I apologize if this has been asked before, I used the search feature looking for things like "locks" and most of what came up pertained to gun safes or gun locks. I see quite a few threads about how to fortify a house and one of the common recommendations is to have "good doors and locks" (duh), but there is rarely much mention of brand.
I bought a house recently and I want to have the locks re-keyed or replaced as I have no idea how many keys are floating around and who the previous owners gave them to.
I plan to replace the locks on my front door (deadbolt), a double cylinder deadbolt lock on the door that leads from my garage to the exterior of the house, a lock (probably deadbolt?) that leads from my garage to the interior of my house. Additionally, I would like to add some kind of keypad or biometric device to a side door, so that my cleaning service, my friend who sometimes watches my dog etc. can have access that I can turn on or off without giving them a key. They keypad would also be nice if I were to lock myself out without having to keep a key hidden in the back yard.
Any recommendations on brands of locks? I'm willing to spend some money on quality stuff. I plan to try and swing by a local hardware store that specializes in doors tomorrow to ask their opinion, but thought I should get some opinions here first. I know we have some locksmiths on THR so maybe they can chime in.
My handyman recommended the kwikset smartkey product (link below), which can easily be set to all accept the same key and the key can be changed easily. According to the website, it's anti-bumpkey. Is this a decent product? Kwikset also has a keypad and biometric product (same link), but a quick perusal of amazon reviews indicated a lot of unsatisfied customers, especially for the biometric lock.
http://www.kwikset.com/SmartKey/
I bought a house recently and I want to have the locks re-keyed or replaced as I have no idea how many keys are floating around and who the previous owners gave them to.
I plan to replace the locks on my front door (deadbolt), a double cylinder deadbolt lock on the door that leads from my garage to the exterior of the house, a lock (probably deadbolt?) that leads from my garage to the interior of my house. Additionally, I would like to add some kind of keypad or biometric device to a side door, so that my cleaning service, my friend who sometimes watches my dog etc. can have access that I can turn on or off without giving them a key. They keypad would also be nice if I were to lock myself out without having to keep a key hidden in the back yard.
Any recommendations on brands of locks? I'm willing to spend some money on quality stuff. I plan to try and swing by a local hardware store that specializes in doors tomorrow to ask their opinion, but thought I should get some opinions here first. I know we have some locksmiths on THR so maybe they can chime in.
My handyman recommended the kwikset smartkey product (link below), which can easily be set to all accept the same key and the key can be changed easily. According to the website, it's anti-bumpkey. Is this a decent product? Kwikset also has a keypad and biometric product (same link), but a quick perusal of amazon reviews indicated a lot of unsatisfied customers, especially for the biometric lock.
http://www.kwikset.com/SmartKey/