Aylesford, Kent · ME20
Electric Strike Locks: what they do, and what they do not, in Aylesford
An electrically releasable striking plate fitted in place of a standard door keep, allowing a mechanical latch or bolt to be released remotely while keeping the door mechanically locked otherwise. Below: the parts involved, where it fits, where it stops being the right answer, and how it works out on a farm shop.
- System type: electric strike lock systems
- Service area: access control
- Applied example: farm shops
Core part
Existing mechanical lock or latch
Best suited to
Doors where a visible maglock housing is not wanted
Key limitation
Strikes are more sensitive to door alignment than maglocks and can jam if the frame or latch is out of true.
What you are buying
An electrically releasable striking plate fitted in place of a standard door keep, allowing a mechanical latch or bolt to be released remotely while keeping the door mechanically locked otherwise.
The situations it handles well
- Doors where a visible maglock housing is not wanted
- Doors needing to remain mechanically locked through a power failure
What it will not do
Worth reading before a salesperson tells you otherwise.
- Strikes are more sensitive to door alignment than maglocks and can jam if the frame or latch is out of true.
- Configuration between fail-safe and fail-secure has to be specified correctly at install, since changing it later usually means replacing the strike.
The parts involved
- Existing mechanical lock or latch
- Remains the day-to-day locking mechanism; the strike only affects release.
- Access controller
- Triggers the strike release for authorised entries.
In use at a farm shop
Rural, often isolated premises combine retail cash handling with valuable stock in outbuildings and yards that are some distance from any passing footfall.
There the specification tends to start with access control on food preparation and storage areas, supports hygiene accountability as well as security, particularly where casual or seasonal staff are involved.
Fitting this in Aylesford
Aylesford work tends to cluster near Aylesford village and the Friars, where the housing stock is mostly 1960s estates and executive detached toward Eccles, and that mix decides where cable can run and where detection earns its place.
How a barn conversion changes it
- Large glazed openings replacing original barn doors
- The full-height glazing frequently used to retain a barn's character creates a much larger glass area than a standard house, and a correspondingly larger area needing detection.
The alternatives, and when to pick them
- Magnetic lock
- Instant fail-safe release without dependence on a mechanical latch condition is preferred.
Keeping it working
Alignment checks against the door frame, latch condition inspection, and confirmation the fail-safe or fail-secure behaviour still matches the door's intended use.
Aylesford questions we get asked
Electric Strike Locks: what they do, and what they do not, in Aylesford
Local detail for Aylesford
- Email enquiries: info@wisetechsecurity.co.uk
- Surveys carried out on site before anything is specified
- Written specification supplied with every quotation
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