Berkeley apartment entry
Brass buzzer panel to video intercom
An older brass buzzer panel with speaker grilles and call buttons above the mailbox bank, replaced by a ButterflyMX touchscreen on a stainless plate that covers the old opening.
Our work
Before and after: access control, intercom and door hardware jobs
Every photo below is from an Elwin Security job in the Bay Area. Drag or tap a photo to compare the entry before and after the work.
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Mountain View office
Card reader replaced on an office floor door
The older card reader below the Floor 2 sign, replaced by a Kisi reader in the same spot.
Mountain View office
Stairwell door reader retrofit
An older rectangular reader beside a stairwell opening, swapped for a Kisi reader at the same mounting spot.
Side door reader swap on the existing conduit
The old dome-shaped reader on a block wall, replaced by a slim reader on the same junction box and conduit.
San Mateo office suite
Suite entry reader replaced
The existing reader beside the glass sidelite, replaced by a Kisi reader in the same spot.
Santa Clara office
Office entry reader at a prepared cable point
Loose cables at a small wall plate, then a Kisi reader with a video doorbell mounted above it.
San Leandro office
Reader added to a storefront door
An aluminum storefront door with a pull handle and no reader, then a Kisi reader on the frame beside the pull handle.
Santa Clara office
Access controller mounted at a prepared cable point
A bare wall with a low-voltage plate and a loose cable, then a Kisi Controller Pro enclosure mounted and wired at the same point.
San Jose lobby
Maglock and push-to-exit button on glass lobby doors
Elwin installed a magnetic lock (maglock) at the header and a green push-to-exit button beside the doors.
Santa Clara
Maglock and exit button on a cage door
Open junction boxes and loose wiring on a mesh cage door, then a maglock on the frame and a green push-to-exit button under a clear cover, with the boxes closed.
San Leandro office
Narrow-stile push pad to full-width exit device
Elwin replaced the narrow-stile push pad with a full-width Adams Rite 8800 exit device, installed to work with a HES 9800 electric strike.
San Leandro apartment entrance
Keypad lever trim on a glass door
The old lock taken out of the aluminum glass door stile, then keypad lever trim and a cylinder installed in its place.
San Jose clubhouse
Surface closer added to a clubhouse door
The top of a glazed clubhouse door with no closer, then a brass surface closer and arm installed on the same door.
Maglocks, exit devices and other egress hardware have to work with the building's fire and life-safety requirements. The local authority having jurisdiction (AHJ) decides how those codes apply to each door.
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