Replacement transponder chip keys: Should you choose a dealer or a locksmith?

Replacement transponder chip keys: Should you choose a dealer or a locksmith? About two decades ago, car manufacturers sought to prevent theft by making transponder chip keys. This type of key contains an RFID chip programmed with a serial number … Continue reading

Flatirons Locksmiths, a full service locksmith company Tip#19

Flatirons Locksmiths, a full service locksmith company Tip#19. Follow up to Tip#17. A funny thing has happened since I posted Tip#17 suggesting that people always have a second set of car keys in case one set is locked in the … Continue reading

Flatirons Locksmiths, a full service locksmith company Tip#18

Flatirons Locksmiths, a full service locksmith company Tip#18. Safe cracking! The movies make cracking a safe look so easy and but this is one thing that is nothing like the movies. In the first place you cannot use a stethoscope … Continue reading

Flatirons Locksmiths, a full service locksmith company Tip#17

Flatirons Locksmiths, a full service locksmith company Tip#17. Ignition keys are rather important to us yet so many people only have one. If you happen to lose that one while you are out and about you can find yourself locked … Continue reading

Flatirons Locksmiths, a full service locksmith company Tip#16

Flatirons Locksmiths, a full service locksmith company Tip#16. Lost your key to your file cabinet or desk drawer? No problem, in many cases a good locksmith will be able to make a key to work in your desk drawer or … Continue reading

Flatirons Locksmiths, a full service locksmith company Tip#15

Flatirons Locksmiths, a full service locksmith company Tip#15. Andy Greenburg of Forbes wrote an article a few weeks ago about hackers who “Crack hotel room locks with a tool disguised as a dry erase marker” that can “hack” a particular, … Continue reading

Flatirons Locksmiths, a full service locksmith company Tip#14

Flatirons Locksmiths, a full service locksmith company Tip#14. In Colorado the fire code requires that most businesses have installed on at least one of their exits a push bar for easy exit from the building. The fire department or the … Continue reading

Flatirons Locksmiths, a full service locksmith company Tip#13

Flatirons Locksmiths, a full service locksmith company Tip#13. The past several posts were all about your security in general, here are some of the things we do to help ensure your safety when you hire us. Firstly, all our techs … Continue reading

Flatirons Locksmiths, a full service locksmith company Tip#12

Flatirons Locksmiths, a full service locksmith company Tip#12. Another very important safety tip is when you have a service person come to your home such as a handyman or locksmith to work on something in your home, make sure they … Continue reading

Flatirons Locksmiths, a full service locksmith company Tip#11

Flatirons Locksmiths, a full service locksmith company Tip#11. This post is dedicated to the safety of the women in our lives. It seems that every time we turn on the news, read a paper, or listen to the radio, we … Continue reading