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Top Tips When
Installing a Key Safe
With crime statistics on the rise, home security is proving
to be crucial and, with so many options on the market
on how to keep your home safe, it is easy to be confused
with misinformation. Installation of products is key, failure
to do it properly can lead to inefficiency and endless
amounts of hassle. Here Joe Murphy, installation
partner from M Assessment Services, outlines his
top tips on how to install a KeySafe™ correctly…
» » WHEN FITTING A KEY SAFE,
following the instructions is essential.
It’s tempting to just throw them away
and muddle through yourself, however,
this just won’t work with a Supra C500.
The key safe comes with a handy fitting
kit to guide you and failure to use will
invalidate the LPS1175: Issue 6, Security
Rating 1 certification, meaning you’re
in danger of the product no longer
providing you with a secure fitting and
could invalidate your home insurance.
Choosing the position of your Supra
C500 is crucial, wherever possible try to
install the product in a covert position,
where it is shielded from view but still
has some light for accessing the product.
Another handy top tip is if the user has
mobility issues install the key safe at eye
level so that they can reach the product
with ease.
Now that you have chosen the perfect
spot for your key safe, the next step is to
install it and there are four rules which
you must abide by:
1. Never place your key safe at the
edge of a wall (leave at least 6
inches).
2. Never drill holes into mortar as all
holes must go into brick.
3. Never drill at an angle, you must
always drill straight into the brick
wall.
4. Make sure when the key safe is
fitted it is snug against the wall,
which will minimise all gaps around
the product.
As simple as these four things may
be, failure to do them will make your
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installation so much more difficult
and, could also cause your product to
become faulty.
When drilling out the holes, be sure to
remove excess brick dust so the holes
are clear from debris, and never use the
vault of the Supra C500 as a template
when you are drilling the holes as
brick dust will damage the product and
invalidate the warranty; always use the
installation template provided with the
product.
A key question that we always get
asked is ‘my house is rendered; how do
I know where to remove the render so
that the key safe template holes cover
the brick and not the mortar?’ If you are
ever unsure, simply look at the damp
course at the bottom of the wall where
the brick is exposed and measure up,
this normally does the trick.
Once you have drilled the holes and
placed the key safe on the wall you may
have difficulties in hand-tightening the