If Someone forced the door and the frame is split.
Then Frame repair, a new strike and a fresh cylinder.
The wood is rebuilt before new hardware goes in, so the door locks tonight.
Locksmith in WestmountCalm hands
on your door
A lock problem is rarely only a lock problem. It is a door that swells shut in a damp week, a key that snapped on a cold morning, a tenant who left without handing anything back. In Westmount we listen first, explain the options, and do tidy work you can see before we drive off.
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Same fees day or night · Westmount
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Lockout ServicesLocked out of a home or business, a key snapped in the lock or a lock that has seized: entry with the least damage…
Change or Rekey LocksNew keys for the locks you have, or new locks where the hardware has worn out: rekeying, replacement, deadbolts, smart…
High Security LocksCylinders and deadbolts built to resist picking, bumping and drilling, keys that cannot be copied without…
Commercial LocksLocks for shops, offices and buildings: rekeying at turnover, commercial-grade hardware, exit devices, master key…
Ready when you are, anywhere in Westmount
After a break-in, households in Westmount need the door secured tonight and the decisions made later. We come out, board or repair what is damaged, replace or rekey anything that might have been compromised, and leave you with a locked house. Conversations about strike plates and better cylinders wait until the shock has passed and you are ready to have them.
Nearby Toronto, Fairhaven, Humberlea, Kingsview Village, Martin Grove Gardens, Pine Point, Princess Anne Manor, Richview Gardens, St. Phillips and Weston
Shop rules
Keys cut right, locks set true.
- Plain words. We talk about pins, cylinders and strikes only when it helps you understand. Otherwise it is 'this is why the door sticks and here is what fixes it'.
- Respect for your door. We treat an old wooden door or a new steel one as yours, not as a project. Non-destructive methods come first, and we ask before drilling anything.
- Knowing what you are left with. Before we leave, you will know exactly what changed, how many keys exist and what to keep an eye on. Nothing is left as a mystery.
- Open 24/7, same fees any hour. Call about rekeying your new home.
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Westmount
Locksmith services · Westmount
The pages that follow describe the lock services offered in Westmount one by one, without sales talk. Where a service has a simpler or less involved cousin, the page says so. Where a repair will do instead of a replacement, the page says that too. The aim is for you to choose well, not to choose more.
Westmount
Safe Installation & Servicing, Broken Key Extraction, Vehicle Lock Repair, Gate & Building Entry Locks, Safe…
- Broken Key ExtractionThe padlock on the shed has been stiff all summer.
- Break-In Damage Lock RepairThey did not get in.
- Deadbolt InstallationSomeone tried the door last winter.
- Vintage Mortise Lock ServiceThe interior bedroom doors on the second floor have the original mortise latches, and none of them close any more.
- Gate & Building Entry LocksSomeone pried at the gate latch overnight, and now the strike plate hangs by one screw and the cylinder spins loose in its…
- Safe Opening & Combination ChangeThe new manager took over the shop last month and only now needs the back-office safe open, but the combination the previous…
- Safe Installation & ServicingA community group counts the weekend's raffle and bake-sale cash on a kitchen table, then carries it home in a tote bag until the…
- 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…
- Vehicle Lock RepairYou line the key up with the trunk lock, turn it, and feel nothing catch.
Which fix fits?
Tap a situation. The answer opens here.
If They came in through a window, but your spare keys were on the hook.
Then Rekey every lock those keys operate.
Anything those keys open needs new pins: house, garage and shed, and a taken car key should be deprogrammed. Lock Rekeying
If There are fresh tool marks around the lock but nobody got in.
Then A security check of that door and the others.
We look at what held and suggest reinforcements that make a second attempt pointless.
Westmountinformation
TorontoOntario
- Town
- Westmount, Toronto
- In business
- 13 years
- Hours
- Open 24/7
- Nights, weekends and holidays, same fees
- Phone
- (289) 804-5807
- Visits
- On-site assessment preferred. Request a visit or call.
2021 census: what it means at the door
Every square is one home in a hundred.
- 58 in 100 homes · older homes
- 23 in 100 homes · mostly attached
- About 58% of homes in Toronto were built in 1980 or earlier, according to the 2021 Census.Decades of seasons move a frame, and an older house often has a front door that locks easily in summer and fights in winter. Setting the strike with the seasons in mind, and choosing a lubricant that stays fluid in the cold, keeps it working year round.
- Single-detached houses make up about 23% of homes in Toronto (2021 Census).Where housing is mostly apartments and condos, mailbox locks are a regular call. A worn or lost mailbox key is a small job that a locksmith handles alongside the suite door, and the new lock comes with fresh keys cut on the spot.
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Things people wonder about
How do I stop keys breaking in future?
Look after the lock and the key ages slowly. Keep the cylinder lubricated with the product its maker specifies and free of grit, and have a binding door adjusted, since resistance raises the risk, though a worn, bent or fatigued key can still fail under normal use. Retire copies that have gone thin or kinked instead of straightening them. Cut spares from code, and rotate them so one key is not doing all the work. Take the ring weight off a car key. Small habits, but they add years.
The intruder found our spare keys. What should be rekeyed?
Everything those keys fit. That usually means the front, back and side doors, the garage man-door, the mailbox and any padlocks, and in a rental the suite door with the landlord's involvement. Rekeying changes a serviceable cylinder to answer to a new key, and a cylinder that cannot be rekeyed is replaced instead. Doing every affected opening in one visit, keyed alike where the cylinders are compatible, means no forgotten door still answers to the stolen ring.
I rent. Can I have a deadbolt installed on my unit door?
You can, with a conversation first. Tenancy rules in this province expect a tenant to have the landlord's consent before changing locks and expect the landlord to hold a key, so ask in writing and share the plan. Many landlords welcome a proper bolt. The locksmith can key the new cylinder to the building's existing key where the keyway allows, and leave a note of the model and keys cut for the building manager.
The key turns all the way round but the bolt stays put. What is wrong?
On a cylinder mortise lock this points to the cylinder rather than the case. The set screw that holds the cylinder in the door has loosened or stripped so the whole cylinder rotates, or the cam on the back of the cylinder has worn or is the wrong shape and no longer catches the bolt lever. Both are fixed by resetting or replacing the cylinder and its set screw, and the case itself is usually fine.
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Ready when you are, anywhere in Westmount
(289) 804-5807, open 24/7.