Lockouts
Lockout Services
A lockout is stressful in proportion to how long it drags on. We keep the phone questions to the essentials, ask you to have identification or a document showing the place is yours, and explain the opening method before touching the door.
Which one do I need?
- You stepped out to grab the recycling bin and the door swung shut behind you.Home Lockout Service
- Minus eighteen with a wind, and the exterior cylinder on the shop door has frozen solid overnight after yesterday's slush.Business Lockout Service
- You were locking up on the way out when the key broke in the lock.Broken Key Extraction
- The patio slider is sitting crooked on its track.Break-In Damage Lock Repair
- The key slides all the way in, exactly as it has for years, and then refuses to turn in either direction.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
Where the key went
The next question is about the key rather than the lock. A key left on the hall table means the lock is healthy and only the door needs opening. A key lost on a bus, dropped in a parking lot or taken with a stolen bag means a stranger could be holding it, which changes the advice given after entry.
A key that turns without moving anything points to wear inside the cylinder or a broken tailpiece, and a key that snapped calls for extraction before anything else. Ten seconds of honest history about the key saves guesswork and shapes the whole visit.