Well, the real business may be starting this weekend with Cardiff City’s big kick off against Sheffield United. But for those like Blackpool (grrrrrr) who are lucky enough to be in the Premiership there is another week till all the fun starts.

Which means you have a week to get your team in the Delyn Locksmiths Ltd Fantasy Football League. I’ve put up some small cash prizes for winning the League and the Head to Head tournament.

Staff, friends, customers, sub contractors, suppliers, everyone’s welcome to join. Go to http://fantasy.premierleague.com and select your team, then use code 210232-58157 to enter our league.

Master Key systems provide convenient security, allowing a senior member of staff for example to have one key that accesses every room in a hotel or workplace, whilst a guest has a key to their room only.

We have supplied master key systems to hotels and guest houses across Wales.

A Master key suite is a system of locks and keys, These are constructed in such a way as to allow authorized keys past the lock whilst restricting unauthorized keys.

The system is built around a master key that will give access to all of the locks in the system, This then allows the main keyholder to access all areas when required. This type of system is particularly useful to landlords,
hoteliers, schools, office complexes and other largesmall premises.

In laymans terms this simply means that if for example you are a landlord only one key is needed to access all your properties rather then fumbling around with large bunches of keys whilst assuring each tenant holds his own unique key to his or her lock

With an alarming increase on crime rates these days, more and more people are getting cynical about their belongings and how they can protect them against intrusion and the elements. Thus, manufacturers and entrepreneurs came up with an idea on how to safeguard man’s valuable things and properties through a device that can endure the test of time. And so, floor safes came into the limelight. Basically, a safe has three main classifications or configurations. They are the wall or wall-mounted safes, the freestanding safes, and the in-floor, floor safe. Without going into the details of the other two, let us discuss the compositions of floor safes.

1. The Nature Of Floor Safes

Basically, floor safes, like their two counterparts, are specially designed to provide protection and security to valuables and other pertinent documents. As their name suggests, floor safes are exclusively made to be mounted into the concrete slab of the floor. Manufacturers of floor safes strongly suggest that the position of the safe must be carefully analysed and considered so as to maximize its potential. If mounted properly end extensively, floor safes can be the best protection against burglary and even tragedies like fire.

2. Installation

Floor safe installations are actually more complicated and more expensive than wall safes. When installing floor safes, you have to cut a slab out of the floor first. Then, you have to dig a hole. After which the safe is placed into the hole and more concrete is poured to cover the area. This will firmly ground the safe and prevent it from being physically removed during a burglary.

3. About Floor Safes

Floor safes are under the category of composites safes. That means that they have a combination of two functions, to combat fire and burglary. The floor safe has been tested against all forms of burglary. The price of a floor safe is determined by the ratings that it obtains in these two categories.

One drawback that consumers find on floor safes is that it has a thick wall covering, meaning floor safes offer a smaller space when compared to the typical metal vaults or the ordinary filing cabinets. But people must understand that the main reason why floor safes are designed this way is because of its purpose, and that is to protect the valuables and not just be a mere storage space.

We’re looking for a hard working and honest person to be directly employed as a locksmith. We offer a comprehensive staff training programme, but obviously, experience in the industry would be prefered.

Wages will depend on experience, and what you can bring to the company, the location of the job would depend on the succesful applicant. You will need a full driving license and your own transport. If the applicant is based in Wales, ability to speak Welsh would be an advantage.

Please apply by letter and CV, detailing any experience to

Delyn Locksmiths Ltd,
33 Amity Court,
Longueil Close,
Schooner Way,
Cardiff,
CF10 4EA.

Or phone 07977 594 707 for an informal chat.

We’re all off to the ICL exhibition this weekend, The training sessions along with plenty of time to play with the latest tools will allow us to remain at the forefront of the UK lock picking world.

And the drinking might mean we all have headaches monday morning!

All information about the exhibition can be found here

Thanks to Hartley Wilprint we now have a new logo.

It’s already on our invoice books, and over the next few months it will be rolled out accross the company, on our vans, uniforms, job sheets, and on this website.

Please feel free to leave any comments on the logo and the re branding on this blog.

With the home office adnmitting that in times of recession there is likely to be a rise in burglary, maybe now is a time to look at the security of your home. Here are some tips cut and pasted from the website of the ICL (Institute of Certified Locksmiths)

We wish to offer fifteen basic pieces of advice about the security of your home, based on the experience and knowledge of Institute members:

1 Consider changing all outside door locks when you move home
2 Fit a BS3621 mortice lock to the front door
3 Fit a 5-lever BS3621 mortice lock together with top- and bottom-operated bolts to side and back doors
4 Fit appropriate locks to the top and bottom of French windows and patio doors
5 Fit window locks to ground floor and upstairs windows
6 Don’t leave door keys in visible or obvious places such as under the doormat
7 Lock all your doors and windows when you go out
8 Don’t leave ladders lying around
9 Keep your sheds and outbuildings locked; burglars will use YOUR tools to gain access to YOUR house
10 Close your curtains and leave a light on in the lounge and bedroom if you are going out for the evening
11 Always activate your intruder alarm before you go out – many insurance companies will refuse to pay out if you are burgled and you did not activate an alarm
12 Don’t leave curtains and blinds drawn during the day – they will attract burglars
13 Cancel your milk and paper deliveries if you are going on holiday
14 Ask a neighbour to remove any post or newspapers left showing in your letterbox
15 Cut your lawn before you go on holiday.

Colin Jones a native of Tremeirchion who now lives in Trelogan will join the staff of Delyn Locksmiths in May.

Colin served his time as a fitter with Hawker Siddeley Aviation, Broughton in the late 60’s following which he spent four years in the Merchant Navy as an engineer officer.

In the mid 70’s he took up employment with Holywell Urban District Council then Flintshire County Council where he worked in a variety of roles for over 26 years.

Colin brings the number of us emplyed at Delyn Locksmiths to three and he will be responsible for our accounts and for managing the locksmiths shop in Holywell.

If you have any payment queries you can contact Colin on his direct line number 07515595838.

Try not to get locked out on the 1st of June 2008! Only joking, we’ll have a skeleton cover on that day but most of us will have packed our bags for the MLA expo. It’s held in the Telford International Centre, and you can find
out more by clicking the following link http://www.locksmiths.co.uk/expo/ see you there!

Only joking of course, but it would be if we could all cut keys like this guy!