Installing a British Standard Locks on a Bi-fold Door
Installing a British Standard Locks on a Bi-fold Door is advisable because of 2 main reasons. The main reason is your home security. British Standard (BS) locks and mechanisms are much harder to get through to burglars. Although you might think it is a secure door because it is in the garden, It is still an external door. Most of London back garden can be accessed from neighbouring gardens easily in terraced houses. Detached houses and semi-detached houses will usually have wooden gates that perpetrators could climb above it they wish to. Make sure to have the highest security possible for your door locks and mechanisms.
The second reason is the home insurance policy. Most insurers require all external doors to have a British Standard Locks on a Bi-fold Door, UPVC doors and wooden doors. To the front of the house and rear of the house. Make sure to discuss your lock with your home and content insurer to avoid disappointment.
Know Your BS
Most Bi-folding doors come with a standard lock. Some of the bi-folding doors in the UK market comes from Italian and german manufacturers that do not have the British Standard BS kite-mark or have standard Euro profile locks installed. You can check your door or lock for the British standard kite-mark: if it has a heart sign as in the picture above it is a British standard lock.
We can easily upgrade your locks for a British standard lock. If you have a few panels (4-7) and have a few looks in the door, we can also make a special order and upgrade for you for a key alike options. Then all your keys will be operated with the same key. Please note that we will need to measure your door before ordering key alike locks.
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