Lockouts
Lockout Services
Lockouts at night, keys snapped in the cold, a rental unit where the tenant left and the lock was changed without a key for the owner. These pages explain how we handle each, what proof we ask for and what you walk away with.
Which one do I need?
- After a week of humid weather the back door has swollen in its frame.Home Lockout Service
- It is ten to nine, three staff are on the sidewalk with their coffees, and the key that has opened the glass front door for six years will not turn.Business Lockout Service
- The key went in like any other morning, you turned it, and something gave with a small metallic click.Broken Key Extraction
- Someone smashed the little window beside the door, reached in and turned the thumb-turn.Break-In Damage Lock Repair
- The lock works, but only if you lean on the door with your hip while turning the key.Seized & Jammed Lock Opening
- The keys fell out of a gym bag somewhere between the arena and the parking lot.Lost Keys — Same-Visit Rekey
Lockout Services
Locked out of a home or business, a key snapped in the lock or a lock that has seized: entry with the least damage, then the door secured again.
Home Lockout Service
Other ways in, and other locks on the same key
Before working on the front door, the locksmith asks about the rest of the house. A back door, a side entrance from the garage or a walkout basement may be on the same key or on a different one, and occasionally a family member with a spare is closer than anyone realized. Knowing whether the front and back locks are keyed alike also matters later: if one cylinder is rekeyed after a lost key, the others should follow so the household stays on a single key.
A short tour of the openings takes a minute and often changes which door gets worked on and how.