Locksmith · Woodstock
Services for home, business and vehicle
Choosing a service is easier when you know what each one actually changes. Rekeying changes the key, replacement changes the hardware, repair keeps what you have working, and installation adds something new. The sections below sort our work along those lines.
Lockouts
Lockout Services
Opening a locked door without a key is a skill, and so is knowing when not to. We confirm the caller has a right to enter, choose the least destructive way in, and only drill a cylinder when picking and bypass have been tried and failed.
Home Lockout ServiceYou reached the front step with the groceries, patted every pocket twice, and the house key is simply not there.
Business Lockout ServiceIt 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…
Broken Key ExtractionThat key had been bending a little for years, and you kept straightening it.
Break-In Damage Lock RepairSomeone smashed the little window beside the door, reached in and turned the thumb-turn.
Seized & Jammed Lock OpeningIt is the coldest morning of the winter and the key goes halfway into the side door and stops.
Lost Keys — Same-Visit RekeyThe lawyer's envelope held two keys for the new house.
Change or rekey
Change or Rekey Locks
Lock replacement and lock rekeying solve different problems. Replacement is for hardware that is worn, damaged or simply inadequate.
High security
High Security Locks
Doors on the same property rarely deserve the same investment. We look at which openings are hidden from the street, which lead to what matters and which are already sound, then put the strongest hardware where an intruder would actually try.
- A safe sat in a late parent's basement for years, its combination known to nobody left in the family, and everyone…Safe Opening & Combination Change
- The office is moving three blocks over, and the old commercial safe that has sat bolted to the concrete for fifteen…Safe Installation & Servicing
- A colleague showed you a video of a lock being opened with a bump key in a few seconds.High Security Locks
Commercial
Commercial Locks
Offices, retail, industrial units and shared buildings all come through this section. The work includes rekeying and master keys, replacing high-traffic hardware, repairing exit devices, and installing keypads or card readers where keys have become a liability.
Car keys
Car Keys
Ignition problems are often blamed on the key when the cylinder is at fault, and the other way round. Because we handle both, we can test which one is really wrong before anything is replaced, which is the point of having a locksmith rather than a parts counter look at it.
Car Lockout ServiceYour toddler is buckled in the back seat, the doors locked when you shut yours, and your keys are on the front seat beside your…
Car Key ReplacementThe fob went through the washing machine in a jacket pocket.
Spare Car Key DuplicationThe paperwork for the used car changed hands last week, and the previous owner mentioned, almost as an afterthought, that a…
Key Fob ProgrammingA cracked case or a spin through the wash left the fob unresponsive, and opening it up reveals a slightly corroded board where…
Transponder Key ProgrammingA second driver has joined the household, and the one existing key gets handed back and forth between two schedules that rarely…
Ignition Lock RepairThe new key from the hardware counter fits the door but stops halfway into the ignition slot, no matter how it is angled or how…
Vehicle Lock RepairYour key turns smoothly in the driver's door, the same as it always has, but the button underneath stays down and the latch never…
Motorcycle & Scooter KeysTwo keys came with the scooter: one for the ignition and steering, an entirely different one for the seat and the storage…
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