Locksmith
What we can sort out
Lockout Services
This group covers the moments nobody plans for: a lockout on the doorstep, a broken key, a lock that has jammed shut, a door damaged by someone who should not have been there.
Home Lockout ServiceThe moving truck has left, half the boxes are inside, and the single key the previous owner handed over turns the knob but not the deadbolt.
Business Lockout ServiceA cook stepped into the alley with the recycling and the rear door swung shut behind him.
Broken Key ExtractionOvernight the deadbolt froze, and this morning the key would only turn partway.
Break-In Damage Lock RepairSomeone smashed the little window beside the door, reached in and turned the thumb-turn.
Seized & Jammed Lock OpeningEvery time you pull the key out of the side door it comes away gritty.
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
Home security is mostly done quietly, in daylight, by the people who live there.
Lock RekeyingThe whole key ring went missing somewhere between the grocery store and the bus.
Deadbolt InstallationThe old deadbolt has grown lazy.
Lock Replacement & UpgradeThe lever on the side door droops toward the floor and rattles in your hand.
Vintage Mortise Lock ServiceThe old skeleton key still fits the keyhole, but it now needs a jiggle, a lean on the door and a little luck before the bolt moves.
Smart Lock InstallationArthritis has made the small house key hard to grip and turn, especially with gloves on in January.
Gate & Building Entry LocksThe gate to the side yard used to close with a satisfying click.
Mailbox Lock ReplacementThe property manager mentioned that half the compartments in the lobby's mailbox panel are original to the building and are starting to fail one by one, key by key, as tenants turn over year after year.
High Security Locks
Restricted and patented key systems mean the blank for your key is not sold in shops.
Safe Opening & Combination ChangeThe new manager took over the shop last month and only now needs the back-office safe open, but the combination the previous owner was supposed to leave in writing never turned up anywhere in the handover file.
Safe Installation & ServicingA homeowner inherited a heavy old dial safe from a parent's house, moved it into the new place, and has no idea whether the bolt-work still works, whether the lock is sound, or how it should be anchored.
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
Businesses need locks that fit how the building is used: who opens up, who closes, who can reach the stockroom.
Commercial RekeyingA key turned up in the parking lot with the shop's name on its fob.
Master Key System DesignThe new wing was built with its own brand of cylinder, so the two-year-old keys from the original building do not open a single door in the addition.
Access Control InstallationHead office wants a record of who opens the branch and when, tied to an actual name rather than a shared code scrawled on a sticky note taped under the till.
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 has the same turn-lock it had when the room held desks.
Commercial-Grade Lock ReplacementAt closing time the hookbolt on the storefront door catches the keeper only on the second or third try, and one employee has started giving the door a shoulder to force it home.
Car Keys
Transponder keys carry a tiny chip the vehicle queries every time you turn it.
Car Lockout ServiceThe trunk is full of groceries, the cart is back in its corral, and the keys are sitting in the cup holder in plain view.
Car Key ReplacementThe key snapped at the head while you were turning it in a stiff, frosty door lock.
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 with nothing behind it.
Key Fob ProgrammingA new driver has joined the household, and the one existing fob is the only key anyone has ever had cut for this vehicle.
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 replaced.
Ignition Lock RepairTurning the key used to take one smooth motion.
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 shut around it.
Motorcycle & Scooter KeysA copy cut at a hardware kiosk turns the ignition on some mornings and skips it on others, occasionally sticking halfway and needing a wiggle that the original key never required.