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.
East Gwillimbury
Locksmith services
Lockout Services
Emergency work follows a simple order.
- Home Lockout ServiceYou stepped out to grab the recycling bin and the door swung shut behind you.
- Business Lockout ServiceAfter last night's power flicker the card reader beside the clinic door shows nothing.
- Broken Key ExtractionA roommate tried to help with tweezers, then by gluing the other half to it.
- Break-In Damage Lock RepairPolice have come and gone, the occurrence number is on a sticky note, and you are standing in a cold hallway looking at a…
- Seized & Jammed Lock OpeningIt is the coldest morning of the winter and the key goes halfway into the side door and stops.
- Lost Keys — Same-Visit RekeyYou were shovelling the driveway after dark and the ring must have slid out of your coat pocket somewhere under a metre of snow.
Change or Rekey Locks
Gate locks, building entry locks and shared vestibule doors are part of residential work too, especially for…
- Lock RekeyingOne key for the front door, another for the back, a third for the side door into the garage, and a fourth for the shed.
- Deadbolt InstallationThe old deadbolt has grown lazy.
- Lock Replacement & UpgradeSomeone tried the back door while you were away.
- Vintage Mortise Lock ServiceThe knob flops loose on its spindle and never springs back to level.
- Smart Lock InstallationThere are four copies of the front-door key floating around: one with the cleaner, one with a neighbour, one on a hook at your…
- Gate & Building Entry LocksThe gate to the side yard used to close with a satisfying click.
- Mailbox Lock ReplacementYou've just moved in, and the mailbox compartment in the lobby came with a single key the previous owner mailed back separately…
High Security Locks
Most people think of the lock.
- Safe Opening & Combination ChangeA software update reset the clinic's small safe overnight, and the receptionist's usual code now does nothing on a keypad that…
- Safe Installation & ServicingThe till drawer has been holding two days of cash because the new shop never got a proper safe, and a locked drawer under the…
- High Security LocksYou run a home office with client files and equipment, and your insurer has asked what kind of lock is on the door.
Commercial Locks
Restaurants, clinics, offices, shops, garages and storage units each wear out hardware differently.
- Commercial RekeyingA key turned up in the parking lot with the shop's name on its fob.
- Master Key System DesignOn the warehouse floor, a shift supervisor's key opens the loading dock, the tool crib and the manager's office, though only the…
- Access Control InstallationThe team has grown past the point where one shared key still makes sense.
- 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 ReplacementThe key to the office entrance turns with almost no resistance now, and some mornings the deadbolt does not fully retract until…
Car Keys
A vehicle door lock that has stopped responding to the key, a trunk that will not open, a tailgate latch that…
- Car Lockout ServiceThe rental van came with one key.
- Car Key ReplacementThe car is yours now, but somebody else still holds a key to it.
- Spare Car Key DuplicationA teenager just passed a driving test and reasonably wants a key of their own rather than negotiating over the family's single…
- Key Fob ProgrammingThe remote clicks the way it always has, but the vehicle no longer locks, unlocks or answers with its usual chirp.
- Transponder Key ProgrammingThe new key slides into the ignition and turns exactly the way the old one did, but the engine only cranks.
- Ignition Lock RepairHalf the key is still in your hand.
- Vehicle Lock RepairAfter a cold night the driver's door key barely goes in, and when it finally seats it stops halfway and will not turn any further.
- Motorcycle & Scooter KeysA copy cut at a hardware kiosk turns the ignition on some mornings and skips it on others, occasionally sticking halfway and…