Sound familiar?Eringate
- The call
- The back door looks closed until you touch it. The edge is crushed where a bar went in, the latch is bent sideways, and the door swings free with a gentle push no matter how you turn the key.
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.
In plain words
When a home is broken into, the locks are not the only thing that has changed hands. Keys hanging in the hall, a spare in a drawer, a garage remote on a visor or a house key on a stolen car's ring may all be gone. Part of break-in damage repair is closing that door too. Every cylinder those keys fit is rekeyed or replaced and fresh keys are cut, the mailbox and padlocks are considered, and you are reminded to reset the garage opener and any alarm codes that were written down. The forced door gets fixed, and the missing keys stop mattering at the same time.
Break-In Damage Lock Repair · Eringate
How the visit goes
Scene 1
Lock, frame or door: which one failed
Three components can fail in a forced entry and they are repaired differently, so the locksmith sorts them out before quoting. Lock failure is a broken cylinder, bolt or latch and is answered with hardware. Frame failure is a torn strike or split jamb and is answered with a boxed strike, repair plates, long screws and sometimes new wood. Door failure is a crushed edge, a split around the bore or a bent hinge leaf and is answered with edge reinforcement or, when the slab itself is broken, a door installer. Naming which of the three happened, and often all three, shows you what the locksmith completes tonight and what is handed to another trade.
Scene 2
Strengthening the door edge and hinges
Where a pry bar crushed the edge or the wood split around the lock bore, a wrap-around reinforcer is fitted: a steel channel that sleeves the door edge at the lock, ties the two faces together and gives the bolt and latch a solid seat. On the hinge side, the short factory screws are swapped for three-inch screws that reach the framing, and a bent hinge is replaced. Doors that were kicked hard sometimes need a hinge reinforcement plate across the jamb to spread the load. With both edges strengthened, the door no longer has a soft side, and a future kick meets steel and stud at every point that matters.
Scene 3
What another trade still needs to do
Locksmith hardware fixes a great deal, but a shattered frame, a broken door slab or a smashed sidelight belongs to a carpenter, door installer or glazier. When that is the case you leave with the opening secured, a clear list of what the other trade needs to do, and hardware chosen so it transfers to the new frame or door rather than being bought twice. The temporary securing is designed to hold comfortably until that work is booked. Insurers let you choose your own contractor, so the list is written for whoever you pick, and the locksmith is available to fit the final hardware once the woodwork is done.
In the van
- Latch guard plate
- Two-part wood epoxy and shims
- Wrap-around door edge reinforcer
- Grade 1 deadbolt with one-inch throw
- Three-inch strike and hinge screws
What shapes the quoteBloordale Gardens Lock & Key Co.
- Keys cut
- New keys are cut from the fresh pinning and counted separately: enough for each adult, the dog walker and a trusted neighbour, however many you decide you need.
- Door edge reinforcement
- A wrap-around edge reinforcer is added when the wood around the bore is crushed or split. It is a separate part, chosen to suit the door thickness and the hardware going into it.
- Distance to the property
- Travel is part of every emergency call, and a property well outside the usual service area involves more driving time, which appears in the quote.
FeesSame any hour
Questions people ask us
My car was stolen with the garage remote and a house key inside. What now?
Treat it as two exposures. The house key is handled by rekeying every lock it fits. The remote is handled at the garage door opener: its memory is erased so every old remote stops working, and new remotes are programmed. If the car had your address on its paperwork, do both before anything else. A locksmith can rekey the doors and, on many openers, clear the remotes during the same visit or show you the learn button on the motor unit.
Is the lock that was forced still usable?
Sometimes, and the locksmith tests it honestly. A deadbolt that stayed thrown while the frame gave way may be undamaged, though a kick can bend the bolt where it crossed the gap or crack the housing. A cylinder that was twisted, drilled or punched is finished. Reused hardware must operate as smoothly as new with the door open and closed; if it hesitates, it is replaced, because a lock that took a blow tends to fail at the worst moment.
Will my door be boarded up, or can it be made to lock tonight?
Most forced doors lock again during the visit. If the slab and frame are sound, a new lockset goes in and the strike is reinforced. If the jamb is split, a repair plate or a boxed strike screwed into the stud usually holds it. Boarding is reserved for openings where the frame or the door itself is destroyed, and even then it is fitted so the household can get out from inside without a key.
Lockout Services
- Business Lockout ServiceThe manager who holds the only set of office keys is on a plane.
- Broken Key ExtractionThat key had been bending a little for years, and you kept straightening it.
- Seized & Jammed Lock OpeningThe shop's lever handle goes down as usual, but the latch inside the mortise case never pulls back.
- Lost Keys — Same-Visit RekeyThe spare under the planter by the side door is gone.
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Break-In Damage Lock Repair · Toronto, Bloordale Gardens, Etobicoke, Glen Agar, Islington, Princess Margaret, Thorncrest Village, West Deane Park
- Town
- Eringate, Toronto
- In business
- 13 years
- Hours
- Open 24/7
- Nights, weekends and holidays, same fees
- Phone
- (289) 804-4797
- Visits
- On-site assessment preferred. Request a visit or call.
2021 census: what it means at the door
Every square is one home in a hundred.
- 58 in 100 homes · older homes
- 23 in 100 homes · mostly attached
- About 58% of homes in Toronto were built in 1980 or earlier, according to the 2021 Census.Older housing means older frames. Wood that has settled for years leaves strikes slightly out of line, so a bolt drags or needs a lift of the handle. A locksmith expects this and brings the shims, longer screws and strike plates to correct it.
- Single-detached houses make up about 23% of homes in Toronto (2021 Census).Attached housing turns over more often than detached, so rekeying between tenants or owners is a constant. Because suite doors tend to be standard, the job is usually a straightforward pin change and a fresh set of keys cut on site.
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Someone smashed the little window beside the door, reached in and turned the thumb-turn.
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