Yongehurst Lock & Key Co.
Meet the locksmiths
A lock only works as well as the door it sits in, so we look at the whole picture. Hinges that have dropped, a strike that has drifted, a frame that swelled after a wet spring: any of these will make a good lock feel like a bad one.
Our technicians carry the tools to adjust, shim and reinforce as part of the visit, and they explain what they are doing so you understand why the deadbolt suddenly glides. The same thinking applies to a vehicle door with a worn latch or a shop door whose closer has given up. Fixing the cause instead of the symptom is slower on the day and better for years.
Residential, automotive and commercial locksmithing.
Good locksmithing is mostly measuring. Backset, bore, door thickness, the gap at the strike, the swing of the hinge: get those right and the hardware fits and turns without a struggle. Get them wrong and a new lock is worse than the old one. We measure twice, order once, and test every door with the key in hand before packing up.
The key you reach for. The door you come home to. Good locksmith work begins with understanding how you use them.
28years in business
24/7open every day
- Straight talk about your options. We describe what each choice does and what it asks of you in effort, disruption and future flexibility, so the decision is yours.
- Work explained as it happens. If you want to watch, we tell you what each step is for. If you would rather make a coffee, we give you the summary at the end.
- Tidiness as standard. A lock change should not leave a mess. We bring what we need to keep the door area clean and we leave it that way.
How a visit goes
Describe the property, the hardware and what has changed, and the visit starts from what you have seen.
01
Planning the levels
Together we list the doors, then decide who should open everything, who should open a floor and who should open one room. That structure becomes the keying chart.
02
Pinning to the chart
Every cylinder is pinned so the right keys work and nothing else does. We check each combination against the chart as we go, not at the end.
03
Delivering keys and the record
You receive the keys labelled by level, the chart and a plain explanation of how to add a door or retire a key later without redoing the whole system.