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Double glass doors in metal frames with a horizontal push bar, beside a brick wall, with a parking lot and trees outside. — Buchanan

BuchananLock Services

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Doors that lock properly.

Every street in Buchanan has a door that sticks, a deadbolt that needs a shove, or a key that was lent out and never came back. We rekey, repair and replace lock hardware for homes and businesses here, explain what we find in ordinary words, and leave you with keys that turn the way they should.

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Town
Buchanan, Hamilton
In business
15 years
Hours
Open 24/7
Nights, weekends and holidays, same fees
Phone
(289) 203-1527
Work
lockouts, change or rekey, high security, commercial
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.

  • 61 in 100 homes · older homes
  • About 61% of homes in Hamilton were built in 1980 or earlier, according to the 2021 Census.Where most homes were built decades ago, doors often still carry their original mortise locks and brass knobs. That hardware can usually be cleaned, re-sprung and kept in service, with a modern deadbolt added above it for strength without losing the look.
  • Single-detached houses make up about 56% of homes in Hamilton (2021 Census).Mixed housing means a locksmith sees a bungalow in the morning and a condo tower in the afternoon. The stocked van has house-door deadbolts, suite-door cylinders and the finishes for each, so neither kind of customer waits for a second visit.

Source: Statistics Canada, Census Profile

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Locksmith services · Buchanan

To orient yourself, the services available in Buchanan fall into five groups: urgent openings, residential lock work, higher-security upgrades, commercial doors and key control, and safes. A sixth, vehicle keys, is there for households that want one company for every key on the ring.

Hands comparing detached lock cylinders beside loose keys on a workbench. — Broken Key Extraction, Buchanan

Buchanan

Key Fob Programming, Broken Key Extraction, Commercial Rekeying, Car Lockout Service, Seized & Jammed Lock…

Buchanan

To orient yourself, the services available in Buchanan fall into five groups: urgent openings, residential lock work, higher-security upgrades, commercial doors and key control, and safes. A sixth, vehicle keys, is there for households that want one company for every key on the ring.

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Broken Key Extraction

Technician in a cap and hooded sweatshirt using a small screwdriver on the lever handle and lock case of a glass door. — Buchanan
The call
You were locking up on the way out when the key broke in the lock. Now the door is unlocked, a piece of key is jammed in the cylinder, and you were already running late for work.
First step
Checks particular to a vehicle

ServiceBroken Key Extraction

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Seized & Jammed Lock Opening

Person holding two lock cylinders beside an open painted door, with loose hardware and debris on the sill. — Seized & Jammed Lock Opening, Buchanan
The call
The key turns a full circle without any resistance and the deadbolt stays exactly where it is. There is no click, nothing moves behind the face of the lock, and the door is as closed as it was before you touched it.
First step
Which of the three families it belongs to

ServiceSeized & Jammed Lock Opening

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Lock Rekeying

Hands holding a lock cylinder and a ring of keys above a worn workbench with another cylinder and loose keys. — Lock Rekeying, Buchanan
The call
One key for the front door, another for the back, a third for the side door into the garage, and a fourth for the shed. You stand on the step every evening flipping through them in the dark, trying each one until something turns.
First step
Reading the keyway on each lock

ServiceLock Rekeying

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Deadbolt Installation

Close view of a satin-nickel deadbolt thumbturn and edge faceplate on a painted timber door. — Deadbolt Installation, Buchanan
The call
The old deadbolt has grown lazy. You turn the thumb-turn and the bolt creeps out halfway, then needs a second push with the door pulled tight.
First step
The frame behind the strike

ServiceDeadbolt Installation

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High Security Locks

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Most forced entries go through the strike and frame, not the cylinder, so this group treats the door as one assembly: hardened bolt, deep strike, three-inch screws, sound hinges, and a cylinder that defeats picks and drills on top of all that.

  1. Layer 1The key

    High Security Locks

    You run a home office with client files and equipment, and your insurer has asked what kind of lock is on the door. The honest answer is the builder's knob lock and a light deadbolt from when the house was new.

  2. Layer 2The cylinder

    Lock Replacement & Upgrade

    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.

  3. Layer 3The bolt and strike

    Deadbolt Installation

    The bolt on the front door is keyed on both sides. Getting out at night means finding the key in the dark, and with a toddler in the house you have decided the inside should turn by hand.

  4. Layer 4The door and frame

    Break-In Damage Lock Repair

    They did not get in. The attempt left a screwdriver gouge in the door edge, a strike plate bent outward and a deadbolt that now needs a shove to throw.

High Security Locks. You run a home office with client files and equipment, and your insurer has asked what kind of lock is on the door.

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What to expect, answered

Should I rekey or replace the lock afterwards?

Only if the inspection finds a reason. A clean cylinder with sound pins goes straight back to work with a new key. Rekeying makes sense when the pins are worn and sticking, or when a lost or unaccounted key shares the same cut. Replacement is for a cylinder that is corroded, cracked or of a grade that will keep eating keys. Each is offered as its own decision, not bundled in.

Does road salt affect door locks?

Yes, especially on side doors near a treated driveway or walkway. Salt spray dries into a crust inside the keyway and around the plug, and each thaw dissolves and re-deposits it deeper. Over a few winters it pits brass and makes the pins drag. The remedy is a flush with contact cleaner, a thorough drying, and a dry lubricant that sheds moisture, followed by rinsing the hardware when the weather allows.

Do the old keys really stop working?

Yes, at every cylinder that was rekeyed. Once the bottom pins are changed, a key cut to the old combination lifts them to the wrong heights and the plug will not turn. The locksmith proves this at each door by trying the old key after the new one, because any door missed from the list would still answer to the old key. That is also why the walk around the property at the start matters: every door meant to be included has to be on the list.

What do backset and bore mean, and why does the locksmith ask?

Two measurements decide whether a deadbolt fits your door. Bore is the diameter of the big hole through the face, 54 mm on most current hardware. Backset is how far the centre of that hole sits from the door's edge, 60 mm or 70 mm on nearly all residential doors. A replacement must match both to use the existing holes, and a fresh installation is cut to match the knob below, so knowing them ahead puts the right hardware on the van.

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