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Locksnapping is back on the agenda, following further
major exposure on the BBC’s Watchdog consumer
programme which highlighted this ongoing problem.
According to the DHF, which
represents the UK’s leading
lock manufacturers, there
are 45 million residential
entrance doors in the UK.
Almost 70 per cent of these
are vulnerable to snapping
and other methods of lock
attack which have been
revealed extensively on the
internet.
Grant MacDonald
The DHF says it is
encouraged that the solution
put forward in the programme
is that worried householders
should consider either
retrofitting a Kitemark TS 007
three star rated system in their
existing door, or replacing the
entire door with a PAS 24 rated
product.
We all look forward to Spring
but it can come with risks:
window lock supplier Jackloc
has launched a seasonal
campaign – “Spring should
be called Fall” - to highlight
the danger of unrestricted
windows.
The campaign aims to raise
consumer awareness of the
increased risk of falls from
unrestricted open windows
at this time of year, when
people are keen to enjoy the
finer weather after a cold, wet
winter. Jackloc, which created
its unique original universal
window restrictor in 2003,
has been campaigning for
more than 10 years to educate
people about the dangers of
open windows.
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