Selling or handing back a property in Waterdown goes more smoothly when the locks are fresh and every key accounted for. We rekey the exterior doors, gather the old keys, cut the set the next people will need, and give you a short written record to pass along with the paperwork.
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Below, each lock and key service we offer in Waterdown gets its own page, with a description that assumes no prior knowledge. Start anywhere. Many customers arrive for a lockout and leave knowing exactly why the strike plate on the back door has bothered them for years.
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Below, each lock and key service we offer in Waterdown gets its own page, with a description that assumes no prior knowledge. Start anywhere. Many customers arrive for a lockout and leave knowing exactly why the strike plate on the back door has bothered them for years.
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ServiceBusiness Lockout Service
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ServiceBreak-In Damage Lock Repair
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ServiceLost Keys — Same-Visit Rekey
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ServiceDeadbolt Installation
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.
Layer 1The key
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.
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
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.
Layer 4The door and frame
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.
Request a visitIn 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.
Tell your landlord or property manager as soon as the police have been called; provincial tenancy law makes the landlord responsible for repairs to the unit, and most will arrange the locksmith. A tenant may not change locks without the landlord's agreement, and a landlord who changes them must give the tenant keys, so the visit is coordinated between you. If you arrange securing yourself in an emergency, keep the receipt and the record of what was done for both sides.
It is good practice whenever a key has been out of your hands for a while and you are not certain it came back. Contractors, cleaners, sitters and short-term guests all have honest reasons to hold a key, and most return it, but a rekey at the end of the arrangement is what turns 'probably' into certainty. Some households make it a habit at the close of every project.
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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