Port Whitby Locksmith Specialists
How this company came to be
Much of our work is in older houses, where the doors have settled, the frames are not quite square and the hardware has been changed three or four times over the decades. We like these jobs.
They ask for judgement rather than a catalogue number: how to fit a modern deadbolt to a door that was never drilled for one, how to keep a period handle while making the lock behind it dependable. Our technicians carry the shims, fillers and odd-sized parts these houses need, and they take the time to get the alignment right. The result is a door that closes with one hand and locks without a shove, which is what an old house deserves.
Keys cut right, locks set true.
A master key system is a small piece of design work, and we approach it that way. We sit down with whoever runs the building and sketch out who needs to open which doors, where keys must never cross, and how many spare positions to leave for growth. Only then do we pin cylinders and cut keys, so the system still makes sense five years and three staff changes later.
The key you reach for. The door you come home to. Good locksmith work begins with understanding how you use them.
25years in business
24/7open every day
- Told what to expect. Before starting we say how long the work usually takes, what noise or mess is involved and what the door will be like afterwards.
- Room to decline. If a suggestion does not suit you, decline it. We will do what you asked for, do it well and leave the rest as advice.
- A tidy handover. Keys counted into your hand, the area cleaned, the old parts dealt with and a plain summary of the work. Then we are gone.
How a visit goes
Describe the property, the hardware and what has changed, and the visit starts from what you have seen.
01
Understanding the safe
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.
02
Opening or repairing carefully
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.
03
Setting it up for you again
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.