1/3Lock Rekeying
The whole key ring went missing somewhere between the grocery store and the bus. You got back in with the spare, but a set of keys is out there, and you would sleep better knowing they open nothing.
Lock Rekeying
Locksmith in Aurora, OntarioSecurity that fitsthe way you live.
A family with teenagers, a couple who travel, a home-based business with clients at the door: each needs something different from its locks. We ask how the house is used before suggesting hardware, so the result fits your routine instead of fighting it.
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A family with teenagers, a couple who travel, a home-based business with clients at the door: each needs something different from its locks. We ask how the house is used before suggesting hardware, so the result fits your routine instead of fighting it.
Because a door should simply work.
Before anything comes out of the van, we ask what you are trying to achieve. A family that has just moved in wants every stranger's key to stop working. A landlord wants the next turnover to be easier. A shop owner wants to know who opened the back door at nine. The right hardware follows from that answer, not the other way around.
The key you reach for. The door you come home to. Good locksmith work begins with understanding how you use them.
24years in business
24/7open every day
- You know what is happening. From the first look to the last turn of the key, we narrate the job in plain terms. You should never wonder what we are doing to your door.
- Suggestions, not pressure. If we think an upgrade would help, we say so once and explain why. If you decline, that is the end of it.
- The old parts handled. Removed locks and keys are given to you or taken away as you prefer. Old keys that no longer work are worth destroying, and we will do that if you like.
Locksmith services
Small things.
Big difference.
Below are the jobs we handle most often. For each one you will find what it fixes, how a visit usually goes and what information helps us arrive with the right parts. If two services sound alike, call and we will explain the difference in a sentence.
Lockout Services
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 ExtractionThat key had been bending a little for years, and you kept straightening it.
Break-In Damage Lock RepairThe patio slider is sitting crooked on its track.
Seized & Jammed Lock OpeningIt is the coldest morning of the winter and the key goes halfway into the side door and stops.
Lost Keys — Same-Visit RekeyA roommate moved out on bad terms and says the key was left on the counter.
Change or Rekey Locks
Lock RekeyingEvery copy of your house key seems to work a little differently.
Deadbolt InstallationThe door from the garage into the kitchen closes on a passage knob with no lock at all.
Lock Replacement & UpgradeEvery morning the front door key needs the same little dance: push in, lift, wiggle, turn.
Vintage Mortise Lock ServiceThe old skeleton key still fits the keyhole, but it now needs a jiggle, a lean on the door and a little luck before the bolt moves.
Smart Lock InstallationYou have just taken possession of the house and the previous owners handed over a keypad deadbolt with a code nobody wrote down and an app account you cannot get into.
Gate & Building Entry LocksThe driveway gate drags a groove into the gravel every time it swings, and the latch stopped catching weeks ago.
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.
Good days.
Start with
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2/3Commercial Rekeying
The manager's key ring went missing somewhere between the bank and the car, and the master on it opened every door in the building. Until the cylinders are changed, whoever finds it is holding the run of the place.
Commercial Rekeying3/3Deadbolt Installation
The old deadbolt has grown lazy. You turn the thumb-turn and the bolt creeps out halfway, then needs a second push with the door pulled tight. Some mornings the key has to be jiggled before it will come back out.
Deadbolt InstallationHigh security
High Security Locks
Read here if you want to stop wondering about old keys and thin hardware. We fit locks that resist the common attacks, set up keys that only you can have copied, and leave you a written record of what was installed and who holds what.
High Security Locks
The pharmacy stockroom, the server closet or the cash office is protected by the same ordinary cylinder as the staff washroom.
Lock Replacement & Upgrade
Every morning the front door key needs the same little dance: push in, lift, wiggle, turn.
Deadbolt Installation
The door from the garage into the kitchen closes on a passage knob with no lock at all.
Break-In Damage Lock Repair
The patio slider is sitting crooked on its track.
Commercial
Commercial Locks
For landlords of commercial units, turnover means locks. We rekey between tenants, set up master systems that let the building manager reach every unit, and replace hardware that a decade of tenants has worn out.
- Commercial RekeyingThe office has been reshuffled twice since the locks were last touched.
- Master Key System DesignA property manager taking over a small commercial building inherits a shoebox of keys with no labels and no chart.
- Access Control InstallationSomething went missing from the storeroom over a weekend, and when you ask who was in the building, the honest answer is anyone with a key.
- 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 this week pointed out that the same door is the room's only other way out.
- Commercial-Grade Lock ReplacementThe kitchen delivery door gets shouldered open more than a hundred times a shift, and lately the latch slips past the strike plate instead of catching it on the first push.
High security
Safes
Safe Opening & Combination Change
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.
Safe Installation & Servicing
A dinner service ends with a stack of bills and a handful of credit slips, and right now they sit in an unlocked cash box on a shelf until morning, because nobody has gotten around to anything sturdier.
Which fix fits?
Your front door has only the lock in the knob, nothing else.
Sensible optionAdd a proper deadbolt above it.
WhyA bolt into a reinforced strike is what actually holds a door; the knob just keeps it closed.
The deadbolt wobbles and the screws spin in the door.
Sensible optionRe-fit the hardware and repair the bore.
WhyStripped holes can be plugged and redrilled, so the same lock sits tight again.
You are tired of carrying keys and want a code instead.
Sensible optionA keypad deadbolt with a key override.
WhyEach family member gets a code, guests get a temporary one, and a mechanical key remains for the day the batteries die.
The lever on the side door droops toward the floor and rattles in your hand.
Sensible optionLock Replacement & Upgrade
WhyWhen people say upgrade they usually mean a heavier lock, and there is a real scale behind that word.
The brass knob on the front door of your century home turns, but nothing happens on the other side.
Sensible optionVintage Mortise Lock Service
WhyVintage mortise lock service is the repair of the original lock in an older door rather than its removal.
Half the evenings someone asks whether the back door got locked, and nobody is sure.
Sensible optionSmart Lock Installation
WhyA smart lock fitted by a locksmith keeps a way in that works when the battery or network fails, a mechanical key on many models or an external battery contact on key-free ones.
How a visit goes
Describe the property, the hardware and what has changed, and the visit starts from what you have seen.
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Walking the building together
We visit each door on the plan and talk about who uses it, how often and at what hours. Wiring routes and power are checked at the same time.
02
Installing readers and locks
Readers, electric strikes or maglocks and the controller go in with cables hidden where the building allows. Every door is tested for release and re-locking.
03
Setting up users and handover
We add the first users, show your administrator how to add and remove people, and leave written notes so the system is yours to run.
York, Ontario
Aurora information
- Town
- Aurora, York, Ontario
- In business
- 24 years
- Hours
- Open 24/7
- Phone
- (289) 802-6512
Nearby areas
2021 Census
What it means at the door
About 22% of homes in Aurora were built in 1980 or earlier, according to the 2021 Census.
Newer homes
Where housing is new, garage entries, side doors and the front door were usually fitted at the same time but not always to the same key. Keying them alike is a small job that makes the household's ring simpler from the start.
Single-detached houses make up about 60% of homes in Aurora (2021 Census).
Mostly houses
Where the housing is mostly single houses, the door into the house from an attached garage is easy to overlook because it feels indoors. It is still an exterior door, and a proper deadbolt there is a sensible, low-fuss upgrade.
Asked and answered
What if my front and back doors are different brands?
Different brands often mean different keyways, so the same key blank will not enter both. The locksmith has two routes: replace the cylinder in one lock with a compatible one so both doors take the same key, or rekey each to its own new combination and give you two keys. Which suits you depends on the hardware and how much you want a single ring. Both are decided with you on the doorstep.
Do I have to prove I live here before you rekey?
Yes, and it is a step that protects you. A rekey changes who can open the door, so the locksmith confirms the person asking has the standing to decide: photo identification matched to the address for an owner, a lease or bill for a tenant, management records for a superintendent or property manager. Say on the phone what you have so the visit starts smoothly.
Do I need to be there for the whole visit?
An authorised adult should be present at the start, for identification and to agree the list of doors and the number of keys, and at the end, to test every key and take the count. In between, the work happens at the doors and on the van, so you are free to get on with your day inside. A property manager or a family member with your authorisation can stand in if you cannot be there.
What actually makes a lock high security?
Three things working together. The cylinder has a second locking mechanism, usually a sidebar released by finger pins or rotating pins, plus hardened steel in the path of a drill, so picking, bumping and drilling take far longer than on an ordinary lock. The deadbolt and strike are heavier and fastened into the framing. And the key is cut on a patented or restricted blank that only an authorised person can have copied. Remove any one and the door is weaker than the label suggests.
Request a visit
Landlords and property managers in Aurora get a partner who understands turnover. We rekey between tenants, keep the unit keys under one master so you carry a single ring, fit hardware that survives heavy use, and note what was done on each door. When a tenant loses a key at an awkward hour, we already know the building.