Sometimes the job is obvious: a key snapped in the cylinder, a deadbolt that spins without catching. Other times you know something is wrong but not what to ask for. Either way, start here. Each service page describes the symptoms, the fix and what to have ready.
Markham
Locksmith services
Lockout Services
Locks fail at the worst moment because that is when they are used hardest.
- Home Lockout ServiceThe key slides in and turns all the way round, but the bolt stays put.
- 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…
- Broken Key ExtractionOvernight the deadbolt froze, and this morning the key would only turn partway.
- Break-In Damage Lock RepairThe patio slider is sitting crooked on its track.
- Seized & Jammed Lock OpeningEvery time you pull the key out of the side door it comes away gritty.
- Lost Keys — Same-Visit RekeyThe keys fell out of a gym bag somewhere between the arena and the parking lot.
Change or Rekey Locks
Your home should be easy for you to get into and hard for anyone else.
- Lock RekeyingEvery copy of your house key seems to work a little differently.
- Deadbolt InstallationThe old deadbolt has grown lazy.
- Lock Replacement & UpgradeThree teenagers, a dog walker, a cleaner and one house key that keeps going missing.
- Vintage Mortise Lock ServiceThe knob flops loose on its spindle and never springs back to level.
- Smart Lock InstallationYour mother still lives on her own, and the personal support worker, the pharmacy delivery and two siblings all need to get in on…
- Gate & Building Entry LocksThe padlock on the side gate has gone stiff every winter for three years running, and this year the key simply will not turn past…
- Mailbox Lock ReplacementAfter a winter of road spray and salt, the little lock on the mailbox door has gone stiff, then gritty, then almost immovable.
High Security Locks
A lock's rating comes down to how long it holds against a skilled attacker with tools.
- Safe Opening & Combination ChangeThe new manager took over the shop last month and only now needs the back-office safe open, but the combination the previous…
- Safe Installation & ServicingThe office is moving three blocks over, and the old commercial safe that has sat bolted to the concrete for fifteen years now…
- High Security LocksYou have lost count of how many people have had a key to your house over the years: cleaners, a contractor, a former partner, the…
Commercial Locks
Every commercial door should do three things: open for the right people, stay shut for everyone else, and let…
- Commercial RekeyingThe office has been reshuffled twice since the locks were last touched.
- Master Key System DesignOn the warehouse floor, a shift supervisor's key opens the loading dock, the tool crib and the manager's office, though only the…
- Access Control InstallationDeliveries arrive before anyone is scheduled to be there, which right now means either propping the loading dock open at dawn or…
- Panic & Exit HardwareThe new access-control reader at the staff entrance works fine going in, but nobody has sorted out the door's exit side, and…
- Commercial-Grade Lock ReplacementA new tenant moved into the unit next door, and the property manager just found three different cylinders on three doors, none of…
Car Keys
Automotive locksmithing covers every make we can read, program and cut for, which is most of what is on the…
- Car Lockout ServiceYou reached the parking lot after a long hike and the pocket that held your car key is empty.
- Car Key ReplacementMinus twenty outside, the fob button does nothing, and the door keyhole has a crust of road salt over it because you have not…
- Spare Car Key DuplicationA teenager just passed a driving test and reasonably wants a key of their own rather than negotiating over the family's single…
- 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…
- Ignition Lock RepairHalf the key is still in your hand.
- Vehicle Lock RepairEvery door drops into place together when the fob is pressed, except the driver's door, which stays unlocked while the rest click…
- Motorcycle & Scooter KeysThe key still opens the seat and unlocks the fork, but at the ignition it needs a slow half-turn and a small lift before the…
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