Locksmith · Peterborough
Locks, keys and doors
The list below is long because doors are varied, not because we want to sell you more than you need. Most calls end with one service. Read the one that fits, note what the page asks you to have ready, and get in touch when it suits you.
Lockouts
Lockout Services
The word emergency covers a range, from mildly inconvenient to genuinely frightening. A parent locked out with a baby inside, a shop owner facing a smashed back door at closing time.
Home Lockout ServiceAfter a week of humid weather the back door has swollen in its frame.
Business Lockout ServiceAfter last night's power flicker the card reader beside the clinic door shows nothing.
Broken Key ExtractionIn the parking lot your car key snapped in the driver's door.
Break-In Damage Lock RepairPolice have come and gone, the occurrence number is on a sticky note, and you are standing in a cold hallway looking at a…
Seized & Jammed Lock OpeningThe key slides all the way in, exactly as it has for years, and then refuses to turn in either direction.
Lost Keys — Same-Visit RekeyYou let a part-time employee go on Friday.
Change or rekey
Change or Rekey Locks
Home work is mostly about who holds a key. Moving in, a lodger leaving, a lost spare, a lock that sticks every winter.
High security
High Security Locks
Most people think of the lock. Burglars think of the frame.
- A software update reset the clinic's small safe overnight, and the receptionist's usual code now does nothing on a…Safe Opening & Combination Change
- The keypad on the office safe blinks a low-battery warning every morning now, and whoever notices it first quietly…Safe Installation & Servicing
- The pharmacy stockroom, the server closet or the cash office is protected by the same ordinary cylinder as the staff…High Security Locks
Commercial
Commercial Locks
Office managers, franchise owners, property managers and shopkeepers all come through the commercial pages. The work is the same trade as residential locksmithing, but the hardware is heavier, the keying is planned and the paperwork matters more.
Car keys
Car Keys
A snapped car key rarely snaps cleanly. Extraction from a door lock or ignition takes fine tools and patience, and once the fragment is out we check the wafers were not bent before cutting a fresh key.
Car Lockout ServiceYou pressed the fob at the office door and nothing happened.
Car Key ReplacementThe only key to the car went into the lake with the kayak.
Spare Car Key DuplicationOne key opens the car, starts the car, and rides in one pocket every day.
Key Fob ProgrammingA replacement fob just arrived in its box, shiny and untouched.
Transponder Key ProgrammingThe blade snapped off flush with the door lock last winter, and the shop that cut a replacement only matched the metal shape.
Ignition Lock RepairThe car arrived with one worn-looking key and a story about a lost spare.
Vehicle Lock RepairAfter a cold night the driver's door key barely goes in, and when it finally seats it stops halfway and will not turn any further.
Motorcycle & Scooter KeysThe dash lights come on, the starter cranks, and the engine simply refuses to catch, though the same key has run this bike since…
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