Lockouts
Lockout Services
If the key will not turn, the key is in two pieces, or the door was kicked and no longer closes, this is the section. Each page describes how we open, extract or secure, and what we check before calling the job finished.
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…
Business Lockout ServiceThe key went in stiffly, turned a quarter of the way, and came out in two pieces.
Broken Key ExtractionYou were locking up on the way out when the key broke in the lock.
Break-In Damage Lock RepairThe shop's aluminum door has a bent meeting stile and the hookbolt is jammed half out.
Seized & Jammed Lock OpeningThe old mortise lock on the front door of the house turns the key halfway and stops with a dull clunk.
Lost Keys — Same-Visit RekeyA roommate moved out on bad terms and says the key was left on the counter.
Change or rekey
Change or Rekey Locks
Deadbolts, cylinders, strikes and keys are the four things we look at on every home visit, in that order. A weakness in any one undoes the others.
High security
High Security Locks
Anti-snap cylinders, hardened shrouds, sidebar mechanisms and ball-bearing drill protection are the vocabulary of high security hardware. We translate that into what it means for your door and stop at the level that fits the risk.
- Pry marks circle the dial after an overnight break-in attempt, and the safe now refuses every number that used to open…Safe Opening & Combination Change
- The keypad on the office safe blinks a low-battery warning every morning now, and whoever notices it first quietly…Safe Installation & Servicing
- Your shop has had four employees leave in two years and each one had a key.High Security Locks
Commercial
Commercial Locks
Owners sometimes ask whether they need a locksmith or an alarm company. Usually both, for different jobs.
Car keys
Car Keys
The most common automotive call is a lost or broken key. The second is a fob that no longer works.
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 ReplacementYou bought the car privately and it came with a single key on a shoelace.
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 car changed hands last week, and the paperwork included exactly one fob for a household with two drivers.
Transponder Key ProgrammingA second driver has joined the household, and the one existing key gets handed back and forth between two schedules that rarely…
Ignition Lock RepairThe key slides in fine and turns without any resistance at all, and the dash lights flicker, but nothing catches.
Vehicle Lock RepairSince the last heavy rain, the front passenger door has needed two or three tries before the key catches, and moisture seems to…
Motorcycle & Scooter KeysTwo keys came with the scooter: one for the ignition and steering, an entirely different one for the seat and the storage…
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