04.21.11
Posted in Uncategorized at 9:12 pm by Administrator
Well, for those of you that have OSI locks or Omini locks you may already know the the company has been bought by Stanley. Stanley then pulled the locks from normal distribution and have made it more difficult to get and have repaired. Many times you may need to replace the locks with another brand that is more accessible to you. If you have any questions or need replacement locks or another manufacturers locks then give us a call and we can check your options for you. www.esilock.com
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04.13.11
Posted in Uncategorized at 9:14 pm by Administrator
We are seeing a lot of damage to detex panic bars in the puyallup, federal way, tacoma and surrounding area. There appears to be a person or persons that are cutting wires to damage the units so that they can return at a later date, steal items and exit the doors without the alarm sounding. They seem to be targeting doors that are shielded from view so they have the time ( several minutes) to vandalism the units, rip out the power cords and cut the alarm contacts. They then do their best to conceal the damage so that you may not see teh cut wires. For anyone with detex units or any kind of alarmed exit unit please make sure to test your units at least monthly to make sure they still function properly. And as always , if you are in the seattle-tacoma area we can service all types of panic hardware or supply parts if you have your own maintenance crew. Check out our site here. www.esilock.com
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03.31.11
Posted in Uncategorized at 12:55 am by Administrator
Just finished posting the Fife WA locksmith page. You can see it here. In the last few days I have come across some more people that were scammed by the illegal locksmiths. From what we are hearing the majority are russian gang members. They use white invoices with the bold label of 24/7 locksmith. No address and no phone number appears on the invoice. Do not trust these guys and do not pay them. If you have to, call the police and report them as illegal contractors.
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02.22.11
Posted in Uncategorized at 1:11 am by Administrator
We have been getting requests for repairs and maintenance of home alarm systems in the local area such as puyallup, egewood, milton, fife, federal way etc. I wanted to post a few quick tips about these.
1. Your main alarm system battery should be replaced every 3 years or so. They can last longer, but to keep them in good working order you will want a new one every few years. These batteries are rechargeable and available at our office ( in Edgewood) starting at $25.00
2. If your trouble light comes in you can usually check the trouble yourself. User manuals can be donwloaded online from various sites, or call us and we can walk you through most trouble conditions. The trouble light is usually a yellow or orange light on the keypad. We can be reached at 253-848-1924
3. You do not have to have monitoring for alarm systems. Many clients with home alarm systems choose not to have monitoring or use a 3rd party monitoring company. In these cases servicing alarms can be difficult. At ESI we can and do service alarm systems whether they are monitored or not. Please call us for servicing existing alarms, installing new, or adding to an a home alarm.
4. Most alarm systems can be factory reset in case of lost codes or failure of the system. If you have an existing alarm system in your home and do not know the codes or have access we can, in many cases, reset the panel to factory condition and reprogram from scratch. There are some alarms that have a “lockout” feature. This is a programming option that the original installer might have turned on. If this feature is on, then the alarm system cannot be reset. The system is still usable with current codes, or if needed, the main board can be replaced. This would salvage the rest of the home alarm system.
5. If you would like to upgrade your home alarm system many times it is just replacing the keypad and main panel. At ESI we work on a variety of alarm systems and can upgrade your system keypad and panel while salvaging the door contacts, motion sensors, smoke detectors, horns, etc. Please contact us to get more information at www.esilock.com
Keep in mind we service most of the Seattle-Tacoma area including, puyallup, edgewood, milton, fife, kent, federal way, algona, pacific, bonney lake, auburn, renton, bellevue and many other areas.
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02.15.11
Posted in Uncategorized at 2:20 am by Administrator
About a week ago we were called to service a door for one of our clients in federal way Washington. In his emergency situation the manager called around and by the time we got there there was another locksmith working on the front door. I spotted him quickly as a gypsy, possibly criminal locksmith. By criminal I mean someone that is keeping copies of house keys for future break ins, or is related to a crime spree, or gang. I took his picture, got his license plate and when I asked him for his locksmith license he started packing up real quick. The staff thought something was off when he showed up in a personal vehicle, no uniform and just basic tools like a screwdriver and drill. By the time I got the police on the phone he was driving away. We found out later he had damaged the door, and took some of the parts with him. The door was a gorgeous, newly installed door that was now scratched with tool marks because this illegal locksmith didn’t know what he was doing. I am scared to think what he would have charge the client. I know we would have had to fix his mistakes, because from what he tore apart, he did more damage than good.
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02.02.11
Posted in Uncategorized at 11:23 pm by Administrator
We just finished our locksmith page for Federal way and posted it to our site at. Check it out here. www.esilock.com/federalway
Esi also known as Edgewood Security is located just south of federal way and offers our complete services to the area including locks, keys, alarms, car openings, rekeying houses etc.
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Posted in Uncategorized at 10:26 pm by Administrator
Schlage has introduced a new rekeyable lock that is designed to be easy for the end user to rekey. This follows kwiksets smartkey system. The design seems nice and easy to use. The only challenge is that you must obtain a special blue key that is designed to allow the rekeying process. While the process is fairly simple, the end user must still go to a locksmith in order to get a set of blue keys cut. One blue key to start the rekey process and a separate blue key to finish it. We have brought some of these schlage blue keys in stock and can cut them for you or perform the rekey process in its entirety. If you have any questions please call us 253.848.1924 or visit our site here. www.esilock.com
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12.20.10
Posted in Uncategorized at 11:11 pm by Administrator
I am not exactly sure what is going on with monitronics and their repair services at the moment, but we have had a few customers call in the last week or so needing repair. It seems that when they call monitronics the customer was told that repair services were not offered. So we at ESI Security got the call and our answer was Yes we can and do repair those systems. Here are a few things to keep in mind regarding repairing, fixing or otherwise working on a monitronics system
1. Monitronics does not make the system. They buy someone elses system (such as DSC) and have their name put on it.
2. If the system is not locked out (special passcode) we should be able to repair or, if necessary, default the panel and reprogram.
3. If Monitronics will not service the panel then we at ESI Security can service it, but we highly recommend that you cancelyour contract and switch to our UL listed monitoring for $25.00 per month.
4. We at ESI can service your alarms and we travel quite a distance including Tacoma, Puyallup, Kent, Auburn, Federal Way, Fife, Edgewood, Milton, Bonney Lake, Sumner, Algona, Pacific and many other surrounding areas.
5. There are several reasons for this lack of service by Monitronics and other alarm companies. Some monitoring companies want the recurring revenue of $30 or more a month. As soon as an alarm has problems they are willing to let it lapse since it is cheaper and easier to just let the alarm contract expire, than it is to staff a repair center. Other reasons are that, unlike most states, Washington state alarm technicians must be Licensed Electricians, This makes it more expensive and difficult to keep repair technicians available. Rest assured that here at ESI we are a licensed and bonded electrcial contractor with licensed repair techs on staff.
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12.09.10
Posted in Uncategorized at 10:53 pm by Administrator
We have been working hard to comply with google and their new place page requirements, but due to googles upgrades and the illegal locksmith pages our page has been lost and it is being very difficult for us, as legal locksmiths to get our page listed. Please view our current page here.
The trouble we have with this is that google is trying to weed out the illegal locksmiths and we are getting caught in the crossfire. Unfortunetally, when the illegal guys get their websites, or address and phone number listing, shut down they just make another fake one and move one. We cannot do that. We have a real locksmith office in Edgewood the services the local area as well as milton, puyallup, fife, tacoma, federal way, etc. We have to have our info correct and google keeps verifying the info and the losing it only to re-verify. Very frustrating….
But, we will keep at it and eventually Google will get us listed correctly.
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11.17.10
Posted in Uncategorized at 1:29 am by Administrator
Just finished with the Milton page about locksmithing for our website and the Milton Washington area. Seems basic, but hopefully people will understand that we at ESI are an actual local company and that we have a real lock shop location for people to walk in. Also we can drive out to customers businesses or houses to service locks and hardware as well. A lot of these locksmiths are illegal scammers with no business office or license. They show up to your house, kinda work on your locks and charge a lot of money. Anyway… you can always walk into our office and rest assured we are licensed and legal.
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