Turnover means rekeying, and rekeying means keeping a record of which unit takes which key. We handle changeovers between tenants, set up keyed-alike groups for common doors, and keep your building's key schedule straight so you are never guessing.
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Turnover means rekeying, and rekeying means keeping a record of which unit takes which key. We handle changeovers between tenants, set up keyed-alike groups for common doors, and keep your building's key schedule straight so you are never guessing.
Winter is the season that finds every weak point in a door. Frames shift with the frost, moisture freezes inside cylinders, and salt carried in on boots corrodes the brass. A good part of our year is spent freeing seized locks, adjusting strikes that no longer line up, and swapping in hardware that tolerates the cold. We would rather you call in November than in the first hard freeze.
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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Locksmith services
We would rather you knew what a service involves before you book it. That is why every page below walks through the checks, the work and what you are left with afterwards, in plain language, with no assumption that you already know the names of the parts.
Home Lockout ServiceIt is minus fifteen, the wind is coming across the driveway, and the key will only go halfway into the deadbolt.
Business Lockout ServiceIt is ten to nine, three staff are on the sidewalk with their coffees, and the key that has opened the glass front door for six years will not turn.
Broken Key ExtractionThat key had been bending a little for years, and you kept straightening it.
Break-In Damage Lock RepairThe shop's aluminum door has a bent meeting stile and the hookbolt is jammed half out.
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 keys fell out of a gym bag somewhere between the arena and the parking lot.
Lock RekeyingThree months of renovation are finally done.
Deadbolt InstallationThe front door has a handsome lever and a keyed knob, and that is all.
Lock Replacement & UpgradeThe lever on the side door droops toward the floor and rattles in your hand.
Vintage Mortise Lock ServiceThe old skeleton key still fits the keyhole, but it now needs a jiggle, a lean on the door and a little luck before the bolt moves.
Smart Lock InstallationThe kids get home before you do and the spare key has been lost twice this school year.
Gate & Building Entry LocksEvery time the courtyard gate closes, it slams hard enough to rattle the fence panels, and the deadlatch never quite drops into the keeper before the spring yanks it the rest of the way.
Mailbox Lock ReplacementThe mailbox key snapped clean off in the lock last week, and the stub is still sitting somewhere inside the cylinder.
A break-in overnight took the cash float and a staff member's bag with her work keys inside it. The glass is being replaced this morning, but the key that opened the door yesterday will still open it tonight unless the cylinders are changed.
Commercial RekeyingIt is ten to nine, three staff are on the sidewalk with their coffees, and the key that has opened the glass front door for six years will not turn. The cylinder feels gritty, the door is locked, and the first customer is already parking.
Business Lockout ServiceThe brass handleset has gone blotchy and green where the winter salt reaches it, and the coating on the deadbolt is lifting in flakes. It still locks, but it looks tired beside the fresh paint on the door.
Lock Replacement & UpgradeHigh security
Getting past an ordinary lock is a skill many people have. Getting past a high security lock is loud, slow and uncertain, which is exactly the point. The services here make your door the one an intruder decides is not worth it.
The restricted keys you bought years ago are no longer restricted; the locksmith mentioned the patent has run out and blanks are sold openly.
The lever on the side door droops toward the floor and rattles in your hand.
The front door has a handsome lever and a keyed knob, and that is all.
The shop's aluminum door has a bent meeting stile and the hookbolt is jammed half out.
Commercial
A store safe that will not open, a combination nobody remembers, a floor safe that needs moving or a new one that needs bolting down: safe work sits under commercial services here, alongside the doors that stand between the street and the safe.
High security
Decades of daily use have left the law firm's old dial safe drifting: the numbers line up close to where they should, never quite enough to drop the bolt.
Behind the filing cabinets sits a heavy floor safe nobody ever bolted down, left exactly as the last owner set it. It opens fine, but a determined pair of hands could simply tip it into a van.
Sensible optionService the mortise case and reset the strike.
WhyThey were built to be opened, cleaned and re-sprung, and most come back to a firm close.
Sensible optionReplace the spindle and set screws, keep the knobs.
WhyThe wearing parts are still made; the knobs stay exactly where they are.
Sensible optionCut a key by impressioning or from the lock itself.
WhyWith the case open we read the levers and make a key to fit.
Sensible optionSafe Installation & Servicing
WhySafe installation and servicing starts with a plain question: what needs protecting, and from what.
Sensible optionHigh Security Locks
WhyThe service begins with a conversation about what the door protects and what worries you, then a close look at the door as a whole: the cylinder, the bolt, the strike, the frame, the hinges and any glass nearby.
Sensible optionCommercial Rekeying
WhyRekeying is also a chance to decide how the keys should work, not simply to change them.
Describe the property, the hardware and what has changed, and the visit starts from what you have seen.
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We visit each door on the plan and talk about who uses it, how often and at what hours. Wiring routes and power are checked at the same time.
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Readers, electric strikes or maglocks and the controller go in with cables hidden where the building allows. Every door is tested for release and re-locking.
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We add the first users, show your administrator how to add and remove people, and leave written notes so the system is yours to run.
York, Ontario
2021 Census
About 43% of homes in Georgina were built in 1980 or earlier, according to the 2021 Census.
Older frames and newer frames fail in different ways. Settled wood pulls strikes out of line; new framing settles as it dries. A locksmith used to a mixed area recognises which he is looking at and adjusts accordingly.
Single-detached houses make up about 83% of homes in Georgina (2021 Census).
Detached houses have their own garages, sheds and gates, and each tends to carry a lock chosen on the day it was needed. A locksmith visiting such a home looks at all of them, not just the front door, and brings the whole property up to one standard.
Yes. Manufacturers make deadbolts, handlesets, knobs and levers in matching finishes and styles, so a replacement deadbolt can sit above your existing handle without looking like an afterthought. Bring or photograph the hardware you want to match, including the interior side, and note whether it is a warm brass, a satin nickel, an oil-rubbed bronze or a matte black. Where an exact match is not made, the locksmith suggests the closest family.
Often the original case can be kept and given a new cylinder and strike, which keeps the period look and the old door intact. Where the case is beyond service, a filler or conversion plate covers the mortise pocket and lets a cylindrical deadbolt or knob set be fitted without cutting into the door's stile. The locksmith looks at the door before recommending either path, since old doors vary a great deal.
Rekey when the hardware is sound and the problem is the key: a lost copy, a move, or too many keys for one house. Replace when the mechanism itself is worn, the housing or bolt is damaged, the grade was never suitable for the entrance, or you want a different function, finish or a keypad. Many visits do both, keeping good locks and rekeying them while replacing the tired ones, all to one key.
They solve different problems. A keypad or smart lock manages who can enter and when, and many have no keyway to pick. A high security mechanical lock resists physical attack and controls key copying without batteries, apps or connectivity. Many businesses use both: electronic access on high-traffic doors and high security cylinders on rooms that must hold regardless of power. The locksmith helps you match the tool to each door rather than choosing one philosophy.
Winter is part of how we work in Georgina. Doors swell and shrink, frames shift, keys snap in cold cylinders, and salt finds its way into hardware. We choose lubricants that stay fluid in the cold, set strikes with the seasons in mind, and show you the small habit that stops a key from freezing in the lock.
