This page will have more to do with the things small business owners may have questions about.

Below are a few examples of some common hardware for businesses and a couple of recommendations.

	Here are some Mortise Cylinders that are commonly found on many store fronts. The one on the far right is of the interchangeable type. Notice how it has the figure 8 look to it. Many times when stores are broken into the thieves will simply take a wrench to these unprotected cylinders and remove them. Below are some collars the ones on the left are a more of a standard type and generally do little to help stop forced entry. However those on the right have a tapered shape and are made of hardened steel which helps prevent wrenching of the cylinders. Below is a latch protector. This will help to protect the latch on an aluminum store front door. I also stock latch protectors for around knobs and deadbolts that will help to deter attackers.

This is my service van which many of you may have seen around the Oro Valley area. Here is a view of the work area in my van. I carry most of the hardware you see here and many repair parts. An alarmed panic device. There are other types of panic devices that may look similar but without the alarm built in to them. These types of devices are designed to open if someone is pushed against them without them needing to turn a knob or lever for opening.


Here's a close-up of the alarmed panic device and you can see the mortise cylinder which is used to turn the alarm on and off. Many of the panic devices will need to be removed and then reinstalled for rekeying, whether they are alarmed or if they just have a lock cylinder on the outside of the door.

Here are two examples for commercial hardware the lever on the left as you can see is much larger than the one on the right. Even though the lever on the right is sold as a commercial grade it should never be used on the rear entrance. As you can see there is quite a difference between the two levers and yet they are both grade 2's. In many cases neither of these levers would be adequate by it's self, you should also have a deadbolt installed.

Here is a view of the lock bodies as you can see the one on the left is much larger and has two additional thru bolt. Not pictured And therefore it is better suited for use on the exterior rear doors that get vandalized. Here is what happens sometimes when using the light duty lock, can you see the opening at the top, this is because the lock body is to small or maybe it was installed poorly. Here's something I think more small businesses could use, as they may help to cut down on the number of times that they may need to rekey after the changing of some employees.