A lock is a small part with a big job, and the same is true of the work around it. Whether you need a door opened, a new key made or a whole building put on one system, the pages below explain what each service involves and when it makes sense.
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Locksmith services
Lockout Services
This section is for things that cannot wait: a door that will not let you in, a door that will not keep…
- 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 ExtractionIn the parking lot your car key snapped in the driver's door.
- Break-In Damage Lock RepairYou came home to find the front door standing open.
- Seized & Jammed Lock OpeningYou are inside, the deadbolt is thrown, and the thumb-turn will not budge.
- Lost Keys — Same-Visit RekeyThe spare under the planter by the side door is gone.
Change or Rekey Locks
Renting a room, sharing with housemates or hosting a lodger raises the question of who can open which door.
- Lock RekeyingThree months of renovation are finally done.
- Deadbolt InstallationYou moved in three weeks ago.
- Lock Replacement & UpgradeThe brass handleset has gone blotchy and green where the winter salt reaches it, and the coating on the deadbolt is lifting in…
- Vintage Mortise Lock ServiceThe key turns freely in the round cylinder on the door, all the way around and back, without the bolt shifting at all.
- Smart Lock InstallationArthritis has made the small house key hard to grip and turn, especially with gloves on in January.
- Gate & Building Entry LocksSomeone pried at the gate latch overnight, and now the strike plate hangs by one screw and the cylinder spins loose in its…
- Mailbox Lock ReplacementSomeone tried to pry the little door on the mailbox open with a screwdriver, and though the mail sitting inside is untouched, the…
High Security Locks
Safes are high security for the things inside a room rather than the room itself.
- Safe Opening & Combination ChangeThe bookkeeper who set the office safe's code retired in a hurry, and the float cash for tomorrow's registers is sitting behind a…
- Safe Installation & ServicingThe office is moving three blocks over, and the old commercial safe that has sat bolted to the concrete for fifteen years now…
- High Security LocksAfter the attempted break-in the police officer pointed at your door and said the strike plate was held by two short screws.
Commercial Locks
Keys for a business should be a record, not a rumour.
- Commercial RekeyingA key turned up in the parking lot with the shop's name on its fob.
- 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 InstallationSomething went missing from the storeroom over a weekend, and when you ask who was in the building, the honest answer is anyone…
- Panic & Exit HardwareSomeone at the front counter always has to unlock the side door by hand before the lunch rush, because the round doorknob out…
- 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 rental car, a company van, a vehicle you are still paying off: each raises the question of who may…
- Car Lockout ServiceIt is a January morning, minus twenty with the wind, and the key will not enter the door cylinder.
- Car Key ReplacementThe car is yours now, but somebody else still holds a key to it.
- Spare Car Key DuplicationA lockout last month ended with a locksmith opening the door and going home, and the same single key has been carried ever since…
- 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 ProgrammingEvery key that ever opened the car is gone at once, one taken with a stolen bag, the spare misplaced months ago and never…
- Ignition Lock RepairA scrape sits beside the ignition slot, left by whoever tried the vehicle overnight in the driveway.
- Vehicle Lock RepairThe button on your key fob does nothing now: no beep, no flash of the lights, no click from the doors.
- Motorcycle & Scooter KeysThe bike came home from its previous owner with a single worn key that starts the engine but does nothing for the seat latch or…