Commercial
Commercial Locks
Owners sometimes ask whether they need a locksmith or an alarm company. Usually both, for different jobs. Locks and keys decide who can open the door; the alarm reports when someone does. The commercial pages cover our half of that arrangement.
Which one do I need?
- The renovation is finished and the contractors have gone, along with the loaner keys they used for six weeks.Commercial Rekeying
- The 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.Master Key System Design
- The team has grown past the point where one shared key still makes sense.Access Control Installation
- The daycare wants the yard gate and the classroom door alarmed so a staff member hears the moment it opens, without turning either into something a child could be shut behind.Panic & Exit Hardware
- At closing time the hookbolt on the storefront door catches the keeper only on the second or third try, and one employee has started giving the door a shoulder to force it home.Commercial-Grade Lock Replacement
Commercial Locks
Locks for shops, offices and buildings: rekeying at turnover, commercial-grade hardware, exit devices, master key systems and access control.
Commercial Rekeying
Choosing the window and the order of doors
The last part of the assessment is practical: when can the work happen, and in what order. A retail shop may prefer the hour after closing; a restaurant, the mid-morning lull; a warehouse, the gap between the last outbound truck and the night shift. The locksmith also asks about deliveries, the cleaning crew, the alarm monitoring company and anyone else who holds a key and needs a new one before their next visit.
From this comes a sequence, typically the doors staff use least first and the main entrance last, so there is always a working, lockable way in and out while the cylinders are being changed.