push down locks the door and panel securely.

 The Lockking Security Bar is constructed of aircraft quality aluminum and anodized in clear and black.

 The product is very effective and well built.  Lockking offers sizes for every type of Pet Door Panel.

 One big plus is that it is Made in America with a 5 year warranty on any mechanical defects.

To view this product use the following link:  http://www.lockkingonline.com

Lockking Security Bar Articulating Action

The solution for securing sliding glass doors (patio doors) is LockKing Articulating Security Bars.

This New invention will solve most of the problems that occur locking a typical sliding glass door. Made of Aircraft quality aluminum and Anodized to withstand years of use,  the Lockking Security Bar is unique in it’s simple patent pending design.

The security bars comes in 3 basic sizes for 5′,6′ and 8′ sliding glass doors. There are custom sizes available per request for special Handicap doors, Doggie and Cat doors.

One of the special features of the Lockking Security Bars are that they are Made in USA.
The products can be viewed and purchased at www.lockking.org, www.lockkingonline.com,  and www.jtcsolutions.org.

Many people use a stick or purchase a clamp on or screw on device that that may fix the problem temporarily. There are even some inexpensive hinged bars that the home owner has to cut to fit and screw into the door and jamb.

The problem with all of these products, even the stick is that you have to continually do something to it to make it work. Example: the stick, you have to remove it each time you want to
open the door and remember to put it back when you are done, you can’t see if it’s in place or not.  Hopefully the dog or child hasn’t run off with it.

With most systems on the market including the latch that came with the door, a burglar can easily pry the door open. The stick seems to be the cheapest most effective solution, but not the best solution.

What you need is the Peace of Mind knowing that you don’t have one more thing that you have to worry about and you can feel safe and secure about that vulnerable big piece of sliding glass.

That’s where Lockking’s Articulating Arm comes into play. Not only is it Easy to Install but to use,  it couldn’t be much Easier to Use.

Fitting between the sliding door and the side jamb it it provides the Perfect Solution to securing your sliding glass door.

Lockking Security Bars for Sliding Glass Doors

Proudly Made in the USA of High Quality Materials      Residential, Commercial and Dog Door Panel Security Bars

Before installing a Lockking Security Lock or Bar you will need to raise the sliding glass door as high as it will go and still slide easily.  This will keep someone on the outside from pushing up on the sliding door and unlatching most factory latches.

To do this you will need the right kind of screwdriver, either a philips or slot driver.  By looking down at the hole at the bottom edge of the sliding door you can determine which screw driver will work.  There is a roller adjustment screw on both sides of the door.  By inserting the screwdriver into the adjustment screw in the door you can raise or lower the door.  Raise one side a little and then the other in order to keep the edge of the sliding door aligned with the side jamb.  If it seems to hard to turn the screw you might need a friend to lift that edge of the door to take the weight off of the adjustment roller.

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