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.
Welland
Locksmith services
Lockout Services
An after-hours lockout is different from a planned visit, so we treat it differently.
- Home Lockout ServiceThe moving truck has left, half the boxes are inside, and the single key the previous owner handed over turns the knob but not…
- Business Lockout ServiceYou signed the lease on the unit last week and the landlord handed over possession, but the previous tenant's locks are still on…
- Broken Key ExtractionThat key had been bending a little for years, and you kept straightening it.
- Break-In Damage Lock RepairPolice have come and gone, the occurrence number is on a sticky note, and you are standing in a cold hallway looking at a…
- 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 RekeyA roommate moved out on bad terms and says the key was left on the counter.
Change or Rekey Locks
The right lock for a home is the one you will actually use every time.
- Lock RekeyingThe previous owners left a coffee tin of keys on the counter, some labelled, most not.
- Deadbolt InstallationThe front door has a handsome lever and a keyed knob, and that is all.
- Lock Replacement & UpgradeSomeone tried the back door while you were away.
- Vintage Mortise Lock ServiceThe interior bedroom doors on the second floor have the original mortise latches, and none of them close any more.
- Smart Lock InstallationThe deadbolt is a stiff double-cylinder model that needs a key from both sides, and in the dark hallway finding it is a nuisance.
- Gate & Building Entry LocksThe gate to the side yard used to close with a satisfying click.
- 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.
High Security Locks
Every high security installation ends with a walk-through: how the new key feels, how the bolt seats, where…
- Safe Opening & Combination ChangeA customer's rifle safe at the range has a dial that simply will not respond to the combination written on the sales receipt from…
- Safe Installation & ServicingThe accountant's office keeps a decade of client files in cardboard boxes because the only safe in the building is a small drawer…
- High Security LocksAfter the attempted break-in the police officer pointed at your door and said the strike plate was held by two short screws.
Commercial Locks
Panic hardware, door closers and exit devices are the parts of a commercial door that nobody notices until…
- Commercial RekeyingA key turned up in the parking lot with the shop's name on its fob.
- 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…
- Access Control InstallationYou just leased the empty unit next door and want the new tenant to open their own suite without a key to yours, to the loading…
- Panic & Exit HardwareA padlock went on the stockroom's back door years ago for security and nobody has thought about it since, until the walkthrough…
- Commercial-Grade Lock ReplacementAn inspection report flagged the rear exit as needing hardware that opens with one motion and no key, and that door currently has…
Car Keys
The automotive pages cover what drivers actually call about: replacement and spare keys, fobs and remotes…
- Car Lockout ServiceIt is a January morning, minus twenty with the wind, and the key will not enter the door cylinder.
- Car Key ReplacementYou bought the car privately and it came with a single key on a shoelace.
- Spare Car Key DuplicationA car sits at the cottage all season, and the only key to it lives on a ring three hours away in the city.
- Key Fob ProgrammingThe car changed hands last week, and the paperwork included exactly one fob for a household with two drivers.
- Transponder Key ProgrammingThe remote fob has gone silent, the doors won't unlock with a button press, and the little emergency blade tucked inside it has…
- Ignition Lock RepairThe key turned the engine off in the driveway and now refuses to come back out.
- Vehicle Lock RepairAfter a cold night the driver's door key barely goes in, and when it finally seats it stops halfway and will not turn any further.
- Motorcycle & Scooter KeysThe bike came home from its previous owner with a single worn key that starts the engine but does nothing for the seat latch or…