Security is not only the front door. We replace mailbox locks for homeowners and condo boards, fit weather-resistant hardware on gates and outbuildings, and make sure the side door everyone actually uses is at least as sound as the one facing the street.
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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…People who manage rental units have a particular set of problems: a tenant who left without returning keys, a unit that needs to be ready for viewings, a fire door that someone propped open. We keep a record of each building's keying so changes are consistent, rekey on turnover without disturbing the neighbours, and can put common doors on a single key the whole building carries.
Nearby Hagersville, Jarvis, Nanticoke, Featherstone, Fisherville, Selkirk, White Oaks Village and Woodlawn Park
Homes and businesses, one call.
29 years in business · Call about rekeying your new home: (365) 651-9607
Home lockout service
We split our work into emergency, residential, automotive and commercial, but plenty of jobs sit between them. A landlord's rekey is residential work done with commercial thinking. A car key made in a driveway is automotive work with a home visit. Ask, and we will place it.
What counts as an emergency is your call, not ours.
Older houses come with original hardware that deserves a look before it is replaced.
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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Some high security customers want no visible change at all: the same handle, the same finish, a cylinder inside that quietly resists everything the old one did not. Others want the reassurance of a heavy visible bolt. Both are available and we will help you choose.
Layer 1The key
The restricted keys you bought years ago are no longer restricted; the locksmith mentioned the patent has run out and blanks are sold openly. Your key control quietly stopped being control.
Layer 2The cylinder
Every morning the front door key needs the same little dance: push in, lift, wiggle, turn. It has been getting worse for a year, and this week it took three tries in the cold before the deadbolt finally gave.
Layer 3The bolt and strike
The front door has a handsome lever and a keyed knob, and that is all. Nothing above it.
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. The restricted keys you bought years ago are no longer restricted; the locksmith mentioned the patent has run out and blanks are sold openly.
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Services here appear in the order a business tends to need them: a lockout or a lost key first, then rekeying, then a master system, then exit hardware and access control as the premises grow and the staff list lengthens.
Commercial LocksWhen
Safes
Safe opening favours the gentlest method that fits the particular safe and lock, with drilling kept as a later option rather than a first resort. Manipulation and decoding are tried first for a mechanical dial, and a manufacturer reset or…
Tap a situation. The answer opens here.
If You just got the keys to a house you bought.
Then Rekey every exterior door to one new key.
The seller, their agent and any tradesperson who held a copy are now locked out, and you carry a single key. Lock Rekeying
If You are renting, and the landlord says the locks were never changed.
Then Ask the landlord to have the locks rekeyed.
Tenants generally need the owner's agreement, and most landlords are glad to do it when asked plainly.
If A tenant moved out and did not return every key.
Then Rekey before the next tenant arrives.
It keeps the same hardware and closes the gap before viewings start. Lock Rekeying
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People who manage rental units have a particular set of problems: a tenant who left without returning keys, a unit that needs to be ready for viewings, a fire door that someone propped open. We keep a record of each building's keying so changes are…
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Describe the property, the hardware and what has changed, and the visit starts from what you have seen.
Step 2 of 5
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.
Step 3 of 5
You will hear what we found, what we suggest and why, before anything is changed. If you want a minute to think, take it.
Step 4 of 5
Most problems have more than one fix. We lay out the practical options and the trade-offs, then let you choose the one that fits your home and budget.
Step 5 of 5
Shavings swept, packaging taken away, the old hardware offered to you or disposed of. The only sign we were there is a lock that works.
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Every square is one home in a hundred.
Walk the property and note every door the missing key opened, including the garage, shed and gate. Gather any keys you still have, since a working key helps in reading each cylinder. Have identification and, for tenants, something showing the tenancy. Decide roughly how many keys you want and whether you would like all doors on one key. If a garage remote or building fob was lost too, mention it when you book.
You can, and it solves being without a key. It leaves the lost one working, though, which is the half of the problem that keeps people awake. Rekeying takes about as much effort as a trip to a hardware store counter and ends with a new key in your hand and the old one retired. If the key was mislaid somewhere it will never be found and named nothing, a plain copy is a fair choice.
It asks; it does not compel. The stamp is a request that a key-cutting counter may or may not honour, and manufacturers say as much. Real control comes from a restricted keyway, whose blanks are issued only through authorised channels against a key card, or simply from knowing how many keys exist and who holds them. A rekey resets that count to a number you chose.
Only light care. Use the dry lubricant the locksmith recommends once or twice a year, never oil, which gathers grit around the finger pins and sidebar. Keep the keyway free of debris and insert the key fully before turning. In winter, warm a resisting key in your hand or use a de-icer rather than forcing it. Check hinge and strike screws each season so the door stays aligned. Treated this way the cylinder lasts for decades.
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