Every service here is something we do week in, week out, not a line added to look thorough. If you would rather talk than read, the phone number at the top goes straight to someone who can tell you whether the job is a small fix or a planned visit.
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Locksmith services
Lockout Services
Cars, houses and shopfronts lock people out in different ways, and this section holds pages for each.
- Home Lockout ServiceAfter a week of humid weather the back door has swollen in its frame.
- Business Lockout ServiceYou signed the lease on the unit last week and the landlord handed over possession, but the previous tenant's locks are still on…
- Broken Key ExtractionYou were locking up on the way out when the key broke in the lock.
- Break-In Damage Lock RepairThe shop's aluminum door has a bent meeting stile and the hookbolt is jammed half out.
- Seized & Jammed Lock OpeningEvery time you pull the key out of the side door it comes away gritty.
- Lost Keys — Same-Visit RekeyThe keys fell out of a gym bag somewhere between the arena and the parking lot.
Change or Rekey Locks
Older homes carry mortise locks with warded keys, brass knobs and strike plates fixed with tiny screws.
- Lock RekeyingThe previous owners left a coffee tin of keys on the counter, some labelled, most not.
- Deadbolt InstallationYou moved in three weeks ago.
- Lock Replacement & UpgradeThe century home's original mortise lock takes a key the size of a spoon, sticks in humid weather and has worn its strike to a…
- Vintage Mortise Lock ServiceAfter a wet summer the entry door sits lower in its frame.
- Smart Lock InstallationYou have just taken possession of the house and the previous owners handed over a keypad deadbolt with a code nobody wrote down…
- Gate & Building Entry LocksThe driveway gate drags a groove into the gravel every time it swings, and the latch stopped catching weeks ago.
- Mailbox Lock ReplacementThe property manager mentioned that half the compartments in the lobby's mailbox panel are original to the building and are…
High Security Locks
This group covers cylinders and deadbolts built to resist picking, bumping and drilling, strikes fastened…
- Safe Opening & Combination ChangeDecades of daily use have left the law firm's old dial safe drifting: the numbers line up close to where they should, never quite…
- Safe Installation & ServicingA dinner service ends with a stack of bills and a handful of credit slips, and right now they sit in an unlocked cash box on a…
- High Security LocksA colleague showed you a video of a lock being opened with a bump key in a few seconds.
Commercial Locks
Storefronts, offices, clinics, restaurants, warehouses and multi-unit buildings each need something different…
- Commercial RekeyingTwo people left over the summer and the keys they handed back came up one short.
- Master Key System DesignA self-storage operator wants the office, the tenant gate and the equipment shed on three different levels of access for staff…
- Access Control InstallationAnother employee left and the keys never came back.
- Panic & Exit HardwareAfter the fit-out, the gym floor now holds more people than the old office space ever did, and the exit door at the back still…
- Commercial-Grade Lock ReplacementOvernight someone forced the back door, and the cylinder face is scarred, the metal around the strike has pulled loose from the…
Car Keys
Not every vehicle key can be copied at a kiosk, and a copy without the right chip will open the door but…
- Car Lockout ServiceThe rental van came with one key.
- Car Key ReplacementYou bought the car privately and it came with a single key on a shoelace.
- Spare Car Key DuplicationTwo coworkers share one delivery van and one key between them, trading it at the start and end of every shift in a parking lot.
- Key Fob ProgrammingEvery fob for the car disappeared at once inside a bag that was never recovered, and the vehicle now sits in the driveway with no…
- Transponder Key ProgrammingIt is a cold morning and the fob has to be pressed twice, sometimes three times, before the doors respond, and one week later it…
- Ignition Lock RepairThe key turned the engine off in the driveway and now refuses to come back out.
- Vehicle Lock RepairEvery door drops into place together when the fob is pressed, except the driver's door, which stays unlocked while the rest click…
- Motorcycle & Scooter KeysThe key still opens the seat and unlocks the fork, but at the ignition it needs a slow half-turn and a small lift before the…