Apartments

The true perimeter protection in an apartment building is in the individual apartment doors. The integrity of the system is most important at this point, where the residents keep their belongings.

Feeling secure in their own home is vital for happy tenants. Once again, the mechanical details are the foundation of all locking. This section shows the possibilities that cylinders and mechanical locking in and around apartments offer.

Whether or not you combine the mechanical locking system with an electronic access control system, the locking system must be set up right. Combining it with electronic access minimizes the number of keys, which in turn reduces vulnerability.

However, if you only use mechanical keys and cylinders, it is extra important that you do not make the system vulnerable. The system must be built with a master key, a janitor’s key and various sub-keys for different parts of the building. The most common solution today is that the apartments have separate locking to prevent a general security risk if someone loses a key. However, this causes accessibility problems for the property owner when performing service and maintenance.

Should you give your keys to someone?

Sometimes it’s necessary to give access to service providers. The core of our solutions is that the resident actively grants access when service is needed.
C10: A cylinder with two different access modes. The “12 o’clock” position is used only by the tenant. By setting the cylinder to “10 o’clock” the tenant allows a service key to be used as well.
Door key tube: The resident attaches the key on the inside of the tube. The janitor unlocks the tube to gain access to the key.
For general service, the property can have a wall key tube outside the entrance. The service provider unlocks the tube and uses the key for this one service instance. This reduces the risk of the key being lost or unavailable when it is needed.