Discount Locks website

thecrater

Hi,
I wonder if anybody has had experience with Discount Locks discountlocks.co.uk

The website seems genuine and says that it's owned by Ultimate Locks Ltd. They even include a StreetView of their office above a coffee shop. I'm not sure about buying locks from an online retailer. Something tells me it isn't safe but maybe i'm being paranoid. What do you guys think? has anybody had experience with this website?

Regards,

latecomer

Personally I would buy them from Screwfix or similar so you know its all above board. Thats what we did following our problems with the builders - just replaced all the lock cylinders.

Locknut

latecomer wrote: »

Personally I would buy them from Screwfix or similar so you know its all above board. Thats what we did following our problems with the builders - just replaced all the lock cylinders.

What he said or if worried get them delivered to your work address!

A.Penny.Saved

Be aware that uPVC door cylinder locks are very vulnerable to snapping and bumping attacks and it's very easy to get past them. Check youtube for videos. There are anti snap & bump cylinders available.

latecomer

And the glass in most windows is susceptible to bricks.......

A.Penny.Saved

latecomer wrote: »

And the glass in most windows is susceptible to bricks.......

Not as susceptible as you might think. It takes quite a lot to put a brick through a double glazed window. A lot of bricks get thrown around my estate including one at my window and few are broken. Plus if they do manage it they are likely to arouse attention which most burglars try to avoid. Then there is all the broken glass which has to be got past.

It's a lot less difficult to snap off a lock using some pincers and open the door. It's that easy!

Jackinbox99

Another vote for screwfix from me.

MaidMarianofNottingham

I bought three anti bump locks for my UPVC doors from JC Plastics in Redruth. Phoned them and they were helpful.
Locks have been fine, prices good too.

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MaidMarianofNottingham wrote: »

I bought three anti bump locks for my UPVC doors from JC Plastics in Redruth. Phoned them and they were helpful.
Locks have been fine, prices good too.

Anti bump is only one method of gaining entry and less commonly used. The other is snapping off the lock with some large grips/pliers (Anti snap locks) to open the door and is more likely because there is no need to have something fit into the lock to bump it.

Once that is done, the door opens like it is unlocked.

The link below is one manufacturer that I came across and liked the look of, but I have not used them or got around to ordering yet so I am not recommending them or saying they are good to do business with. Their locks are £45 each. The people who fitted my two porches which was meant to be a well respected company, a few months later sent me a letter offering to replace the locks at £100 each that I had just paid for. They had sent letters to the local papers "informing" everyone that most uPVC locks were not secure and in doing so telling any common burglar where to find out about breaking into people's homes.
Have a look on youtube for all the videos on how to do it. snap bump locks

The fact that they probably knew about the locks when they were fitting them didn't mean that they put in the new secure locks or even inform me prior to fitting and offering a low cost upgrade. The company was Finesse windows who I wouldn't recommend anyway even without that event because of the way they fitted the porches. They left holes in the bases that they fitted the porches to and didn't bother putting in a little bit of cement to seal them and I had beetles and giant slugs going up the inside of my rear internal door and across my hall floor.
http://www.abs-secure.co.uk/default.asp

MaidMarianofNottingham

The Yale locks I bought are also kitemarked to the same BS EN1303 as the abs-secure locks but are one third cheaper.
As you have porches then you will also have further locking door beyond the porch. You will probably also have a security locking handle. That is the situation in my property and I'm guessing yours may be similar.
I looked at the abs-secure locks before buying the Yale kitemarked locks and decided that abs-secure were unnecessarily expensive given that there's an additional locking door and a locking handle on the UPVC door.

We fitted the new locks ourselves and it was very simple. Simple once someone brilliant on these boards advised me that in addition to unscrewing the retaining screw I needed an Allen key to remove the old lock.