ASH Lock & Secure Case Studies

Selfridges Retail - Door Maintenance & Services

Selfridges Retail Limited's objective was to ensure that all their onsite doors were compliant with current UK standards, plus modernise the doors where required and allow for 24/7 access 365 days a year.

The main challenges are ensuring that that each door was ready for the store opening on time, safe & ready to use. This meant working outside of usual trading hours to ensure minimum disruption to the trading day. Additionally many of the parts required for the doors such as floor spring, closers etc have become obsolete due to the age of the door. Where this is the case ASH Lock & Secure work with Selfridges to find alternative, cost effective solutions.

ASH Lock & Secure provide reactive repairs aswell as quarterly maintenance inspections on all doors within the Oxford Street premises including the Fire Doors, Manual Doors, Automatic Doors and Shutters ensuring that they are operating efficiently and safely. In total there are over 1000 doors & shutters to be maintained.

Burglary Repairs for Champneys Spa, Tring

Following a break in at Champneys Spa Tring we were asked to make repairs to the damage. As with most break-ins the damage caused is often repairable and we were happy that was the case in this instant as it was imperative to get the building back to it's high standard as quickly as possible. We coninue to work with Champneys on their ongoing security requirements.

Monitored Intruder Alarm installed for Dominos Pizza Restaurants

We are pleased to now welcome Dominos pizza restaurant to our list of monitored alarm customers. The particular restaurant we worked for has just been taken over by new owners, the alarm at the premises was not working and showing faults. We were tasked doing a system takeover for the existing alarm whilst resolving the faults. The restaurant opted to to also have their alarm monitored providing addititional security. With the Intruder alarm system being monitored the customer will get a call if a Burglar attempts to break in. The Alarm system we fitted also has a log of who sets and unsets the alarm and when, the customer was particularly pleased with this feature as it allows them the benefit of being able to make sure the staff are on time.

Improving Shutter Security at Ashridge Security College

ASH Lock & Secure were requested by Ashridge Management College to improve their shutter security following recent security breaches. We were asked to come up with suggestions to improve the shutters security at the site which has now been implemented with the installation of anchors that have been concreted into the floor with the bell housing using a sprung quick release mechanism enabling the customer to remove any possible trip hazards quickly and easily. They have also had additional bullet lock housings welded to the guide rails making the shutters now the strongest point of the building.

Chalfont College - High Security Steel Doors & Security Grilles

Our remit was to add robust security to protect both the IT and Music rooms at Chalfont Community College.

We have installing high security steel doors & security grilles at Chalfont College for some time. Initially ASH Lock & Secure were called upon to protect against theft when we were requested to install bespoke electrically operated security shutters to add extra security to the doors currently in place. However after the school had their first steel door installed by us they were so impressed that they have now decided that the security doors offer the best form of security to meet their requirements moving forward. The school commented on the strong physical deterrent the doors offer whilst still remaining aesthetically pleasing.

Since the implementation of these security products the school has had no further security breaches.

Residential Video Entry System - Wembley

ASH Lock & Secure recently installed BPT's new PERLA video entry system at a residential property in Wembley. The system consists of hands free internal colour monitors and the X1 external 1 button vandal resistant intercom. In this situation it was to be used to open the customers automated gates.

ASH Lock & Secure were tasked to install the system with the cable being run under the block paved driveway, with the system being very new to the market the tech support from BPT was as usual excellent.

The key feature of this new system was the exceptional picture quality which our customer was extremely pleased with. This gave the customer the benefit of being able to see who was at the entrance gate before they got to the front door at day or night. This gave the customer peace of mind that no unwated visitors were able to gain access onto the property. With this particular video entry system the gate can be either opened fully or partly with the touch of one of the buttons at the intercom panel in the house. There is a intercom panel on both floors of the property, so if the customer is upstairs they have the additional benefit of being able to open the gate without having to go down stairs. The customer is also able to communicate between the two intercoms.

Selfridges Retail Limited, London - Emergency Locksmiths & Scheduled Maintenance

ASH Lock & Secure work closely with Selfridges Retail Limited at their flagship London store providing  them with emergency solutions to their security needs such as repairs to shutter systems, lock repairs  and replacements. We offer a 24/7 service to Selfridges, often working outside of store opening hours  to ensure minimum disruption to the trading day. As well as emergency repairs we also provide a full  scheduled service for planned works which have included multiple lock changes, access to safes, door maintenance, repairs and upgrades.  

Chepping View School - High Security Steel Doors & Security Grilles

The school had a requirement to create a secure IT room incorporating high security steel doors with access control and insurance approved security grilles.

Along with keeping the room secure out of school hours we also needed to make sure that the products we installed were in no way out of keep with the schools general appearance. The made to measure Steel Door had vision panels integrated to keep the room light, soften the look of the doors and also keep to health & safety rules.

The security grilles are retracted during the day and are hardly noticed thus not changing the visual aspect the children are used to but provide high security and an excellent physical deterrent to burglary and vandalism outside of school hours.

Ashridge Golf Club - High Security Door, Shutter & CCTV

Ashridge Golf Club is set amongst thousands of acres of National Trust-owned Woodland and is amongst the top 100 golf courses in the UK.

Following a recent burglary the club had the need to increase their security and came to ASH Lock & Secure to discuss the options for both repairs of damage and increasing the current security levels.

We recommended that the existing wooden door and frame should beremoved and replaced with a made to measure 14 point locking steel door. The door is LPCB certified ensuring exceptional strength and ensures power and rigidity to the hinge areas - traditionally the weakest part of any door. We also advised the current shutter be replaced by a solid galvanised shutter. Although the security at the club was already at a high level these were the two main weak points identified during our survey. These products were made to measure and installed within 10 days of order. We're confident that these products will keep the premises safe and significantly lower the risk of future burglaries.

In addition to the physical security measures our survey also identified some weaknesses in the current CCTV system. We upgraded with an additional day/night vision camera and ensured all angles of the clubhouse were covered. We also added a new improved DVR (Digital Video Recorder) a recording device which stores all the images onto internal Hard Drives and presents views of all cameras on a display. All recorded footage can be viewed simultaneously across all the cameras on the system. A user can go back to any time in the recording and playback a recording in a matter of seconds. The recorded images can be stored to hard drives or CDs and archived for as long as necessary.

Paradise Row Gallery, London - Access Control

Paradise Row, a London based Art Gallery requested the services of ASH Lock & Secure to install a stand alone access control system. They required the system to easily control the movement through the main entrance during opening hours. The system comprised the use of sheer lock which was discreetly housed inside the door and power supply units were kept out of vision which was important for the gallery.

CT Projects - Underground Security Shutter, Supply & Installation

ASH Lock & Secure recently supplied and installed an automatic (three phase) roller shutter for an underground carpark in St Albans on behalf of our client, CT Projects.

The customers requirements were for the carpark entrance to be secured with an automated roller shutter systemincorporating safety features and a remote control facility for all residents of the building. The type of the motor required for the roller shutter was a direct drive motor due to the multi use aspect and levels of usage.

The curtain had to be quiet yet durable and has been powder coated and foam filled ensuring minimum noise for such a large opening. Some of the key features include automatic closing with time delay, which is fully adjustable. The system can also be linked to access control systems and has the added benefit of a timed maintenance programme which will indicate if an inspection is required sooner than planned due to fault providing maximum safety.

Key safety features include:

Anti-drop Safety Brake Device

Stop and return monitored safety beam (infra-red) - the beam detects obstructions and stops operation of the shutter therefore preventing damage or injury

Safety Edge Device - in addition to the to the infra-red beam, this device has pressures sensors in the bottom rail which stop operation of the shutter upon contact with an object

ASH Lock & Secure carried out all the wiring and commissioning on site. We'll also be providing quarterly maintenance inspections as is required of automatic doors/shutters.

3 Counties Hydroponics - High Security Doors Supply & Installation

Although 3CH, a supplier of Hydroponics Equipment has had no serious issues with security breaches they were very keen to protect their various stores and products against the possibility of an attack.  

Having provided a full security survey ASH Lock & Secure advised that we install M2M combat steel doors with 14 pointlocking systems which would offer the best form of defence should there be an attempted burglary. The doors are LPCB certified and the M2M Steel Door Range are the strongest steel security doors of their class. 3CH have had these doors installed across sites including London, Herts and Bucks. 

Halton Airfield, Buckinghamshire - Made to Measure Locking System

Halford Airfield, also the home of the Royal Air Force Gliding and Soaring Association, Chilterns Gliding Centre, the Halton Aeroplane Club and the RAF Halton Microlight Club, instructed ASH Lock & Secureto install a coded locking device to allow the numerous clubs and military access to the fuel compound whilst maintaining high security levels.

ASH Lock & Secure fabricated the gates to allow the installation of the robust code-lock, they were very pleased with the outcome and have had no security breaches since the installation.

Bales College, London - Integrated Access Control

The school had a requirement to integrate a PC based access control system to their main school gates with the prospect of being able to add future gates to the system over time.

ASH Lock & Secure implemented a Paxton Net2 and the children were given key fobs to allow movement through the gate at the schools discretion. Due to the difference in age groups we were able to add time slots allowing some passage through the gates for those with permission whilst helping the school to keep a safe boundary for those that were not permitted to leave the schools premises during school hours. Part of our remit was to make the system work with CCTV which is due to be integrated at a later date.