With Christmas less than two weeks away, it’s hard to think about anything else. I’m almost finished with my shopping, my house is completely decorated, my mom and grandmother are making Christmas candy all this week, and my daughter’s last day of school is this Friday. You understand why I might be on Christmas overload. […]
At LockNet, we only do work on commercial buildings. Despite this, we get multiple requests for help and advice on issues people are having with residential doors. Of course, we always do our best to help them. Door closers are, hands-down, our number one topic for questions. We get multiple questions a week from people […]
Thank goodness for the Contact Us form on this website. Not for the reasons you probably think, either. Selfishly, I love it because I get a ton of blog ideas from the questions that come through that form. This door closers post? Contact Us form. Vetting a lock technician? Also a result of the Contact […]
Let’s talk statistics really quickly. Thanks to NACS Online, I was able to dig up some interesting information. In the United States alone, there are 152,794 convenience stores. This divvies up into one convenience store for every 2,095 people. On average, a customer spends roughly between three and four minutes in a convenience store when […]
One of the top concerns we hear from our customers is whether or not the hardware they’ve chosen is going to hold up if the opening are in high traffic areas. Of course, the first thing we do is make sure they have the proper grade hardware installed. That, alone, can save the customer hundreds of […]
Many of us don’t think about lock maintenance on our business or home until the locks fail to work or completely fall off the door. As soon as that happens, the repair becomes a priority because you need to lock or unlock the door and resume your normal schedule. You may find yourself stranded outside […]
Hardware specification is something into which many organizations put a lot of time and thought (also known as money). One of the main issues potential customers bring to us is they do not get the products laid out in their hardware specification. They often ask, “Why am I not getting the products listed in my […]
A lot of people look at specification reviews and think they’re the easy part. Truthfully, it should be easy. Unfortunately that’s not always the case. A lot of time and energy goes into developing specifications for your buildings, and so often we hear about the customer not getting what they specified. If that isn’t frustrating, […]
I happen to love the start of a new year. I like the feeling of a clean slate—getting to start over fresh and energized. I also like the possibility of really being able to make resolutions for change. Here’s a resolution we should all get behind: Let’s be a little gentler on our hardware in […]
While so many of us are prepping for Black Friday by staking out all the good sales and writing out our shopping lists, facility owners and managers have a much different way of preparing. Increased crowds and heavy foot traffic can wreak havoc on your hardware if you aren’t prepared beforehand. It’s a good idea […]