Half the lock trouble we see is really a door problem: hinges that have sagged, a frame that moved with the seasons, a strike a few millimetres off. We fix the alignment along with the lock, so the repair holds through next winter too.
Same fees day or night · East Gwillimbury
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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…
High Security LocksCylinders and deadbolts built to resist picking, bumping and drilling, keys that cannot be copied without…
Commercial LocksLocks for shops, offices and buildings: rekeying at turnover, commercial-grade hardware, exit devices, master key…Plenty of people call us slightly embarrassed, as if losing a key or snapping one in the cold were a personal failing. It is not; brass wears, pockets have holes, and locks age. We would much rather you tell us exactly what happened, including the bit where you tried a screwdriver, because the true story tells us which tools to bring and how to put it right.
Nearby Brown Hill, Holland Landing, Mount Albert, Queensville, River Drive Park and Sharon
Hardware chosen for winter, fitted with care.
30 years in business · Call and tell us about the door: (365) 510-2010
Home lockout service
Sometimes the job is obvious: a key snapped in the cylinder, a deadbolt that spins without catching. Other times you know something is wrong but not what to ask for. Either way, start here. Each service page describes the symptoms, the fix and what to have ready.
Emergency work follows a simple order.
Gate locks, building entry locks and shared vestibule doors are part of residential work too, especially for…
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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Most people think of the lock. Burglars think of the frame. A box strike with long screws into the stud, a reinforcing plate along the door edge and a bolt that reaches deep into the jamb do more against a kick than any cylinder alone.
Layer 1The key
You run a home office with client files and equipment, and your insurer has asked what kind of lock is on the door. The honest answer is the builder's knob lock and a light deadbolt from when the house was new.
Layer 2The cylinder
Someone tried the back door while you were away. The jamb is splintered around the strike, the bolt is bent, and the knob turns with a grinding feel.
Layer 3The bolt and strike
The old deadbolt has grown lazy. You turn the thumb-turn and the bolt creeps out halfway, then needs a second push with the door pulled tight.
Layer 4The door and frame
Police have come and gone, the occurrence number is on a sticky note, and you are standing in a cold hallway looking at a splintered frame, wondering how the house gets locked before everyone tries to sleep.
High Security Locks. You run a home office with client files and equipment, and your insurer has asked what kind of lock is on the door.
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Restaurants, clinics, offices, shops, garages and storage units each wear out hardware differently. Commercial lock replacement is about matching the grade of the lock to the traffic through the door, and the pages here describe how we make that match.
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Safes
A safe built to protect firearms is opened with the same care as any other, but the aftermath gets one extra look: once the door is open, the storage arrangement inside is checked against what the applicable federal rules for secure…
Tap a situation. The answer opens here.
If An employee left on bad terms and still has a key.
Then Rekey the doors that key opens.
New pins make the old key just metal, and the remaining staff get fresh ones. Lock Rekeying
If Twelve people have keys and nobody knows how many copies exist.
Then A restricted key system.
Blanks that are only cut with your authorization stop the quiet copying, and a register tracks every key out. High Security Locks
If You want to know who came in through the back door and when.
Then A keypad or fob reader with an audit log.
Each person gets their own code or fob, so the log shows entries by name. Smart Lock Installation
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Plenty of people call us slightly embarrassed, as if losing a key or snapping one in the cold were a personal failing. It is not; brass wears, pockets have holes, and locks age.
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Describe the property, the hardware and what has changed, and the visit starts from what you have seen.
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Together we list the doors, then decide who should open everything, who should open a floor and who should open one room. That structure becomes the keying chart.
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Nothing gets removed, drilled or replaced until you know what and why. That rule holds for a small job as much as a full afternoon.
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We show what we recommend and what else would do the job, and describe the differences in plain terms. You make the call.
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We match hardware finishes where we can, protect the door surface while working and leave no scuffs, filings or fingerprints behind.
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Every square is one home in a hundred.
A restricted or patented keyway is one whose blanks are not sold to the public, so copies can only be cut by an authorized dealer from a record of who is allowed to have them. Rekeying such a cylinder is the same operation inside, but the new keys are cut from controlled blanks and the count is logged. The benefit is that a key cannot be duplicated at a kiosk without your knowledge, which makes the record of who holds one much easier to trust.
Yes, and it is common. A basement suite or in-law apartment often gets its own key so the tenant's key opens their door and nothing else, while your key opens the main house. A home office, a storage room or a shed can be kept separate for the same reason. The locksmith sets up the groups you want, pins each accordingly and tags the keys so the separate one is not mixed into the household set.
Yes. A mortise lock, the kind with a large case set into the edge of the door, uses a threaded cylinder held by a set screw reached from the door's edge. The cylinder unthreads, is pinned like any other and screws back in. Where a very old lock uses a bit key or a lever mechanism instead of a pin cylinder, the locksmith will explain the options, which may include fitting a modern cylinder into the existing case so the door keeps its original hardware.
Usually. High security cylinders are made in the common formats: key-in-knob and lever, rim, mortise and interchangeable core, and many are designed to drop into popular residential and commercial locks. The locksmith identifies your format and confirms fit before ordering. Where a lock is an odd size or in poor shape, a matching lock body is fitted instead, and the door preparation is reused wherever it is standard.
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