Replacement
Replacing a lock is worth doing once, properly. The right hardware for the door, fitted so it lines up and turns easily, with keys you can account for.
What this covers
Everything listed here is work we actually carry out. If your situation is not on the list, describe it when you call and we will tell you honestly whether it is ours.
Replacement of failed or unsuitable entry hardware on the doors you use every day.
Fitting or replacing a deadlock where the current arrangement relies on a latch alone.
Where rekeying is not appropriate, replacing the affected locks retires the missing key completely.
Locks that have been repaired before, seized, or are no longer supported by available parts.
Bringing a mix of accumulated locks back to one sensible, matched arrangement.
Good hardware fitted into a badly prepared door still feels wrong. The mortice needs to be clean and square, the strike positioned so the bolt drops in without persuasion, and the door itself closing properly before the lock is judged.
That is why replacement usually includes checking the door, hinges and frame rather than simply swapping the metal.
Selection is a practical conversation, not a catalogue. How the door is used, whether it is exposed to weather and salt air, whether a tenant or a rental agreement is involved, how many people need keys, and whether other doors should share the same key all shape the answer.
Where a property is rented or part of an owners corporation, we will also flag anything that is likely to need permission before it is changed.
A well-chosen, well-fitted lock makes a door harder to defeat and easier to live with. It does not make a property impossible to enter, and we will not tell you otherwise.
Sensible security is layered: the entry doors, then the secondary doors and windows, then the habits around keys. A new front deadlock alongside an unlockable rear window is only half the job.
Related
One problem tends to sit next to another. These are the services that most often come up in the same conversation.
Questions
When internal components have failed, when spare parts are no longer available, when the lock has already been repaired and continues to give trouble, or when keys are unaccounted for and rekeying is not suitable for that hardware.
Often yes, where the locks are compatible. Keying doors alike reduces the number of keys you carry, and it is usually easiest to arrange at the point of replacement.
Changes to locks in a rental normally need the owner or managing agent involved, and body corporate rules may apply to common-property doors. Tell us the situation when you call and we will explain what is usually required.
Location
We work from Acland Street, which means the properties on this page are the ones around us — not a suburb we drive through occasionally.
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