A working lock is something you stop thinking about, and that is the point. We rekey, repair and replace door hardware for homes and businesses, explain what we find in plain words, and leave you with keys that turn without a fight.
Same fees day or night · Oshawa
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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…Every home has a door everyone actually uses and a door nobody thinks about. The side entrance by the driveway, the door from the garage, the basement walkout: these are the ones that tend to carry the flimsiest hardware and get the least attention. Part of our first visit is walking the whole perimeter with you, so the effort goes where the traffic and the risk really are.
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Locks, keys and doors, done properly.
32 years in business · Call and tell us about the door: (289) 367-6857
Home lockout service
Every job on this list starts the same way: with a look at the actual door and a conversation about what you need from it. The service is what follows. Browse the groups below to see how we approach lockouts, rekeys, replacements, vehicle keys, safes and access systems.
When you phone about an emergency we want three things: where the door is, what it is doing, and whether…
Who has a key to your house right now?
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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The kick is the most common attack on a residential door, and a standard strike plate held by two short screws fails to it. Reinforced strikes and door-edge wraps are the least glamorous part of high security and the part most often worth doing.
Layer 1The key
After the attempted break-in the police officer pointed at your door and said the strike plate was held by two short screws. Nobody got in, but you have looked at that door differently every evening since.
Layer 2The cylinder
The lever on the side door droops toward the floor and rattles in your hand. The latch no longer springs back on its own, so the door drifts open behind you unless you pull it shut and check it twice.
Layer 3The bolt and strike
You moved in three weeks ago. The previous owner left a handful of keys, none labelled, and the bolt on the side door rattles in its housing.
Layer 4The door and frame
You came home to find the front door standing open. The deadbolt is still thrown, but the strike plate is dangling from one screw and a fist-sized piece of the jamb is lying on the hall floor.
High Security Locks. After the attempted break-in the police officer pointed at your door and said the strike plate was held by two short screws.
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Office managers, franchise owners, property managers and shopkeepers all come through the commercial pages. The work is the same trade as residential locksmithing, but the hardware is heavier, the keying is planned and the paperwork matters more.
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Safes
A safe that arrives with no history at all, through an estate, an auction or a property changing hands, gets treated as an unknown until the locksmith reads it directly: the data plate, the lock type, the dial or keypad style, and any wear…
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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Every home has a door everyone actually uses and a door nobody thinks about. The side entrance by the driveway, the door from the garage, the basement walkout: these are the ones that tend to carry the flimsiest hardware and get the least attention.
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 look at the cylinder, the bolt, the strike, the hinges and any glass nearby, and say plainly which parts are sound and which are thin.
Step 3 of 5
If the lock is fine and the door just needs adjusting, we say so. If it has reached the end of its life, we say that too, and show you why.
Step 4 of 5
Repair, rekey, replace or upgrade, with what each involves and what it changes. You pick; we do not steer you toward the biggest job.
Step 5 of 5
Every key tested in every lock, every screw tight, every strike aligned, and the packaging in our van rather than your bin.
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Every square is one home in a hundred.
The address and unit number, which door you are outside, what the lock looks like, and where the keys are: with someone, lost, broken or simply refusing. Say whether there is an alarm or a card reader on the door, who can disarm or confirm your authority, and whether the building has a property manager. If you can send a photo of the lock and the door edge, the right cylinders and cores come on the first trip.
In almost every case the door, the glass and the lock are untouched. The mortise cylinder in the narrow stile is picked or decoded so the cam turns exactly as it would for your key, and the hookbolt or latch withdraws. Drilling comes up when a cylinder has seized, is packed with a broken key, or its security features and condition rule out a clean non-destructive opening, and if it comes to that you hear about it first and a new cylinder goes in during the same visit.
Yes, with the owner or a manager in the loop. Tell the locksmith who can confirm you work there and how to reach them. A call to the business owner, the regional manager or the property manager, ideally on a number that can be looked up rather than one you supply, settles it. Staff on an opening shift arrange this on the phone before the locksmith arrives so nothing waits at the door.
Start with the doors that matter and the ones that are weakest, which are often not the same. Front doors usually carry the sturdiest hardware already; the side door by the driveway, the door from the garage and the basement walkout often carry the lightest locks and get the least attention. The assessment walks the whole perimeter with you so the upgrade goes where entry is most likely, and the remaining doors can join the same key later.
On-site assessment preferred · (289) 367-6857, open 24/7