Below are the jobs we handle most often. For each one you will find what it fixes, how a visit usually goes and what information helps us arrive with the right parts. If two services sound alike, call and we will explain the difference in a sentence.
Hamilton
Locksmith services
Lockout Services
Locked out, key snapped off, a door that will not open after a break-in.
- Home Lockout ServiceThe key slides in and turns all the way round, but the bolt stays put.
- Business Lockout ServiceAfter last night's power flicker the card reader beside the clinic door shows nothing.
- Broken Key ExtractionA roommate tried to help with tweezers, then by gluing the other half to it.
- Break-In Damage Lock RepairThey did not get in.
- 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 RekeyA roommate moved out on bad terms and says the key was left on the counter.
Change or Rekey Locks
When people ask what they should do about home security, the honest answer is usually smaller than they fear.
- Lock RekeyingYour roommate moved out last weekend.
- Deadbolt InstallationThe bolt on the front door is keyed on both sides.
- Lock Replacement & UpgradeThe lever on the side door droops toward the floor and rattles in your hand.
- Vintage Mortise Lock ServiceSomeone painted the door years ago without removing the hardware.
- Smart Lock InstallationThere are four copies of the front-door key floating around: one with the cleaner, one with a neighbour, one on a hook at your…
- Gate & Building Entry LocksBetween the front gate, the side gate and the one behind the shed, there are three different padlocks, three different keys, and…
- Mailbox Lock ReplacementYou've just moved in, and the mailbox compartment in the lobby came with a single key the previous owner mailed back separately…
High Security Locks
Most forced entries go through the strike and frame, not the cylinder, so this group treats the door as one…
- Safe Opening & Combination ChangeA software update reset the clinic's small safe overnight, and the receptionist's usual code now does nothing on a keypad that…
- Safe Installation & ServicingA community group counts the weekend's raffle and bake-sale cash on a kitchen table, then carries it home in a tote bag until the…
- High Security LocksYou run a home office with client files and equipment, and your insurer has asked what kind of lock is on the door.
Commercial Locks
For multi-tenant buildings, the entry door, the mailroom, the mechanical room and each suite need their own…
- Commercial RekeyingYou have just signed the lease on a unit the previous tenant ran for a decade.
- Master Key System DesignA dental office wants the front desk to lock up at night without ever holding a key to the room where patient records and…
- Access Control InstallationSomething went missing from the storeroom over a weekend, and when you ask who was in the building, the honest answer is anyone…
- Panic & Exit HardwareSomeone at the front counter always has to unlock the side door by hand before the lunch rush, because the round doorknob out…
- Commercial-Grade Lock ReplacementAt closing time the hookbolt on the storefront door catches the keeper only on the second or third try, and one employee has…
Car Keys
Two keys for every vehicle is the sensible number.
- 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 ReplacementAfter fifteen years the blade has worn to a smooth sliver.
- Spare Car Key DuplicationThe paperwork for the used car changed hands last week, and the previous owner mentioned, almost as an afterthought, that a…
- Key Fob ProgrammingA new driver has joined the household, and the one existing fob is the only key anyone has ever had cut for this vehicle.
- Transponder Key ProgrammingSince the remote starter was installed last month, the original key has started acting strangely, the car catches on the first…
- Ignition Lock RepairThe key slides in fine and turns without any resistance at all, and the dash lights flicker, but nothing catches.
- Vehicle Lock RepairThe car came with a second key that grinds and catches in the rear door, unlike the smooth key you use every day on the front two.
- Motorcycle & Scooter KeysYou dig through every jacket pocket and the tank bag twice, but the ignition key that always sits on the same ring is nowhere to…