Standing outside your own door is a rotten feeling, and it happens to careful people all the time. We open homes and shops without drama, confirm the door is yours, and get you back inside with your evening intact.
From the shop
Every home has a door everyone actually uses and a door nobody thinks about. The side entrance by the driveway, the door from the garage, the basement walkout: these are the ones that tend to carry the flimsiest hardware and get the least attention. Part of our first visit is walking the whole perimeter with you, so the effort goes where the traffic and the risk really are.
— Woodbridge Lock Services
Hours
Locksmith services
Sometimes the job is obvious: a key snapped in the cylinder, a deadbolt that spins without catching. Other times you know something is wrong but not what to ask for. Either way, start here. Each service page describes the symptoms, the fix and what to have ready.
Lockouts
A broken key is not a reason to break the lock. Extraction tools reach the fragment, the cylinder is inspected for damage, and a fresh key is cut from the pieces or from the code stamped on the original.
Change or rekey
Most home locks were whatever the builder had on the truck, and the strike is screwed into softwood trim rather than the framing. Upgrading those fixings and the bolt behind them is unglamorous work that changes how a door resists a shoulder.
High security
If a key has been lost, lent or copied more times than you can count, a restricted key system ends the uncertainty. Every key is numbered, every copy is authorised by you, and the old keys simply stop opening anything.
Commercial
For multi-tenant buildings, the entry door, the mailroom, the mechanical room and each suite need their own place in a key plan. Commercial services include designing and installing that plan and keeping it workable as tenants come and go.
Vaughan
Deadbolt Installation
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 door is now open and the box is on the counter.
Deadbolt InstallationUsuallyUpgrade the deadbolt within the building's rules.
WhyMost buildings allow a better lock in the same finish; we check with management first.
UsuallyHave the mailbox lock replaced through management.
WhyLobby mail units belong to the building, so we arrange it with the property manager.
UsuallyRekey the suite lock.
WhyThe cylinder is re-pinned so only your new keys work; any building access key is preserved.
UsuallySeized & Jammed Lock Opening
WhyA jammed lock looks like one problem from outside and is usually one of three inside.
UsuallyLost Keys — Same-Visit Rekey
WhyThe visit runs in a steady order.
UsuallyLock Replacement & Upgrade
WhySometimes the reason is simply that the hardware looks wrong or has weathered badly.
Open 24/7
One key for the whole house is a common request and usually achievable. Cylinders that share the same keyway, the shaped channel the key slides into, can all be pinned to the same new combination, so the front door, back door and garage entry answer to a single key.
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We ask what the safe is for, how it is opened and what has changed: a lost combination, a dead keypad, a bolt that will not retract. Each points to a different approach.
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Where a combination can be reset or a keypad replaced, we do that. Where the safe must be opened without its code, we use the method that leaves it usable afterwards.
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Once it works we help you choose a new combination or code, show you how to change it later and suggest a sensible place to keep a record.
York, Ontario
2021 census · what it means at the door
8%Newer homes
About 8% of homes in Vaughan were built in 1980 or earlier, according to the 2021 Census.
Newer homes are built to standard bores and backsets, so nearly any modern deadbolt, lever set or smart lock fits straight on. The locksmith can offer a wide range of hardware knowing it will mount cleanly without new holes.
63%Mostly houses
Single-detached houses make up about 63% of homes in Vaughan (2021 Census).
Garage entry doors on detached houses are often the household's real front door, used more than the formal entry. They deserve the same quality of lock, and keying them alike with the house means one key does the whole daily routine.
It scales with the number of cylinders and how many need attention beyond pinning. A single deadbolt is a short bench job; a whole house with five or six exterior cylinders, a couple of swaps for mismatched keyways and a set of spares to cut and test takes a good deal longer. Tell the locksmith how many doors you want included when you book, and the visit can be planned realistically rather than guessed at.
You can, given a key that currently operates the lock, the maker's reset tool, the new key and the steps followed in order. Trouble tends to arrive when the old key is missing, when the new key belongs to a different keyway, or when a reset stalls halfway and the cylinder then accepts neither key. A locksmith carries the tool and the procedure, can check that the new key suits the rest of your doors, and can fit a standard cylinder if a forced reset has broken the mechanism.
The mechanical part of it can. Many keypad or app-controlled deadbolts hide a small keyed cylinder under a cap for the day the batteries fail, and that cylinder can be pinned to your house key so the backup key on your ring is the same one that opens the other doors; some models are key-free and rely on an external battery backup instead. Codes are a separate matter: the locksmith will suggest deleting any code belonging to someone who no longer needs access at the same time.
Because that is where a kicked door fails. The bolt is strong, but it sits in a pocket in the jamb held by a thin plate and short screws, and a boot splits the wood around it. A reinforced strike or box strike fastened with three-inch screws into the wall framing spreads the blow along the frame. It is the least visible part of the upgrade and often the one that does the most.
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