A lock problem is rarely just a lock problem; it is a door that will not close in January, a key that snapped in the cold, a tenant who moved out. We listen first, explain the options, and do tidy work you can see.
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Lockout ServicesLocked out of a home or business, a key snapped in the lock or a lock that has seized: entry with the least damage…
Change or Rekey LocksNew keys for the locks you have, or new locks where the hardware has worn out: rekeying, replacement, deadbolts, smart…
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Commercial LocksLocks for shops, offices and buildings: rekeying at turnover, commercial-grade hardware, exit devices, master key…Before anything comes out of the van, we ask what you are trying to achieve. A family that has just moved in wants every stranger's key to stop working. A landlord wants the next turnover to be easier. A shop owner wants to know who opened the back door at nine. The right hardware follows from that answer, not the other way around.
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The right service depends on what you want to happen next. Keep the same lock but stop an old key working? That is rekeying. Upgrade to something sturdier? That is replacement. Lost every copy of a car key? That is a different job again. Read on to match your need.
Getting in is only half of an emergency visit.
Living well behind a locked door means never thinking about it.
The key you reach for. The door you come home to. Good locksmith work begins with understanding how you use them.
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Homeowners often come to high security after a scare, whether their own or a neighbour's. The advice is the same either way: start with the strike and the bolt, add a cylinder that resists the common tricks, and take control of who can copy the key.
Layer 1The key
A colleague showed you a video of a lock being opened with a bump key in a few seconds. Then you went home and noticed your own deadbolt is the same style, bought at a hardware store a decade ago.
Layer 2The cylinder
The keys the seller handed over came in a sandwich bag: six unlabelled copies for two locks of different makes from different decades. You have no idea how many more copies exist or who is holding them.
Layer 3The bolt and strike
The front door has a handsome lever and a keyed knob, and that is all. Nothing above it.
Layer 4The door and frame
The shop's aluminum door has a bent meeting stile and the hookbolt is jammed half out. The alarm did its job and the display is untouched, but the entrance will not close properly and opening time is hours away.
High Security Locks. A colleague showed you a video of a lock being opened with a bump key in a few seconds.
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Door hardware in a business is part of how the day runs. If the staff door sticks, someone props it open. If the exit bar rattles, someone wedges it. Commercial repair work fixes the hardware so nobody has to work around it.
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Once a safe is open, the visit is only half finished. The lock is inspected for wear, corrosion or damage that caused the original problem, repaired or replaced if it is no longer reliable, and then set to a new combination chosen on the…
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If You moved in and have no idea how many house keys exist.
Then A patented cylinder in each exterior door, on one key.
Old keys stop working and new ones cannot be copied without you.
If A neighbour's door was kicked in and yours has the same thin strike.
Then A reinforced strike with long screws into the framing.
The bolt then ties into the studs, which is where kicked doors fail.
If The stockroom has the same cylinder as the staff washroom.
Then A rated cylinder and a controlled key for that door.
One numbered key, issued against a signature, in a cylinder that resists picks and drills.
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Before anything comes out of the van, we ask what you are trying to achieve. A family that has just moved in wants every stranger's key to stop working.
Step 1 of 5
Describe the property, the hardware and what has changed, and the visit starts from what you have seen.
Step 2 of 5
We sit down with whoever manages the building and list the doors, the people and the hours. A stockroom key and a front door key are rarely the same conversation.
Step 3 of 5
After any rekey or replacement we tell you exactly which keys work and how many copies exist. Key control is the point, and you should have the full picture.
Step 4 of 5
We protect floors and finishes, work around your day where we can, and treat a shop or office with the same care as a home.
Step 5 of 5
Rather than product names, we talk about what each option means for you: who has access, how it copes with weather, how easy it is to change later.
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It is a good moment for it. Nobody knows how many copies of a previous owner's key exist, so pinning the new bolt, and the rest of the exterior doors, to one fresh key retires all of them at once. Lock manufacturers list a move as one of the main reasons to rekey. You come away with a known number of keys, each tested in every door it is meant to open.
Know which doors you want bolted, what they are made of, and whether each already has a deadbolt or only a knob. A photo of the door face and edge helps. Have any existing keys to hand, decide whether you want everything on one key, and mention glass near the lock, a storm door in the same opening, or a rental agreement. If you have already bought hardware, keep the box and template together.
A replacement into existing holes is generally the shorter visit, and boring a fresh door with a new strike takes longer, roughly an hour or two per door including the frame work and testing. Steel doors, keying alike, frame repairs after a forced entry and fitting a jamb reinforcer each add time. The locksmith can give a realistic estimate once the door and frame have been looked at.
Bumping uses a specially cut key that is struck while under light turning pressure, bouncing the pins to the shear line for an instant so an ordinary cylinder opens. It works on many standard pin tumblers. A high security cylinder needs its sidebar released by separately positioned finger or rotating pins at the same moment, and a bump key cannot set those, so the plug stays locked. It is one of the clearest advantages of the upgrade.
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