A safe is generally recognized as a strong box which can be securely locked and is used for keeping valuable and precious goods inside. Safes can be many shapes and style these days and there are some exceptionally clever designs out there, made to fool people into looking past them because they are such ordinary objects, such as books. The famous locksmith Jeremiah Chubb, along with his brother Charles were the first to win a patent for their burglar resistant box, which led to production of ‘safes’ in the 1830’s.
Safes came to be a popular way of protecting important papers because they were designed to be fire-proof, burglar resistant, water and dust resistant as well as really heavy. Once they were established as a way of protecting ones valuables, safes also became a little more imaginative, whereby they were designed to appear as everyday objects, without raising suspicion that they held within them something worth a fortune to its owner. Apart from the typically popular free-standing safes, other ideas that were generated as part of the war on burglary were small floor board safes, wall safes and die-cast safes. Nowadays it is also popular for safes to be disguised as clocks, electrical outlet sockets, light switches and all manner of other objects around the house that can easily detract a burglar. Even if you have an actual free-standing safe you might keep something reasonably insignificant inside it but keep the real valuables in a disguised safe elsewhere, to protect them.
Safes and Safety
For those buying safes in Coventry, you can find similar types as mentioned above. This also applies to most other cities around the United Kingdom, where security is required. Nowadays security is an important factor in most homes and people are far more conscious about the idea of burglary. There are very few parts of the country these days with very low crime rates and no matter where you live it is always advisable to take precautions, get an alarm fitted and have a safe in your home if you own anything valuable. The idea of the alarm is also good for protecting large objects such as TV’s. You can’t put those in the safe every time you leave the house, so an alarm is a good idea.
Eyden Locksmiths serves a large selection of safes including Free Standing Safes, Wall Safes, Floorboard Safe & much in Coventry, UK. Visit them online!
