Safety Window Lock

Thursday, February 24th, 2011 at 11:49 am  
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Safety Window Lock

Lock Safety Tips

Author: sflockandsafe

If you own a home, business, car, or anything else with a lock and key, you need to be aware of lock safety. Emergency lock opening is one of the primary tasks a locksmith will perform, and with good reason! If it locks, at some point someone is going to lock themselves out of it. If you are lucky, being locked out will be just an annoyance, and calling a locksmith for an emergency lock opening will be nothing more than embarrassing. But improper lock safety can be much more dangerous, and getting locked out of your home when a child is inside or something is on the stove presents a huge risk.

There are some simple steps which anyone can take to promote lock safety in the home and avoid emergency lock opening. You will keep yourself and your family safe because you won’t have to worry about getting locked out, so you will never face a problem where you are locked outside when something you need desperately is inside.

If you need an emergency lock opening, call 954-467-2221 and a professional locksmith will arrive and assist you within 30 minutes.

Step 1: Never Leave The Keys

Whenever you step outside your home, you should always have a key with you. If you always have the key, then you can’t be locked outside. Having the key is the prime solution to lock safety. The only way to ensure lock safety is to always bring your key. Emergency lock opening doesn’t become less likely merely because you are intending to be outside for just a moment; it is very common for locksmiths to be called to an emergency lock opening for someone who was doing something like getting the mail or talking to a neighbor – a process that they expected would take just a moment. A moment is all it takes to be locked out.

Step 2: Lock Safety Inspections

If your lock is beginning to rust, you are losing lock safety. Emergency lock opening will still be possible, but so is lock opening by criminals or other people with malign intent. You should examine your lock regularly, and notice whether your lock seems difficult to open. Lock safety relies upon having the lock at full strength. If it is struggling to turn even with the proper key, then you risk lock safety and are more likely to be calling for emergency lock opening.

Step 3: If It Locks and You Don’t Fit Inside, Don’t Put the Key Inside

If you own a car, lock box, or any other small lockable object, you should never put the key inside of it. Even if you plan to leave the key for just a moment, you cannot guarantee that the box won’t lock, or that the car’s door won’t slam. If you lock the only set of keys inside a vehicle or lockbox, you will have no option but to call for emergency lock opening. Although a locksmith can usually perform emergency lock opening with minimal damage, it is better to follow lock safety tips and avoid it all together.

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Frequently Asked Questions

  1. QUESTION:
    Does it mess up the windows or motor if i remove the child safety window locks?
    I have a 2002 Maxima if that matters. I was wondering if it would mess up any parts in the door if the safety stuff was removed.

    • ANSWER:
      If you are talking about the rear windows that only go down halfway then yes you will destroy the rear window regulators if you tamper with this……..

      There is no way that this can be altered without ruining them…..

  2. QUESTION:
    is it a law to have safety lock on the window in Colorado?

    • ANSWER:
      It might be a requirement on a rental unit or home. But I don’t think that they can enforce homeowners to put locks on their windows if they don’t choose to do so.

  3. QUESTION:
    child safety window locks!!! fit to old windows?
    my flat has old windows not double glazing single panel windows that swing outward and have a metal frame does anyone have similar windows and can you recommend a brand or type of lock that I can get to stop my son opening the windows !! They do have a catch but becauset they are old windows the catch doesn’t always work. We live in the channel islands so there are not many places I can shop around in to find the right one

    • ANSWER:
      try this site its where i got my window locks for my old windows

  4. QUESTION:
    How do I disengage the child safety lock for the windows on a 1993 Chevrolet?

    • ANSWER:
      i don’t know if it’s the same, but there’s a little white switch or something on the door by the hinge.

  5. QUESTION:
    I need window safety net or a gate?
    We live on the 1st floor and all our windows open from the bottom up which is very unsafe for the little kids. Unfortunately we cannot change the windows because we do not own the flat.
    We would like to be able to open the windows as wide as we could. So, we have been looking for a safety net or a gate which we could fit to the wall to prevent the child falling out of the window. However, we cannot find anything apart from window locks which would be useless in our situation.
    Thank you!
    Safety netting would have been excellent but nothing so far on the Internet.

    • ANSWER:
      Any good baby shop will be able to tell you what all you can get

  6. QUESTION:
    How do i turn off safety lock on 94 buick windows?
    the back seat windows only go down halfway

    • ANSWER:
      That may be the way the windows are designed. Look at the radius of the wheel opening; if it extends into the rear doors, they have to stop the glass before they bottom out.

  7. QUESTION:
    how do i get rid of rear Child safety windows?
    the windows dont even get half way down.
    which i think is dumb.
    if i dont want a baby falling out i would just lock the windows in place.

    • ANSWER:
      It is actually to keep children from sticking their hands out the window; it is not to keep babies from falling out the window.

      If you do not like it, you can get another car. It is not something that you can remove from an existing car.

  8. QUESTION:
    02 ford explorer passenger window won’t work all of a sudden. The light just flickers?
    I just bought the truck, and it was working fine, up until the door ajar light is stuck on, and now the passenger window won’t work, no noise, just the light flickers when you push the power window button. all the other windows work, and the child safety lock is NOT on. Is there some kind of electrical problem here???? I don’t know…

    • ANSWER:
      1. Take it to the stealership for fixing.. anywhere from 0-0 dollars

      OR fix it the hillbilly way;

      2. Remove the inside door panel.. remove high dollar junk electric motor.. place prop-up board under window for closed.. remove prop-up board for window down or open..


Fireplace Safety Baby

Thursday, February 17th, 2011 at 10:22 pm  
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Safety with a Ventless Fireplace

Author: Dhusty Rhodes

Ventless fireplaces are an excellent way to improve the look of virtually any room in your home. When operating a ventless fireplace you need to follow specific safety steps to protect your property and family. Unlike the name, a ventless fireplace is not completely emissions free; no combustion source is. A better name to call a ventless fireplace is a room vented fireplace; since a ventless fireplace efficiently burns away the fuel used the output of emissions is much lower and can allow ventilation into the room itself. There are still some basic safety operational things you need to know to prevent any issues with your ventless fireplace.

The main issue that people tend to have with a ventless fireplace is installing a unit into a room that is not the right size. Manufactures have a recommended a€œminimuma€ square footage a room must be to operate a specific ventless fireplace unit. You should never install a unit into a room that has fewer square feet than required by the manufacture. Doing so can result in a rapid build of emissions in the remove and depletion of available oxygen. It’s a good rule of thumb to have a room that is larger than required by the manufacture.

As explained above oxygen depletion is another safety issue you need to remember, many newer models contain (oxygen depletion sensors) built inside of the unit itself; this is used to auto shut-off the unit if oxygen starts to reach a dangerous low level. It is a good idea to purchase a secondary ODS for the room the ventless fireplace will be located. You can usually plug these directly into the wall and have a secondary layer of protection again oxygen depletion. If you sensor does go off you can simply open a window in the room and leave for about 30 minutes till oxygen levels increase.

Never run a ventless fireplace longer than 7 hours at any one time. This will guarantee a build up of deadly emissions and deplete oxygen in the room over time. Remember, a ventless fireplace is not a primary heating source and should be used as a secondary heating source or simply for dA©cor. Never run a ventless fireplace when you’re not at home; as you would with a normal fireplace. If you want to learn more about ventless fireplace safety or where to buy a ventless fireplace please continue below.

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Do you want to learn more about ventless fireplace safety or laws regarding ventless fireplaces? Then visit the VentlessFireplace.Net website today; providing the most up to date information regarding consumers and a ventless fireplace.

Frequently Asked Questions

  1. QUESTION:
    baby safety with fireplaces benches?
    we have a fireplace in our livingroom with a cement bench.
    Is there anything i can put on it or something to pad it so that a baby wont hurt themselves on it?
    its not a removable thing it cemented to the fireplace.

    • ANSWER:
      You can lay some kind of padding on it, but it is still a fireplace bench and any fall onto it will be rough, just not as bad. Try placing a baby fence around the bench. They have those that are portable outside play areas. You can use this till the baby is old enough to learn to stay away from it and it is easy to take down when company comes and the baby is down for the evening.

  2. QUESTION:
    How have you baby-proofed your home?
    My son is 5 1/2 months old and we can tell he’s just days away from crawling. He’s made a huge advancement in his rolling in the past few days and is now doing an army crawl, but moving backwards. So my husband and I know that we’ve got to baby proof the house now. We know to get all the cabinets locked as well as covering all the unused wall outlets.

    But my question is we have a TV console that is open, no doors. So all our gaming consoles, DVD player, DVR, etc are all exposed as well as all the cables in the back. My husband is in IT so he’s meticulous about keeping the cables organized and they’re all neatly zip-tied together, but I worry about my son getting back there. I keep a close eye on him, but you always hear the stories that begin, “I just turned around for a second…” So how would you go about making the TV console baby proof? Would you recommend just getting a new console that would close? I’m not sure we have the money to do that right away, but it’s something we could save for. My son’s safety comes first.

    Also, we have a fireplace with a brick hearth. Has anyone used the fireplace safety pads that you can buy at Babies R Us? Are they worth it or is there a better product out there? Here’s the pads I’m talking about: http://www.toysrus.com/product/index.jsp?productId=3240295
    Just wanted to add that we keep our decor pretty simple, so no knick knacks and such.

    Thanks for the tip on using the gate in front of the tv console. I think we might try that. I don’t think we’re going to go overboard baby proofing, I think a lot of it has to do with common sense, like shutting the door like many of you have mentioned.
    Michelle – I know exactly how you feel. It’s a little overwhelming!

    • ANSWER:
      Get one of those long gates and put it across the TV. Looks kinda tacky but it’ll keep him out. We just put one up since my daughter rolls to the TV stand too.

      EDIT: I just looked back over the question and a long gate might work for the fireplace. My friend had a marble fireplace and that’s exactly what she did. I hope this helps.

  3. QUESTION:
    Does anyone know where to find a nice looking, aesthetically pleasing, child safety fire guard?
    We have a really nice open cast iron fireplace but our little one is just starting to crawl and will soon be walking too, so we need to stop her crawling into the fire… there are loads of baby/child fire guards on sale in the UK but MAN are they all ugly! They are just cages – it makes your house look like a prison. The best one we’ve seen is from Mothercare that has a curve to it, but the actual bars are still cage-like.

    Whereas with the normal (non child safety) fire guards / spark cages, there are hundreds of really attractive looking ones, with nice meshes, wiggly-bars, stained glass screens etc. But these don’t attach to the wall – the baby would just pull them over on top of her…

    Are there any baby safe fire guards out there that look like normal ‘pretty’ fire guards?

    Thanks

    Ross

    • ANSWER:
      It is really difficult to find something different from the ‘cage-like’ ones. I found one which is a plain mesh, it’s in the sources. Hope it helps. :)

  4. QUESTION:
    My baby likes to teethe on cement and metal? Anyone heard of this?
    One of my twins likes to bite the cement block that goes around our fireplace. I bought one of those guards but my twins tore it off in seconds, and then he immediately went to bite it again. I bought one of those expensive safety gates, and he likes to teethe on the metal of that. He also will teeth on the metal pieces of the wooden safety gate. I have bought several teething toys for him, and thought maybe he just likes to teethe on these things because they’re cold but he is disinterested in frozen ones too. He keeps taking the jar lids to bite on them, and constantly teethes on metal things. I have 7 kids and never heard of this! Oh, ped just laughs and says maybe he’ll outgrow it. But I’m just so astonished!
    It’s not a mineral deficiency, and his iron levels are perfect. He doesn’t have pica – my babies are brilliant, advanced like my other kids and are definitely not retarded or autistic in any way. He is very active & verbal, and my twins are beginning to sing along to songs & beginning to learn sound the alphabet at 10 mos. It’s not pica or anemia!

    • ANSWER:
      As a toddler, I used to chew on cement. Years later, I learnt that I had a condition known as pica, in which mineral deficiencies lead to kids eating chalk, paper, cement etc. It turned out, I was severely anemic, and as soon as I started on iron supplements, I stopped chewing cement. It might be worth getting your kids checked out.

  5. QUESTION:
    Is my home properly baby proofed?
    I have a 1 year old, and we have the outlet covers, a teething gaurd for her crib, a fireplace gaurd, cabinet locks, and door knob covers, but do we need anything else? I never bought corner gaurds because I didn’t think we ever had anything in our house that needed them. I may be wrong though, what kind of furniture do you suggest needs corner gaurds? I know we’re going to need a stove gaurd, an oven lock, toilet lock, toilet knob lock, oven knob locks, etc.. but we’re not at that point yet, but we soon will be. I am considering buying safety gates, but not because of safety but because I will not always have to be chasing her around, and I can block off the living room and just have her play with her toys without running into the hallway or dining room!

    • ANSWER:

  6. QUESTION:
    How do I get out of my rental lease?
    I signed the lease agreement in June 2007 after being shown a model of a 2/2 apartment. After I moved in I started seeing problems with the apartment I was given. The carpet was shagging, The fireplace was cracked in several places, there is a big water stain in the guest bathroom, the master bath floor is lifting, the outlet on the porch is not working and the kitchen cabinet laminate is peeling. I informed the office of all of the issues and they only fixed the fireplace by just placing the cracked tile back in with cement only after my baby almost cut himself with it. I was told that nothing could be done about the carpet because it was almost new and the rest was due to wear and tear. Also that the floor lifting was just because of an old building. Since then my baby almost dropped the dishwasher on himself when the screws came out. My baby has almost choked twice on pieces of shagging carpet and laminate pieces that have fallen of the cabinets. It has become a safety hazard.

    • ANSWER:
      AS it is difficult to answer in a general forum like this, as a former apartment manager, there are SEVERAL things you should do and many you have already tried to accomplish. (1) You should AGAIN – sorry for the redundnacy – write all of the complaints and mail it certified, return receipt requested to both the apartment office and the management company HQ. This way you have documentation of the issues and that they have been informed. Include pictures if possible and make sure to keep a copy for yourself.
      (2) check with the local apartment association and/ or Tenants council and share with them what you have shared here. They will know the legalities better than anyone here would be able to offer.
      (3) you can take it to court based on the terms of your lease agreement – look for the section (usually towards the end of the agreement) that talks about default by either party. You will want to reference the verbiage listed here in your letter to the owners and the leasing staff.

      If you need add’l info, feel free to contact me and I’ll help where I can…not knowing what state you are in makes it hard to answer completely.

  7. QUESTION:
    is my landlord allowed to do this? answers from people living in england preferably please.?
    we have lived in our home for 4 months now and had numerous empty promises of repairs from our landlord.

    *the windows are all broken, and also the wrong sort of window, so need replacing,
    *the front door is extremely unsafe and the window panels in the door frame are broken with just pieces of wood nailed to the frames, which allows cold draughts in
    *the gas fire in the living room is unsafe as it has broken fire bricks and is not attached to the wall properly (the hideous fireplace is all that is keeping it in place) nor do we believe a gas safety check has been done
    *there is a hole in the toilet tank which gushes water everytime it is flushed and the bath panel is broken. the shower has also been removed
    *the carpets in the property were all damp and full of holes, burns and rather questionable stains
    *there is only half a kitchen fitted, and no cooker, as we had brought our integrated oven and hob from our previous home, but there was no electric point and he told us he would provide a gas cooker as it would be too much of a disruption to have the electric 1 installed

    despite the fact we have lived here long enough already, non of these repairs have been ammended, even after reporting them several times, im now also 5 weeks away from giving birth, and the landlord has told us he wont be doing any repairs till after ramadan, which ends 10th september (this will leave me with 3 weeks to decorate a sizable 3 bedroom property before my baby is born, assuming shes not premature)

    is he allowed to refuse these sorts of repairs till he feels like doing them, and if not, what do i do to get them done. we cant withhold the rent as the government pays it straight to him, as we are in reciept of benefits.

    thanks
    obviously cant pick best answer yet, but thanks veronica and myrtel, that was all i needed to know. i did see the house b4 i moved in, but it was either that or be homeless.(i wont go into details) but either way, i wanted to know if he was allowed to refuse the repairs after saying he would fix them, and didnt expect to be spoken to like that
    oh and john, my problem is the fact hes taking so long to do the repairs, not the fact hes a muslim

    • ANSWER:
      Yes he is allowed to take his time as none of those repairs are deemed an emergency. It’s also likely you were aware of 3/4′s of those damages when signing the lease.

      Sounds like you moved into a slum to get cheap rent, knowing the condition. After move-in, you’re trying to get it into non-slum condition on the landlords behalf, almost half of those issues they have no duty to even fix.

      “*the carpets in the property were all damp and full of holes, burns and rather questionable stains”

      Were they not like this at move in?

      “the front door is extremely unsafe and the window panels in the door frame are broken with just pieces of wood nailed to the frames, which allows cold draughts in”

      This was the first thing you saw when inspecting the property, yet you still signed?

      “he gas fire in the living room is unsafe as it has broken fire bricks and is not attached to the wall properly (the hideous fireplace is all that is keeping it in place) nor do we believe a gas safety check has been done”

      You moved into a place with a non-operational fireplace, you expect it to magically be working after move-in?

  8. QUESTION:
    call me crazy, but my boyfriend believes this honestly….?
    ok..he’s out on bond for some conspiracy related drug charges which he does not have anything (that I know of) to do with. he was told by his “buddies” that the gov’t put a rattlesnake in the house (it was a baby and i believe it came in thru the ash grate in the bottom of the fireplace), caught a travel trailer on fire (not totally damaged, mostly surface damage (could be a short, could have got struck by lightning), and that they illegally entered his dad’s truck. granted yes they are watching us, but i don’t believe that they done any of the other things listed here, well except maybe for the truck thing to search it. he stated the atf was watching him quite hard and he fears for my safety and wants me to stay in at my mom’s for a few days, but i think he’s nuts since he told me most of this after he had quite a few beers in him. i would think that would have asked to search the truck though before illegally entering it. am i right in my thinking? it just aggrevates me to no end that he would rather listen to his “buddies” who have gotten him all riled up in the past month about b.s. that wasn’t so. i have been there with him thru this whole ordeal, supporting him, making sure everything was taken care of the right way and he wants to do this to me. who’s right? me or him????
    *we do live together*

    • ANSWER:
      And people want to make Meth legal…Oh my G-d.

      This is one of three things.
      1. Your boyfriend is nuts.
      2. His friends are nuts.
      3. You are nuts. Run away as fast as you can.


5 Tips To Help Your Baby Go To Sleep

Wednesday, July 28th, 2010 at 3:15 am  
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New parents often find that one of the greatest challenges they face is when their baby won’t sleep. Teaching a baby to fall asleep and stay asleep should be a top priority for new parents as sleep deprivation can lead to childhood obesity, depression, behavioral problems, illness and learning difficulties.

There are proven baby sleep techniques that can really help babies and parents find a better night’s sleep.  Here are 5 tips to help your baby go to sleep easier:

1. Develop a Baby Sleep Routine – Children thrive on routine and predictability. With proper nap and bedtime routines, a child will know what to expect and begin to welcome sleep as part of the daily schedule. A typical bedtime routine might last 20-30 minutes (possibly longer for spirited children) and include diaper and pajamas, a quiet game, breastfeeding/bottle/cup (for babies under 2), teeth brushing, potty (if applicable), reading, cuddling, and then lights out. A nap routine is similar to the bedtime routine, but usually shorter, about 10 minutes.

Your baby’s sleep routine does not necessarily need to include bath time. Parents simply may not have time or energy to bathe their child every day, and, until they are older and getting very dirty, there is no need. Second, if a child is spirited, a bath may actually do more to energize the child than calm him.

2. Schedule an Early Bedtime – An early bedtime is crucial to a good night’s sleep for baby. When babies and young children are overtired, they may have more difficulty falling asleep and staying asleep and will often wake too early in the morning. While many parents think that keeping a child up later at night will help with baby sleep problems, it is actually the early bedtime that will lead to a more restful sleep for a baby and lead to later waking in the morning.

3. Ensure Baby Takes Naps – The better a baby naps during the day, the better she will sleep at night because she is less likely to be overtired at bedtime. A good nap lasts at least one hour and is in a quiet, sedentary location, versus in a stroller, swing or car, which is not nearly as restorative. Shorter, more frequent naps are common during baby’s first 6 months. If your baby is in daycare, parents may need to work with their daycare providers to establish a baby sleep routine  and techniques to enable the baby or toddler to nap longer.

4. Avoid Sleep Associations – Babies, like all humans, have natural sleep cycles, which are periodic awakenings throughout the night. Often baby sleep techniques for new parents will involve a soothing device or action, like a pacifier, bottle, nursing, or rocking, which baby cannot replicate on his own when he awakens between sleep cycles. When baby cannot go back to sleep, he will likely cry out for Mom or Dad to help him. Baby sleep associations are often at the root of so many baby sleep problems. This is why it’s important for parents to put the baby into his bed awake, so that he falls asleep on his own and will be able to put himself back to sleep during the night.

5. Manage Baby Night Feedings – Through the first nine months, it is considered normal for babies to eat one or two times overnight. Some stop much sooner on their own accord or with just a little nudge from mom. If a baby is eating more frequently than that or she is older than nine months, Mom may want to consider cutting back (or cutting out) night feedings. All babies are different and experts disagree as to when feeding baby at night should stop. A mom knows her baby best and will be best able to determine whether she still needs to eat at night, but any more than two feedings after three months old and she probably has a sleep association with nursing or the bottle.

Everyone’s situation is unique and that what works for one family may not work for another. It takes courage and dedication to work through your baby’s sleep issues, but the time spent on teaching your baby healthy sleep habits will be worth it.

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About the Author:
Nicole Johnson is a baby sleep coach and the owner of The Baby Sleep Site specializing in baby sleep products and consulting services. She also works with Babble Soft, a premier baby software company, in order to further help new parents. Nicole is a wife and the mother of two boys. With a B.A. degree from UC Berkeley and an MBA from Ohio State University, Nicole has also received an honorary degree in “Surviving Sleep Deprivation,” thanks to her son’s “no sleep” curriculum. She has become an expert on infant and toddler sleep and has made it her mission to help other parents solve their child’s sleep problems, too.
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