Plenty of houses in Wychwood Park still carry their first mortise locks and brass knobs, and they are worth keeping. We service that hardware so it turns freely again, find matching parts where they exist, and only suggest replacement when a piece genuinely cannot be brought back. Character stays; the door locks.
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Plenty of houses in Wychwood Park still carry their first mortise locks and brass knobs, and they are worth keeping. We service that hardware so it turns freely again, find matching parts where they exist, and only suggest replacement when a piece genuinely cannot be brought back. Character stays; the door locks.
Households in Wychwood Park often collect locks from different decades that all take different keys. We rekey them to a single key where the hardware allows, replace the one or two that cannot be matched, and set up a spare that lives somewhere sensible. You leave with a lighter ring and a clear idea of which key does what.
Business owners in Wychwood Park call us when a key has not come back, when nobody knows how many copies exist, or when a back door has been tried. We set up patented key systems with every key numbered, fit heavy hardware on the doors that matter, and explain the key schedule to whoever locks up, so a staff change stays a small event.
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Every lock service we provide in Wychwood Park starts with the same first step, which is looking at the door properly before deciding anything. The individual pages below explain what that look involves for each job, how the work is carried out, and what to expect from the hardware afterwards.
Business Lockout ServiceA cook stepped into the alley with the recycling and the rear door swung shut behind him.
Break-In Damage Lock RepairThe back door looks closed until you touch it.
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 & UpgradeSomeone tried the back door while you were away.
Smart Lock InstallationHalf the evenings someone asks whether the back door got locked, and nobody is sure.
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 owner was supposed to leave in writing never turned up anywhere in the handover file.
Master Key System DesignThe new wing was built with its own brand of cylinder, so the two-year-old keys from the original building do not open a single door in the addition.
Key Fob ProgrammingThe remote clicks the way it always has, but the vehicle no longer locks, unlocks or answers with its usual chirp.
Ignition Lock RepairThe key slides in fine and turns without any resistance at all, and the dash lights flicker, but nothing catches.
Lock RekeyingThe whole key ring went missing somewhere between the grocery store and the bus.
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 & UpgradeSomeone tried the back door while you were away.
Vintage Mortise Lock ServiceThe brass knob on the front door of your century home turns, but nothing happens on the other side.
Smart Lock InstallationHalf the evenings someone asks whether the back door got locked, and nobody is sure.
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 the first few pins.
Mailbox Lock ReplacementThe little brass key for your curbside mailbox was on the same ring as the one you lost at the gym last week.Toronto, Ontario
2021 Census
About 58% of homes in Toronto were built in 1980 or earlier, according to the 2021 Census.
Layers of paint build up on older doors and frames, and a lock that seemed to fail is sometimes a latch glued shut by the last coat. Part of the visit in an older area is freeing hardware, cleaning the edges and checking the door swings true.
Single-detached houses make up about 23% of homes in Toronto (2021 Census).
Townhouse rows often share a keyway chosen by the builder. A locksmith can move a household onto a keyway of its own so a neighbour's key, or a key from the construction phase, no longer has any chance of fitting.
High security
Safes are high security for the things inside a room rather than the room itself. We install, bolt down, open and reset them for homes and businesses, and advise on where a safe helps and where a better door helps more.
After the attempted break-in the police officer pointed at your door and said the strike plate was held by two short screws.
Someone tried the back door while you were away.
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.
The back door looks closed until you touch it.
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 keypad on the office safe blinks a low-battery warning every morning now, and whoever notices it first quietly hopes someone else deals with it before the batteries finally give out mid-week.
Sensible optionBusiness Lockout Service
WhyBusinesses are locked out by people as often as by hardware.
Sensible optionBreak-In Damage Lock Repair
WhyThere are really two jobs inside one call.
Sensible optionDeadbolt Installation
WhyDeadbolt installation puts a solid bolt lock on a door that either has none or has one that is past its useful life.
Sensible optionLock Replacement & Upgrade
WhyWhen people say upgrade they usually mean a heavier lock, and there is a real scale behind that word.
Sensible optionSmart Lock Installation
WhyA smart lock that came with the house is a special case, and a locksmith treats it as a fresh installation.
Sensible optionSafe Opening & Combination Change
WhyMechanical and electronic safe locks call for genuinely different work.
Sensible optionMaster Key System Design
WhyMany commercial properties end up with keys copied from other keys over years of staff changes, until nobody can say with confidence what a given key actually opens.
Sensible optionKey Fob Programming
WhyUnderneath the plastic case, a fob is a small radio and, on most modern vehicles, a chip the immobilizer reads before allowing the engine to start.
Sensible optionIgnition Lock Repair
WhyWinters here add road grit, salt and moisture to the list of things an ignition barrel deals with, on top of ordinary wear from years of daily use.
Describe the property, the hardware and what has changed, and the visit starts from what you have seen.
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Has it been forced, does it drag, who has had keys? Those answers tell us whether the frame, the cylinder or the key list needs attention first.
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A box strike and three-inch screws into the studs, long hinge screws, and filled holes where the wood has split, before any cylinder is changed.
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Doors open, doors closed, both sides, then a push on the locked door to feel for play. We finish by writing down what was fitted.
Minus eighteen with a wind, and the exterior cylinder on the shop door has frozen solid overnight after yesterday's slush. The key goes in halfway and stops. The delivery driver is due, the phone is ringing inside, and nobody can reach it.
Business Lockout ServicePolice have come and gone, the occurrence number is on a sticky note, and you are standing in a cold hallway looking at a splintered frame, wondering how the house gets locked before everyone tries to sleep.
Break-In Damage Lock RepairThe door from the garage into the kitchen closes on a passage knob with no lock at all. Anyone who opens the garage is one turn of a handle from the house, and the insurance renewal form has a question about exactly that.
Deadbolt InstallationEvery morning the front door key needs the same little dance: push in, lift, wiggle, turn. It has been getting worse for a year, and this week it took three tries in the cold before the deadbolt finally gave.
Lock Replacement & UpgradeThe rental turns over every few months and each time you drive across town to swap keys, then wonder whether copies were made. A lock with codes you can set and erase from your phone would end that cycle.
Smart Lock InstallationPry marks circle the dial after an overnight break-in attempt, and the safe now refuses every number that used to open it, as if something inside has locked itself down.
Safe Opening & Combination ChangeThe new wing was built with its own brand of cylinder, so the two-year-old keys from the original building do not open a single door in the addition. Staff are now carrying two separate key rings just to move around one workplace.
Master Key System DesignA replacement fob just arrived in its box, shiny and untouched. It looks identical to the one that has ridden on the keyring for years, but the car ignores it entirely: no lock click, no start authorization, nothing. It needs to be introduced to the vehicle first.
Key Fob ProgrammingThe key slides in fine and turns without any resistance at all, and the dash lights flicker, but nothing catches. No click, no crank, just a key spinning loosely in a slot that used to grab hold of it properly.
Ignition Lock RepairYes, and usually without disturbing the access system. Many readers and electric strikes go dark because a power supply, breaker or backup battery has failed, and restoring power reopens the door. Where a mechanical override cylinder is fitted, it opens like any other lock; not every system includes one. An ordinary magnetic lock releases on its own once its power is actually removed, so a genuine power loss opens that door without waiting on a remote release. Afterwards, credentials and schedules are confirmed with whoever manages the system.
Insurers ask policyholders to document the loss, keep damaged property and hold on to receipts, and a securing visit is expected rather than discouraged, because an open door invites more loss. Photograph everything as found, keep the broken hardware in a bag, keep the invoice, and call your insurer as soon as the house is safe. The adjuster can see the old parts and the photos; the door itself need not stay open.
In most cases, yes. The locksmith examines the jamb for splits and stripped screw holes, glues and pins any cracked section, and fits a full-length jamb reinforcer under the strike so the new long screws bite into sound wood and the stud behind. A new pocket is bored to the correct depth. Where the jamb is beyond repair, replacing that section of frame is discussed before any lock goes on.
Yes, provided the cylinders share a compatible keyway, which the locksmith checks when choosing hardware. New cylinders are pinned on site to a single new key and any existing locks worth keeping are repinned to match. Front, back, side and garage doors commonly end up on one key, and a shed or gate padlock can join them. You then decide how many copies exist and who holds each.
In most cases, yes. The majority of keypad deadbolts keep a conventional cylinder behind or beside the keypad, and the locksmith rekeys it during the visit so a fresh key works and the old one is retired. A few designs have no keyway at all and rely on the keypad plus an emergency power contact instead. Which you prefer is part of choosing the model, and either way the fallback route is tested before the locksmith leaves.
Often, yes, particularly for a mechanical lock, where a worn wheel pack, drive cam or spindle can be replaced individually within the existing lock body. An electronic lock's circuit board and keypad are less often repairable in place and are more commonly swapped for a comparable or higher-rated replacement unit that fits the same cutout.
The existing chart is the starting point rather than a blank page. Doors that move to a new department are reassigned within the existing hierarchy where the cylinders and platform allow it, and only the affected levels are touched. A reorganization is usually an adjustment to the record, not a reason to rebuild the whole system from the ground up.
It can. Most proximity fobs hide a small mechanical blade inside the case for the day the battery dies or the electronics fail, and that blade is cut separately from the programming procedure, either to the vehicle's original code or matched to an existing working key. If your replacement fob arrived without a cut blade, mention it so the visit includes cutting one.
The lock cylinder is mechanical: a key physically turns it through accessory, on and start. The immobilizer and transponder system is electronic: it recognises a chip inside the key before allowing the engine to run. A locksmith services or replaces the physical cylinder; programming a chip to the vehicle's electronic system is separate work that a suitably equipped automotive locksmith, a dealer, or an automotive electrical specialist can handle.
Households in Wychwood Park often collect locks from different decades that all take different keys. We rekey them to a single key where the hardware allows, replace the one or two that cannot be matched, and set up a spare that lives somewhere sensible. You leave with a lighter ring and a clear idea of which key does what.