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 right answer for a shop with six staff is different from the right answer for a family of four, and we try not to carry one into the other. Homes generally want fewer keys and simpler routines; businesses want control and a record. We ask about the building, the people and the habits before naming a product, and we are comfortable saying that what you have already is enough.
Nearby Bloordale Gardens, Eringate, Etobicoke, Glen Agar, Islington, Princess Margaret, Thorncrest Village and West Deane Park
Your door, in good hands.
13 years in business · Describe the problem; we'll take it from there: (289) 804-4797
Home lockout service
Every service here is something we do week in, week out, not a line added to look thorough. If you would rather talk than read, the phone number at the top goes straight to someone who can tell you whether the job is a small fix or a planned visit.
Lost every key to the house?
Home work is mostly about who holds a key.
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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Firearms cabinets, jewellery, passports, business records and cash all raise the same question: is a locked drawer enough? Safe installation and servicing sit under high security here, with advice on size, anchoring and where in the building a safe belongs.
Layer 1The key
The pharmacy stockroom, the server closet or the cash office is protected by the same ordinary cylinder as the staff washroom. One lost key on a lanyard would open all of them.
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 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
Someone smashed the little window beside the door, reached in and turned the thumb-turn. The lock itself is fine, but there is glass on the mat, a hole in the sidelight and a deadbolt anyone can reach.
High Security Locks. The pharmacy stockroom, the server closet or the cash office is protected by the same ordinary cylinder as the staff washroom.
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Exit devices, the bars and paddles that let a crowd leave a room by pushing, are commercial hardware with a life-safety job. We install and repair them and make sure the door still locks from outside while opening freely from inside.
Commercial LocksWhen
Safes
Changing a combination is not only for a safe that has stopped opening. Businesses routinely have a working safe recombined the moment someone who knew the old code leaves, retires or changes roles, because a combination known outside the…
Tap a situation. The answer opens here.
If An employee left on bad terms and still has a key.
Then Rekey the doors that key opens.
New pins make the old key just metal, and the remaining staff get fresh ones. Lock Rekeying
If Twelve people have keys and nobody knows how many copies exist.
Then A restricted key system.
Blanks that are only cut with your authorization stop the quiet copying, and a register tracks every key out. High Security Locks
If You want to know who came in through the back door and when.
Then A keypad or fob reader with an audit log.
Each person gets their own code or fob, so the log shows entries by name. Smart Lock Installation
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The right answer for a shop with six staff is different from the right answer for a family of four, and we try not to carry one into the other. Homes generally want fewer keys and simpler routines; businesses want control and a record.
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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
The priority is a door that closes and locks tonight. We assess the frame, the strike and the lock, and secure whatever was forced so you can stop worrying about the opening.
Step 3 of 5
From the first look to the last turn of the key, we narrate the job in plain terms. You should never wonder what we are doing to your door.
Step 4 of 5
If we think an upgrade would help, we say so once and explain why. If you decline, that is the end of it.
Step 5 of 5
Removed locks and keys are given to you or taken away as you prefer. Old keys that no longer work are worth destroying, and we will do that if you like.
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Every square is one home in a hundred.
Yes, and it is common. A basement suite or in-law apartment often gets its own key so the tenant's key opens their door and nothing else, while your key opens the main house. A home office, a storage room or a shed can be kept separate for the same reason. The locksmith sets up the groups you want, pins each accordingly and tags the keys so the separate one is not mixed into the household set.
Often the stiffness is grit, old oil and tired springs rather than real wear, and those are handled while the cylinder is on the bench: the plug is cleaned, new springs go in with the new pins, and a dry lubricant finishes it. If the plug has worn oval or the housing is damaged, the locksmith shows you and suggests a replacement cylinder pinned to the same key, rather than fresh pins in a lock that will keep dragging.
Yes. A mortise lock, the kind with a large case set into the edge of the door, uses a threaded cylinder held by a set screw reached from the door's edge. The cylinder unthreads, is pinned like any other and screws back in. Where a very old lock uses a bit key or a lever mechanism instead of a pin cylinder, the locksmith will explain the options, which may include fitting a modern cylinder into the existing case so the door keeps its original hardware.
A cylinder swap with new keys on one door is a short visit. A new deadbolt, reinforced strike and frame repair takes longer, and several doors keyed to a plan take longer again, mostly in bench time pinning cylinders. The locksmith gives you a realistic estimate once the doors have been looked at, because the frame condition and the door preparation matter more than the count of locks alone.
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