What we install
- Standalone battery keypad locks
- Fob and card readers for staff entrances
- Individual codes and fobs per employee
- Access logs showing who opened what and when
- Buzzer and intercom door release
- Keypad deadbolts for back and side doors
- Retrofit onto doors you already have
- Access control working alongside panic hardware
Most businesses are sold far more than they need
A networked, cloud-managed, per-door subscription system is a genuinely good answer for a building with fifty staff and a compliance officer. For a shop with six people and two doors it is an expensive way to solve a problem that a standalone battery keypad lock solves for a fraction of the cost, with no wiring, no server and no monthly fee. Those units hold dozens of individual codes, let you delete one when somebody leaves, and many keep a log of who came through. We will tell you which side of that line you are on, and we would rather fit the smaller thing correctly than the bigger thing profitably. One rule that is not negotiable either way: any electrified lock on a required exit has to release when the power fails and when the fire alarm sounds. We build that in, because a door that stays locked in a fire is a liability far larger than the hardware.
Where we come to you
Offices, shops, warehouses and units across Santa Clarita, Valencia, Saugus, Newhall, Canyon Country and Castaic, the industrial pockets of Sylmar, Pacoima and Van Nuys, the storefronts of Burbank, Glendale, North Hollywood and Studio City, and out to Lancaster and Palmdale. We can survey a door and quote before you commit to anything.
Access control in 81 cities
Santa Clarita Valley: Canyon Country, Santa Clarita, Valencia, Stevenson Ranch, Newhall, Saugus, Castaic, Val Verde, Acton, Agua Dulce
San Fernando Valley: San Fernando Valley, Van Nuys, Sherman Oaks, Encino, Studio City, North Hollywood, Valley Village, Burbank, Glendale, Tarzana, Northridge, Reseda, Winnetka, Panorama City, Sun Valley, Lake Balboa, Valley Glen, Toluca Lake, Universal City
West Valley: Woodland Hills, Chatsworth, West Hills, Canoga Park
North Valley: Granada Hills, Sylmar, Pacoima, Mission Hills, San Fernando, Arleta, North Hills, Porter Ranch, Lake View Terrace, Shadow Hills
Crescenta Valley: La Crescenta, La Cañada Flintridge, Sunland, Tujunga, Montrose
Northeast LA: Eagle Rock, Atwater Village
Central LA: Hollywood, West Hollywood, Los Feliz
Las Virgenes: Calabasas, Agoura Hills, Hidden Hills
Santa Monica Mountains: Topanga
Conejo Valley: Westlake Village, Oak Park, Thousand Oaks
East Ventura County: Simi Valley, Moorpark
Heritage Valley: Fillmore, Piru, Santa Paula
Antelope Valley: Lancaster, Palmdale, Quartz Hill, Littlerock, Leona Valley
Westside, by appointment: Brentwood, West Los Angeles, Culver City, Mar Vista, Marina del Rey, Playa Vista, Venice, Santa Monica, Bel Air, Beverly Hills, Westwood
Access control questions
Does it need wiring?
Not necessarily, and that is the part that surprises people. A standalone keypad or fob lock runs on batteries, mounts where the existing lock is, and needs no cabling at all. Wiring becomes necessary when you want a magnetic lock, a remote release from a desk, or several doors reporting to one system.
What happens in a power cut?
A battery keypad lock does not care, and it will warn you long before the batteries die. An exit door on a wired system has to fail unlocked by law, so people can always get out; that kind of system belongs to a low-voltage contractor, and for the doors we fit, battery units are the simpler answer.
Can each employee have their own code?
Yes, and it is the main reason to do this at all. Individual codes mean you delete one person rather than rekeying a building, and on units with a log you can see which code opened the back door at 2am. That single feature has settled more disputes than any camera we have ever seen fitted.
The intercom buzzes but the door will not open. Can you fix that?
That part, yes. When the buzzer sounds and the door stays shut, the fault is usually at the door: an electric strike that has failed or slipped out of line, a magnetic lock that no longer releases, or a closer and a sagging door holding the latch tight. We repair or replace the strike or the lock and square the door. The intercom panel, handsets and wiring belong to an intercom technician, and we say so on the spot if that is where the fault is.
Tired of rekeying every time someone leaves?
Call and describe your doors. We will tell you the smallest thing that solves it.