Commercial safes are used by businesses to protect their money, confidential documents, medicines, digital media, confidential records and valuable inventory.

Choice of the right safe is important but placement, anchoring, lock maintenance and access procedures are as important.

Safes technicians and commercial locksmiths can assist in safe installation, opening of emergency, change of combination, electronic lock repair and preventative maintenance.

Choice of Safe for Your Business

There are many different kind of safes, it depends on the intended use, the burglar resistant safe is manufactured to resist forced entry. The fire resistant safe is manufactured to protect its content against heat for some time.

Other options include:

• Deposit safes

• Cash management safes

• Document safes

• Media safes

• Pharmacy safes

• Floor safes

• Wall safes

• High security commercial safe

Deposit safes allow the employees to put money or documents in it without opening the main compartment. Deposit safes are normally used in restaurants, convenience stores, retail businesses and offices which deal with frequent transactions.

Electronic storage media require special protection because the electronic devices may be damaged by temperatures lower than that which damages paper.

You choose the safe based on the things that you want to store, frequency of access and risks involved.

Proper Installation of Safe

The non anchored safe may be carried away from the building and opened elsewhere. The professional installation includes attaching the safe to the concrete floor or to a structural wall.

Before installing a new safe, we recommend to consider the following points:

• Weight of the safe

• Strength of the floor

• Moisture exposure

• Space availability

• Delivery access

• Door clearance

• Visibility

• Employee workflow 

A big safe requires special lifting equipment. Moving it without appropriate equipment will damage floors, walls, staircases, and doors, and even may lead to injury.

The safe should be positioned in a place that authorized users can use it without blocking emergency exits and walk ways.

Commercial Safe Lock Options

Commercial safes may have:

• Mechanical combination dial

• Electronic key pad

• Key locks

• Time delay locks

• Multi user locks

• Dual control systems

• Audit capable electronic locks 

The mechanical combination dials are not battery operated and they are known for reliability. The electronic key pads make access fast and have individual employee codes.

The dua control systems require two people in order for the lock to be open, which reduces the risk of one employee accessing sensitive items alone.

Opening Service of Safes

The business needs professional safe opening service when:

• Combination has been forgotten

• An employee takes the code with him/her

• The electronic keypad fails

• Low battery power

• Handle jamming

• Internal bolts failure to retract

• Damage to the lock

• Lost key 

The safe technician considers the make, model, lock and condition before selecting the opening method.

The aim is to restore access to the safe with minimal damage, forceful opening of the handle and hitting the keypad repeatedly will damage the internal components and make opening difficult.

The proof of ownership or authorization may be needed before carrying out the work.

Change of Codes and Combination

Combination of safe needs to be changed after:

• Employee turnover

• Management change

• Change in ownership

• Suspected unauthorized access

• Shared code exposure

• Service by an unauthorized person 

Electronic locks allow each user to have separate code. This makes it easy to remove access of one employee without changing the credentials of other employees.

The codes should never be written close to the safe or kept in an unsecured document.

Maintenance and Repair of Safe

The locks, hinges, handles, bolts, key pad and internal mechanisms may wear out.

The warning signs may include stiff handle, repeated errors messages, slow response of the keypad, unusual sounds and door does not close easily.

Proactive maintenance will reduce the risks of lockout. The batteries should be replaced according to the instruction of the manufacturer.

Protect Important Business Assets

Professional safe services assist businesses in protecting the assets through safe selection, installation, change of codes, emergency opening, lock upgrade and repair.