Locksmith
Lock and key 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.
Lockout Services
Locks fail at the worst moment because that is when they are used hardest.
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.
Change or Rekey Locks
Landlords call us between tenants.
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.
High Security Locks
Getting past an ordinary lock is a skill many people have.
Safe Opening & Combination ChangeDecades 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.
Safe Installation & ServicingBehind the filing cabinets sits a heavy floor safe nobody ever bolted down, left exactly as the last owner set it.
High Security LocksThe restricted keys you bought years ago are no longer restricted; the locksmith mentioned the patent has run out and blanks are sold openly.
Commercial Locks
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.
Commercial RekeyingThe drawer behind the counter holds a tangle of keys with tape labels: front old, side, Dave.
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 controlled supplies are stored.
Access Control InstallationThe keypad on the side door has started sticking on cold mornings, codes get shared instead of reset, and half the staff still remember a code you meant to retire two hires ago.
Panic & Exit HardwareTwo doors used to swing as a pair at the community hall entrance, but one leaf has started closing before the other, catching the astragal and leaving a gap wide enough to worry the caretaker.
Commercial-Grade Lock ReplacementHead office wants every branch keyed alike under one system, and half the locations are still running whatever lockset the original contractor happened to install years ago.
Car Keys
Losing a key with a chip in it leaves a copy of your car's security out in the world.
Car Lockout ServiceYou stepped out at the pump to pay inside, the passenger locked their door out of habit, and the driver's door caught behind you.
Car Key ReplacementYou bought the car privately and it came with a single key on a shoelace.
Spare Car Key DuplicationThe blade on the everyday key has gone shiny and thin along one edge, and lately it needs a wiggle before the ignition catches.
Key Fob ProgrammingA replacement fob just arrived in its box, shiny and untouched.
Transponder Key ProgrammingEvery key that ever opened the car is gone at once, one taken with a stolen bag, the spare misplaced months ago and never replaced.
Ignition Lock RepairThe new key from the hardware counter fits the door but stops halfway into the ignition slot, no matter how it is angled or how gently it is pushed.
Vehicle Lock RepairThe button on your key fob does nothing now: no beep, no flash of the lights, no click from the doors.
Motorcycle & Scooter KeysTwo keys came with the scooter: one for the ignition and steering, an entirely different one for the seat and the storage compartment underneath it, so opening the seat means carrying twice the metal.