We have combined experience of over 70 years
5 Full-time Locksmiths
We provide fast, reliable, professional locksmith services at extremely competitive rates, in the Vancouver area and throughout the lower mainland.
We provide residential locks that are superior in security for very competitive prices, and we can provide much higher quality locks from specialty manufacturers, which give you a wider variety of styles, colors and capabilities.
Home Security
A break-in can be a very traumatic experience. Break-ins cost Canadian insurance companies millions of dollars each year in claim payments. This cost is shared by policyholders through increased premiums. By making your home more secure, you can save yourself inconvenience and money. Our expert residential locksmith staff can come to your home to review your existing security and recommend suitable upgrade options and pricing. You can then make the right decisions based on reliable information.
Remember also that many insurance companies offer an insurance premium discount to homeowners who install good security systems. But the biggest benefit is peace of mind that your home is more secure.
Residential and Commercial Safes
If you would like a safe then talk to our trained locksmiths. We offer highly-rated residential home safes, business safes, wall safes, gun safes and other top-rated safety and security products for your home and office. We can help you select the right product for your needs. Our staff can complete the installation, and of course, we service what we sell.
Moved into new house
Are You Absolutely Certain Of How Many Keys Are Out There? Perhaps a babysitter, maintenance person or almost anyone could have the keys to your new home. Don't trust your property to the previous owners locksets.
Did you know that Developers have front door locks Master Keyed so that one key will open every front door in a new development? This gives their Contractors easy access to every house in the development with one key to perform their job. For peace of mind, the safety of your family and the security of your belongings, have the Master Pins removed and the lock rekeyed (set to a new key).
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Deadbolt Locks
You Absolutely Need Deadbolt Locks on all Your External Doors.
The most usual way to enter a home is through an external door, be that a front door, back door, side door or a door through from the garage. Unfortunately external doors are not only a convenient entry point for homeowners and their families, but also for burglars and other intruders.
Naturally it is the unlocked door that is the most convenient for an intruder, no effort, no noise, no sweat – just walk right in.
Most people realize that leaving an external door unlocked is an open invitation, especially for the opportunist burglar, so we lock our doors. But how secure are the locks that we use? There is no doubt that the most effective locks for external doors are deadbolt locks.
Unlike a spring latch type lock a deadbolt does not lock when the door is pulled closed, it has to be physically locked by a key (or by a catch on the inside.) A deadbolt is easily recognized as it is, usually, rectangular in shape and has a flat ? not beveled ? end. It is not spring loaded and usually throws 3/4″ to 1″ in to the strike plate, the further the better.
Most spring latches do not throw into the door frame, instead the latch springs into a cup affixed to, but not set into, the frame. These types of locks can easily be forced, with a shoulder barge or a swift kick. Bang! – the door is open. Also, spring latches can be sprung open with a credit card or other flexible implement.
On the other hand, correctly installed deadbolt door locks virtually can’t be sprung open, and it would take the kick of an elephant to bust them open, that is why you absolutely need deadbolt locks on all your external doors.
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Single Cylinder or Double Cylinder?
With single cylinder deadbolt locks you use a key to lock and unlock from the outside and a catch, or a knob, to lock and unlock on the inside. The obvious advantage is that you don’t have to hunt for the key to open the door from the inside.
The disadvantage is that if your door has glass panels, or there is glass near your door, a burglar could break the glass, reach in, and unlock your door. The mail slot could be another problem, some burglars have been known to insert a device, made from wire and cord, through the mail slot and use it to operate the catch.
Double cylinder deadbolt door locks need to be locked and unlocked with the key both from the outside and the inside. This means that even if a glass panel is broken the housebreaker is unable to get in without the key.
A key will need to be kept near the door, (but out of any possible reach of a burglar) in case of emergency, particularly fire. And it is because double cylinder deadbolts may make it difficult to exit your property in an emergency that some local building codes do not allow their use.
It may be possible for a burglar to slip a saw blade between the door and the frame and saw his way through the deadbolt. This would take some time, but to make that job more difficult high security deadbolt locks are available that have internal anti-saw pins. The pins spin around with every stroke of the blade thus making the bolt very arduous to hack through.
No doubt about it, deadbolt door locks provide a high degree of security. But even the best locks fitted to a poor standard of door will be a waste. Likewise a good door and lock would be wasted in a weak frame.
Our residential locksmith staff use high quality screws of at least 3″ to secure the strike plate/strike box into the frame.
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Our Services
Locks Rekeyed
- Change the keys that operate the lock with new ones. This will eliminate the need to replace the locks completely
Break And Enter Repairs
- We offer fast and courteous service
- Replacement locks and rekeys for lost or stolen keys
- Repairs to:
– Damaged doors and frames
– Forced automotive locks
Locks installed
- Install new hardware into wood, metal or aluminum doors and frames
Emergency lockout service
- We can open or fit keys to most locks
Window bars installed
- Custom fit bars to fit any application
High security locks
- We can supply key control locks that only certain licensed Locksmiths can service or duplicate the keys.
- We offer locks that are pick-resistant and drill-resistant for maximum protection.
Home safe sales, service and installation
- Fire safes, wall safes, cash boxes
Security viewers and plates installed
- 190 degree door viewers for maximum coverage
- Anti-pry plates
- Decorative and cover-up plates
Sliding glass door protection
- Anti-pry plates
- Key-locking bolts to prevent door from being forced open