Front doors

One might think that the term “front door” is self-explanatory: it refers to the door of a house. This is true, and yet one can distinguish between two types of front doors: The front door of a single-family house, which leads directly into the private living area of a family. And the front door of an apartment building or commercial building, which leads into a so-called stairwell, from where apartment doors lead into the individual apartments. In commercial buildings, these apartments then correspond to company headquarters, as there are office buildings shared by many companies.

Front Doors in Large Apartment Buildings

Particularly in high-rise buildings and other large apartment blocks, front doors often stand open, especially in summer. This is convenient, as people are constantly going in and out of a large house anyway. From a security perspective, however, this is not recommended, and it is important that the door is closed at least in the evening and overnight.

This is because a potential burglar can easily walk through the open door, hide in the stairwell, and then break into one of the apartments once the hustle and bustle in the building has quieted down. The apartment doors in large buildings usually do not meet particularly high security standards.

An important security feature of a front door in an apartment building is the intercom system. It enables every resident to find out via an intercom device who is standing in front of the entrance door and has just rung the bell. Very modern buildings may also have an integrated camera, allowing residents to see the area around the front door from inside the apartment, but these are quite expensive devices. Other options for securing a front door in an apartment building include professional latch locks or motorized bolt locks.

Front Doors in Single-Family Houses

In a single-family house, great importance is often attached to ensuring that the entrance door is secure, since it leads directly into the private living area of a family. Unlike in an apartment building, the homeowners do not have to agree with an association of owners, a cooperative, or a property management company on how the front door should be designed or what security technology should be installed on it; instead, they decide this entirely on their own.

In addition, such a front door must also be well insulated to keep the heat inside and the cold outside, because a living area obviously needs to be significantly warmer than a stairwell. Furthermore, visual characteristics are often more important for the front door of a single-family house than for the front door of an apartment building, which usually looks rather functional and simple.

The modern single-family front door consists of a mix of materials, for example aluminium, plastic, and wood. This is because all of these typical door materials have their advantages and disadvantages, and the latter are best compensated for by the advantages of the respective other material.

Plastic is an easy-care and durable material. It provides good insulation and is comparatively inexpensive. Aluminium is more expensive, but the light metal is stable and weatherproof. Wood offers good thermal and acoustic insulation, and wood naturally looks very beautiful, especially in old buildings.

Most front doors have one dominant material and elements made of another material. This provides the homeowner with an entrance door that is secure, thermally insulated, and beautiful.

Front Door Security and Lock Opening: Amper Aufsperrdienst – Your Locksmith Munich

Would you like to make your front door burglar-proof and require the help of a professional for this? Then you have come to exactly the right place, because the locksmiths from Amper Aufsperrdienst are experts in security technology and burglary protection and know exactly what to do when it comes to securing a door.

Perhaps it makes sense in your case to replace the lock, install a cross bolt, or reinforce the door. Let us arrange an appointment, and we will take a close look at your front door and analyze it thoroughly. Then we will recommend the security technology that we believe is most suitable and gladly install it for you straight away. Needless to say, we purchase our security technology exclusively from renowned manufacturers such as ABUS, ASSA ABLOY, EVVA, BURGWÄCHTER, or IKON, whose products we are 100% convinced of ourselves.

Or do you have a completely different problem with your front door? You may have locked yourself out, your key is inside or has been lost, and you are now standing outside the door unable to get home. In such cases, Amper Aufsperrdienst is immediately there for you. Call us, we will answer right away and drive out directly. After about 30 minutes at the latest, we will be with you and begin the work, which rarely takes longer than a few minutes.

We Open Your Front Door Without Damage and at a Reasonable Fixed Price

If your door has merely slammed shut, we can almost guarantee you a completely damage-free door opening. This is because our locksmiths use high-quality and specialized locksmith tools and are also excellently trained, so they always know which hand movement is the right one at any given moment. If the door is locked multiple times, it may be necessary to use a drill – but even if so, our drills are of such high quality that they leave only tiny drill holes. Once the door hardware is reattached, no damage is visible at all. Of course, we also gladly accept orders from property management companies or associations of owners and take care of the maintenance, modernization, securing, or repair of front doors in apartment buildings.

We always provide our services at a fairly calculated fixed price. You only need to explain exactly what is going on in your case over the phone, and the locksmith will calculate a reliable fixed price right on the phone, which will appear exactly as specified on the invoice. There are certainly no surprising additional items with us!

Whether your front door is locked because you have forgotten, lost, or damaged the key, or you desire better burglary protection for your front door – Amper Aufsperrdienst is your right address when it comes to locksmith services! Call us, we are there for you – friendly, punctual, at a fair fixed price, and at any time – 24 hours a day and 365 days a year!