Picking, bumping and drilling are the tricks a good cylinder defeats. A kicked frame is what a deep strike and long screws defeat. We upgrade both together and set up keys that only you can have copied.
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Picking, bumping and drilling are the tricks a good cylinder defeats. A kicked frame is what a deep strike and long screws defeat. We upgrade both together and set up keys that only you can have copied.
We think of a lockout as the start of a relationship, not a one-off rescue. Once the door is open we take a moment to look at why it happened: a latch that locks behind you when the wind slams it, a key worn past the point of reliability, a spare that lives nowhere. A small fix or a second key cut often means we never see you in the cold again.
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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Choosing a service is easier when you know what each one actually changes. Rekeying changes the key, replacement changes the hardware, repair keeps what you have working, and installation adds something new. The sections below sort our work along those lines.
Home Lockout ServiceThe keypad on the smart lock blinks once and goes dark.
Business Lockout ServiceA cook stepped into the alley with the recycling and the rear door swung shut behind him.
Broken Key ExtractionOvernight the deadbolt froze, and this morning the key would only turn partway.
Break-In Damage Lock RepairThey did not get in.
Seized & Jammed Lock OpeningYou are inside, the deadbolt is thrown, and the thumb-turn will not budge.
Lost Keys — Same-Visit RekeyYour purse was taken from the back of a chair at a restaurant.
Lock RekeyingOne key for the front door, another for the back, a third for the side door into the garage, and a fourth for the shed.
Deadbolt InstallationYou bought a keypad deadbolt online and pulled the old one off, only to find the hole in the door is a different size and the bolt latch sits at a backset the new kit does not list.
Lock Replacement & UpgradeThe brass handleset has gone blotchy and green where the winter salt reaches it, and the coating on the deadbolt is lifting in flakes.
Vintage Mortise Lock ServiceThe brass knob on the front door of your century home turns, but nothing happens on the other side.
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 parents' place, and one you honestly cannot account for.
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 mail slot on the shop's exterior wall has a small compartment lock that a former employee still has a key to, months after they left.
The century home's original mortise lock takes a key the size of a spoon, sticks in humid weather and has worn its strike to a groove. You want a lock that works every day without giving up the old door.
Lock Replacement & UpgradeThe key slides in and turns all the way round, but the bolt stays put. There is no click, no resistance, just a key spinning in a lock that has stopped listening to it after years of daily use.
Home Lockout ServiceSomeone tried the door last winter. The frame took it, but the strike plate is bent, one screw hole is stripped, and the bolt sits in the pocket at a slight angle. It still locks, and it still bothers you every night.
Deadbolt InstallationHigh security
Most people think of the lock. Burglars think of the frame. A box strike with long screws into the stud, a reinforcing plate along the door edge and a bolt that reaches deep into the jamb do more against a kick than any cylinder alone.
You have lost count of how many people have had a key to your house over the years: cleaners, a contractor, a former partner, the previous owner's family.
The brass handleset has gone blotchy and green where the winter salt reaches it, and the coating on the deadbolt is lifting in flakes.
You bought a keypad deadbolt online and pulled the old one off, only to find the hole in the door is a different size and the bolt latch sits at a backset the new kit does not list.
They did not get in.
Commercial
Panic hardware, door closers and exit devices are the parts of a commercial door that nobody notices until they fail. We service them, replace them and set them so the door closes fully and latches every time, which is what keeps the alarm and the lock meaningful.
High security
The new manager took over the shop last month and only now needs the back-office safe open, but the combination the previous owner was supposed to leave in writing never turned up anywhere in the handover file.
The till drawer has been holding two days of cash because the new shop never got a proper safe, and a locked drawer under the counter is the only thing standing between that cash and anyone who works late.
Sensible optionRekey every exterior door to one new key.
WhyThe seller, their agent and any tradesperson who held a copy are now locked out, and you carry a single key.
Sensible optionAsk the landlord to have the locks rekeyed.
WhyTenants generally need the owner's agreement, and most landlords are glad to do it when asked plainly.
Sensible optionRekey before the next tenant arrives.
WhyIt keeps the same hardware and closes the gap before viewings start.
Sensible optionLock Replacement & Upgrade
WhyA keypad or smart lock is a lock replacement with a few extra steps, and it suits households where keys circulate widely.
Sensible optionVintage Mortise Lock Service
WhyMost old mortise locks fail for boring reasons.
Sensible optionSmart Lock Installation
WhyA smart lock is only half installed when the screws are tight; the other half is the account behind it.
Describe the property, the hardware and what has changed, and the visit starts from what you have seen.
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The priority is a door that closes and locks tonight. We assess the frame, the strike and the lock, and secure whatever was forced so you can stop worrying about the opening.
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Some damage needs a proper repair later; some can be fixed on the spot. We separate the two clearly and explain what a lasting fix involves without pushing you into it.
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If keys were taken or the lock was compromised, we rekey or replace before leaving. You end the visit with a door that locks and keys that only you hold.
Ontario
2021 Census
About 58% of homes in Toronto were built in 1980 or earlier, according to the 2021 Census.
Old brass keys wear thin, and a key that has bent for years finally lets go in a cold cylinder. In older housing stock this is a regular call, so the locksmith is ready to extract the piece, check the cylinder and cut a new key from the code.
Single-detached houses make up about 23% of homes in Toronto (2021 Census).
Condo boards commonly set rules about what may be changed on the outside face of a suite door. A locksmith experienced with attached housing knows to keep the visible hardware within those rules while still upgrading the cylinder and strike behind it.
A list of the doors and other locks you want included, a copy of the lease or the property manager's contact, every existing key you can find, and a rough idea of who needs to open what. Note which doors, if any, are interchangeable cores and where the control key is. Knowing your quiet hours and who opens up in the morning helps the locksmith plan the order of work and the key handover.
Only the cylinders that master opened, which the keying chart identifies. If the lost key was the top master, that is every lock in the system; if it was a departmental master, it is that department's doors. Where no chart exists, the locksmith reads the cylinders first to establish what the key reached. The remaining doors, and any keys that never opened them, are left exactly as they are.
Yes. The narrow stile of a storefront door houses a screw-in mortise cylinder secured from the edge, and it unthreads, is repinned and screws back in like any other. What the locksmith watches is the cam: it has to suit the hook or deadbolt mechanism inside the door and sit at the correct depth, or the bolt throws short. Weather-facing cylinders showing salt wear are pointed out so you can decide on replacement.
Barely. A high security cylinder sits in the same place as the old one and is usually distinguished only by a different keyway shape and sometimes a hardened collar. A graded deadbolt is a standard-looking deadbolt in your chosen finish. The reinforced strike is longer than the plate it replaces and the wrap-around reinforcer, if used, shows as a neat metal band on the door edge. The difference is felt when you lock up, not seen from the street.
The fee for a visit in Toronto is the same at any hour, and it is settled at the door after the locksmith has assessed the hardware. That order matters. Assess first, then price, then work, so you always know what is being done and what it costs before a tool comes out. There are no surprises added afterwards.
