Lock Guard LLC

11/03/2026

Clocks fall back this weekend. 🕔

Which means starting this week, a lot of us are coming home in the dark.

Groceries in one arm. Phone flashlight in your teeth. Flipping through a ring of keys trying to find the one for the front door. Then the one for the deadbolt. Then the side door, because let's be real, that's the one you actually use.

Here's something most people don't know: your doors don't all need different keys.

If your locks are compatible, we can rekey them so one key opens every exterior door. Front, back, side, garage entry. One key. Every door.

Lighter key ring. No guessing in the dark. And way fewer copies floating around that you've lost track of.

If your locks aren't compatible, we'll tell you straight what it would take. No pressure.

So be honest: how many keys does it take to get into your own house? Drop your number below. Bonus points if you can't remember what half of them open. 👇
📞 860-382-2665 🌐 LockGuardLLC.com

10/31/2026

Tonight's the one night a year everybody wants to knock on your door. 🎃

Little superheroes. Tiny dinosaurs. At least four Spider-Men per block. Parents trailing behind with flashlights and coffee.

We spend all year thinking about front doors. Tonight, we just want to see yours.

Show us your Halloween door! Drop a photo in the comments. Full-on haunted house, one lonely pumpkin, a skeleton in the window, we want all of it. Let's fill this post with every spooky, silly, over-the-top door in Connecticut.

And tell us: what's the best costume that's rung your doorbell tonight? 👻

Happy Halloween from all of us at Lock Guard. Have fun out there, and save us a peanut butter cup. 🧡🖤

10/30/2026

Another unique project completed for our customer! We transformed a multi-lock configuration into standard residential locks.

10/28/2026

Quick question. When you lock your front door, do you have to lean on it?

Push it with your shoulder. Lift the handle a little. Jiggle the key until it finally catches.

If you just nodded, you're not alone. And it's not your imagination.

Connecticut falls are rough on doors. Warm afternoons, cold nights, humidity up and down. Wood doors and frames swell and shrink, and the bolt stops lining up with the strike plate.

Here's the part that matters: sometimes that bolt only makes it partway. It looks locked. It feels locked. But a deadbolt that isn't fully extended isn't doing the job you think it is.

Try this tonight. Open the door and throw the deadbolt. Smooth? Now close the door and do it again. If it's suddenly harder, that's an alignment problem, not a bad lock.

One more thing: please don't spray WD-40 in there. Oil attracts dust and grime and makes it worse over time.

This is a quick fix for us. Strike adjustments, lock servicing, a full fall tune-up so your doors are ready before winter shifts them again.

So tell us: who's a leaner? 🙋 Be honest.

860-382-2665

10/20/2026

Here's a Connecticut story most people have never heard. And you're carrying the proof in your pocket right now.

About 4,000 years ago, the ancient Egyptians built wooden locks that used pins to hold a bolt in place.

Fast forward to the 1800s. An American inventor named Linus Yale Sr. builds a pin tumbler lock based on that same ancient idea. His son, Linus Yale Jr., actually wanted to be a portrait painter. He gave that up, joined the family trade, and in the 1860s patented the small cylinder lock with the flat, notched key.

The same shape of key you used this morning.

Then, in October of 1868, he and his partner Henry Towne founded the Yale Lock Manufacturing Company. Right here in Stamford, Connecticut. It started with around 35 employees and grew into a global company with more than 12,000.

Yale Jr. never saw any of it. He died that Christmas, just two months later.

(And no, it has nothing to do with Yale University. Different Yale entirely.)

So every time you turn your key, a few tiny pins line up on a line thinner than a hair, and a 4,000-year-old idea perfected in Connecticut does its job. That little mechanism is where we spend our days.

Be honest: did you know the modern lock was born in our state? What's your favorite piece of Connecticut history? 🔑

10/16/2026

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Your front door makes the first impression. What happens behind it protects everything you’ve built.

Meet Alan Bowers of Lock Guard LLC—an Ellington-based Chamber member helping businesses keep their doors working, their spaces accessible, and their property secure.

Have a door that sticks? Need to update access when employees change? Looking for an automatic entrance that makes visiting easier? Alan brings a wide range of solutions right to your business:

🔑 Locks, rekeying & master key systems
🚪 Commercial doors, frames & hardware installation and repair
♿ Automatic door operators for accessible entrances
🔐 Access control systems
🛡️ Fire & burglar systems
🔓 Safe opening & mobile locksmith services

Whether you’re opening a new location, upgrading an existing space, or finally tackling that troublesome door, start a conversation with Alan.

Protect your investment. Welcome your customers. Keep business moving.

📞 860-382-2665
🌐 LockGuardLLC.com

10/16/2026

🚪 WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU CHECKED YOUR DOOR CLOSERS? 👀

See those oily spots? They may be a sign of leaking hydraulic fluid!

A leaking door closer can affect how your door closes, so don’t overlook the warning signs. 💧

A little attention now can help prevent bigger problems later!

🔐 Lock Guard LLC is here to help keep your doors closing as they should.

📩 Reach out to us with your door closer needs! I

10/15/2026

👻 BOO! Did someone just open that door?! 🎃

No ghosts here… just some seriously good technology! 👻🚪

Lock Guard, LLC installed 15 handicap door operators at a local assisted living home, making accessibility a little more magical. ✨

Even our doors are getting into the Halloween spirit! 😂