Clearview North March 2014 - Issue 148 | Page 76

hardware&security NO-GO GLASS WINDOW LOCKS - SIMPLE, UNIQUE AND HIGHLY EFFECTIVE The best inventions come from personal experience and it was through his previous jobs both as a double glazing installer and later as a “window doctor” that David Murphy, founder of No-Go Security Products, came up with his simple, unique but highly effective idea. In the course of his work, David had noticed how often he was being called out to replace glazed units that had been removed by intruders. It wasn’t difficult to see how easy it was for burglars to gain access to a property fitted with unsecured externally beaded PVCu double glazed windows. David saw how distressing these incidents were for the householders concerned and gave the problem some serious thought before he developed the concept of the No-Go Glass Lock. Like most of the best ideas, the concept is a simple enough one. One of those products that make you wonder why no-one had thought of it earlier, in fact. No-Go Glass Window Locks, which are manufactured in Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire and are protected by patent, consist of two parts. The lower base part is bonded to the glass using a specially developed bonder. Once bonded correctly it is impossible to separate the glass and the metal base. A second ‘shim’ is screwed to the base which locks around the window frame. This shim is designed