Mortise locks, glass knobs and brass that has darkened for eighty years are worth keeping. We service vintage hardware so it turns smoothly again, source matching parts where they exist, and only suggest replacing what genuinely cannot be brought back.
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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…The door and the lock are one system, and we look at both. A deadbolt that has to be shoved home is usually a hinge or a swollen frame, not a bad lock. A latch that does not catch is often a strike that drifted a few millimetres. Fixing the door first means the new hardware works the way it was designed to, and keeps working.
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Locks for the house you actually live in.
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Home lockout service
The right service depends on what you want to happen next. Keep the same lock but stop an old key working? That is rekeying. Upgrade to something sturdier? That is replacement. Lost every copy of a car key? That is a different job again. Read on to match your need.
Opening a locked door without a key is a skill, and so is knowing when not to.
Home locksmithing is built around three questions: does the lock work smoothly, does it actually hold the…
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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When a landlord or employer holds keys to many doors, a restricted key system with a master hierarchy gives control without a fistful of keys, and stops any tenant or staff member copying theirs. The page explains how the keyway, the register and the hardware work together.
Layer 1The key
A colleague showed you a video of a lock being opened with a bump key in a few seconds. Then you went home and noticed your own deadbolt is the same style, bought at a hardware store a decade ago.
Layer 2The cylinder
Three teenagers, a dog walker, a cleaner and one house key that keeps going missing. You are tired of cutting copies and would rather give each person a code you can switch off, with a proper deadbolt behind it.
Layer 3The bolt and strike
The back door has a deadbolt in name only: a short bolt, a thin brass strike held by two little screws, and a jamb you can flex with your palm. It was fine for a builder's showing.
Layer 4The door and frame
The patio slider is sitting crooked on its track. Its latch is snapped, the frame is bowed where it was pried, and the panel no longer meets the jamb, so the house cannot be closed up for the night.
High Security Locks. A colleague showed you a video of a lock being opened with a bump key in a few seconds.
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A shop key that walked out with a former employee is the classic commercial call. Rekeying the cylinders puts an end to it, and it is often the moment a business sets up a master key plan so the next departure is a matter of one key, not all of them.
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Two different problems can look identical from outside a locked safe: a combination that genuinely no longer opens it, and a mechanism that is jammed, corroded or blocked while the correct numbers still work perfectly. Sorting out which…
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If Your front door has only the lock in the knob, nothing else.
Then Add a proper deadbolt above it.
A bolt into a reinforced strike is what actually holds a door; the knob just keeps it closed. Deadbolt Installation
If The deadbolt wobbles and the screws spin in the door.
Then Re-fit the hardware and repair the bore.
Stripped holes can be plugged and redrilled, so the same lock sits tight again.
If You are tired of carrying keys and want a code instead.
Then A keypad deadbolt with a key override.
Each family member gets a code, guests get a temporary one, and a mechanical key remains for the day the batteries die. Deadbolt Installation
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The door and the lock are one system, and we look at both. A deadbolt that has to be shoved home is usually a hinge or a swollen frame, not a bad lock.
Step 1 of 5
Describe the property, the hardware and what has changed, and the visit starts from what you have seen.
Step 2 of 5
We ask what the safe is for, how it is opened and what has changed: a lost combination, a dead keypad, a bolt that will not retract. Each points to a different approach.
Step 3 of 5
For lockouts and key cutting we check identification or another proof. It is a courtesy to you and to whoever else holds a key.
Step 4 of 5
Sometimes the sensible move is a small fix now and a planned upgrade later. We tell you which parts are urgent and which can wait.
Step 5 of 5
We leave the area tidy and give you a short written account of what was done and how many keys were cut.
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The mechanical resistance of the cylinder does not change, but blanks may become openly available, so copy control weakens. Manufacturers issue new patented keyways as older ones expire, and the usual answer is to move to the next generation by changing cylinders and keys while keeping the lock bodies. Your locksmith notes the patent term at handover so the date is on the calendar rather than a surprise years later.
A sidelight within reach of the inside thumb-turn is the weak point of an otherwise strong door, since a broken pane lets a hand reach the turn. Options include moving the deadbolt further from the glass, a lock function that needs a key inside as well, or a laminated pane. Because everyone must still be able to leave easily, the locksmith talks through the trade-offs and helps you pick the arrangement that suits your household.
Barely. A high security cylinder sits in the same place as the old one and is usually distinguished only by a different keyway shape and sometimes a hardened collar. A graded deadbolt is a standard-looking deadbolt in your chosen finish. The reinforced strike is longer than the plate it replaces and the wrap-around reinforcer, if used, shows as a neat metal band on the door edge. The difference is felt when you lock up, not seen from the street.
Nothing is beyond a laboratory with unlimited time, so the honest measure is minutes, not absolutes. Rated cylinders are tested to resist skilled picking and impressioning for a set period, and drilling and forcing for another. In the real world that matters because someone at a door has seconds, not a workbench. The sidebar and false grooves in the pins give a picker nothing reliable to feel, and the hardened inserts stop a bit, which is why these attacks move on to easier doors.
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