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The spare under the planter by the side door is gone. Everyone in the family swears they did not take it, the planter has clearly been shifted, and you have no idea how long ago that happened.
Locksmith in Vaughan, OntarioSafes opened.Combinations changed.
Call now · open 24/7(289) 216-7583What's happening right now?
Locked out
Safely, right now
- Wait somewhere safe and warm: a neighbour's, your car, a coffee shop.
- Don't break a window or pry the door. It adds damage without getting you in sooner.
- Keep ID that shows your address handy if it is with you.
Key broke in the lock
Safely, right now
- Don't push the broken piece back in or try the lock again.
- Keep the piece you still have. It helps cut a new key.
Lock won't turn
Safely, right now
- Don't force the key. A bent or broken key makes it harder.
- Skip the oil, the glue and the hot water. They make it worse.
Lost keys
Safely, right now
- Keys lost together with your address? Assume someone could use them.
- Don't hide a spare key anywhere outside in the meantime, not even under the mat.
An inherited safe with no combination, a dial that has drifted, an electronic keypad that stopped responding: each has a proper way in that preserves the box. We open, service and reset safes for homes and small businesses, and explain the upkeep.
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Same fees day or night · 19 years in business
The fix, explained · Vaughan
What is the door doing?
EmergencyHome Lockout ServiceThe key slides in and turns all the way round, but the bolt stays put.
The fix
If you rent, a lockout visit works much the same way, with a little extra care around who holds which keys. You show identification and something tying you to the unit, such as a lease or a piece of mail, and the locksmith opens your door.
EmergencyBusiness Lockout ServiceThe manager who holds the only set of office keys is on a plane.
The fix
Businesses are locked out by people as often as by hardware. A keyholder is away, a former employee still has a key, a master key has gone missing, or the only spare lives in a drawer behind the locked door.
EmergencyBroken Key ExtractionA roommate tried to help with tweezers, then by gluing the other half to it.
The fix
Broken key extraction is the removal of a snapped key piece from a lock so it can go back to work. It is done with slim hooks and spiral extractors that slide into the keyway beside the fragment, catch the cuts in the blade and draw it out the way it went in.
EmergencyBreak-In Damage Lock RepairSomeone smashed the little window beside the door, reached in and turned the thumb-turn.
The fix
Break-ins seldom come through the door with the strongest lock. Sliding patio doors are lifted off their track or pried at the latch, the garage man-door carries a light knob lock, a basement walkout is out of sight, and a storefront's narrow-stile deadbolt sits behind a bendable aluminum edge.
Call (289) 216-7583Request a visit Break-In Damage Lock Repair
EmergencySeized & Jammed Lock OpeningThe lock works, but only if you lean on the door with your hip while turning the key.
The fix
A lock rarely seizes without warning. It asks for a wiggle, then a firmer wiggle, then it needs the door pulled toward you, and one morning it stops.
Call (289) 216-7583Request a visit Seized & Jammed Lock Opening
EmergencyLost Keys — Same-Visit RekeyYou were shovelling the driveway after dark and the ring must have slid out of your coat pocket somewhere under a metre of snow.
The fix
When a key disappears, cutting yourself another copy solves the wrong half of the problem. You can get in again, but so can whoever finds the original.
Call (289) 216-7583Request a visit Lost Keys — Same-Visit Rekey
- 19years in business
- 24/7open, every day
- Same feesday, night or weekend
- On siteassessment preferred
Locks, keys and straight answers
Every home has a door everyone actually uses and a door nobody thinks about. The side entrance by the driveway, the door from the garage, the basement walkout: these are the ones that tend to carry the flimsiest hardware and get the least attention. Part of our first visit is walking the whole perimeter with you, so the effort goes where the traffic and the risk really are.
Clear about who can get in. After any rekey or replacement we tell you exactly which keys work and how many copies exist. Key control is the point, and you should have the full picture.
Careful with the building. We protect floors and finishes, work around your day where we can, and treat a shop or office with the same care as a home.
The choice explained in your terms. Rather than product names, we talk about what each option means for you: who has access, how it copes with weather, how easy it is to change later.
Call about rekeying your new home: (289) 216-7583
Locksmith services
How we can help
Security should feel like a settled question, not a nagging one. These services exist to get you there: doors that lock without a wrestle, keys that only the right people hold, and hardware chosen for how you actually use the building rather than a catalogue picture.
LockoutsLockout ServicesAfter a break-in the door is evidence, then it is a problem.Services
After a break-in the door is evidence, then it is a problem. Once you are ready, we repair what was damaged, replace what cannot be trusted and rekey what might have been compromised. The aim is a door you can sleep behind that night.
EmergencyHome Lockout ServiceThe key slides in and turns all the way round, but the bolt stays put.
EmergencyBusiness Lockout ServiceThe manager who holds the only set of office keys is on a plane.
EmergencyBroken Key ExtractionA roommate tried to help with tweezers, then by gluing the other half to it.
EmergencyBreak-In Damage Lock RepairSomeone smashed the little window beside the door, reached in and turned the thumb-turn.
EmergencySeized & Jammed Lock OpeningThe lock works, but only if you lean on the door with your hip while turning the key.
EmergencyLost Keys — Same-Visit RekeyYou were shovelling the driveway after dark and the ring must have slid out of your coat pocket somewhere under a metre of snow.
Change or rekeyChange or Rekey LocksAfter a separation or a change in who lives at home, rekeying is often the quiet, practical step that helps.Services
After a separation or a change in who lives at home, rekeying is often the quiet, practical step that helps. It does not need to be dramatic. The locks stay, the keys change, and the house is yours again.
High securityHigh Security LocksRead here if you want to stop wondering about old keys and thin hardware.Services
Read here if you want to stop wondering about old keys and thin hardware. We fit locks that resist the common attacks, set up keys that only you can have copied, and leave you a written record of what was installed and who holds what.
CommercialCommercial LocksBusiness lockouts differ from home ones.Services
Business lockouts differ from home ones. Stock is waiting, staff are due, and the person at the door may not be the owner. We confirm who may authorise entry, open the door and, where a key has gone missing, rekey while we are there.
Car keysCar KeysAutomotive work is not only for cars that will not open.Services
Automotive work is not only for cars that will not open. A worn ignition, a fob with a cracked case, a spare that turns but sets the alarm off: these are jobs that fit a planned visit, and getting them done early avoids a roadside one.
Bigger photo, sooner job: Emergency Book soon Plan ahead
EmergencyCar 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…
EmergencyCar Key ReplacementMinus twenty outside, the fob button does nothing, and the door keyhole has a crust of road salt over it because you have not…
Spare Car Key Duplication
Key Fob Programming
Transponder Key Programming
Ignition Lock Repair
Vehicle Lock Repair
Motorcycle & Scooter Keys
Sound familiar?
Small things. Big difference.
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One key for the front door, another for the back, a third for the side door into the garage, and a fourth for the shed. You stand on the step every evening flipping through them in the dark, trying each one until something turns.
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The heavy glass door has been scraping the threshold for weeks. This morning the key turns, you can hear the bolt trying to move, but it is jammed hard in the strike and the door stays shut no matter how the handle is pulled.
Which fix fits?
IfAn employee left on bad terms and still has a key.
ThenRekey the doors that key opens.
New pins make the old key just metal, and the remaining staff get fresh ones.
IfTwelve people have keys and nobody knows how many copies exist.
ThenA restricted key system.
Blanks that are only cut with your authorization stop the quiet copying, and a register tracks every key out.
IfYou want to know who came in through the back door and when.
ThenA keypad or fob reader with an audit log.
Each person gets their own code or fob, so the log shows entries by name.
IfThe shop's lever handle goes down as usual, but the latch inside the mortise case never pulls back.
ThenSeized & Jammed Lock Opening.
A lock rarely seizes without warning.
IfThe spare under the planter by the side door is gone.
ThenLost Keys — Same-Visit Rekey.
When a key disappears, cutting yourself another copy solves the wrong half of the problem.
IfYou stepped out at the pump to pay inside, the passenger locked their door out of habit, and the driver's door caught behind you.
A car lockout service is a roadside visit with one purpose: getting an authorised driver back into a locked vehicle without harm to the car.
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How a visit goes
Langstaff Lock & Key Specialists
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1 Call
Call about rekeying your new home.
Describe the property, the hardware and what has changed, and the visit starts from what you have seen.
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2 Questions
Confirming it is your door
Before touching the lock we ask for identification or another way to show you live or work there. It protects you as much as anyone.
3 On the way
In the van
Vaughan to Carrville and Langstaff.
- Key blanks and key cutter
- Plug follower and repinning kit
- Cylinder decoder
- Latch and bypass tools
- Pick and tension tools
4 Fixed
A working lock before we go
The gentlest opening that works. Most doors can be picked or bypassed with no damage. We start there and only move to a firmer method if the lock leaves no other choice, explaining as we go.
A working lock before we go. Once you are inside we check the lock still turns properly and that you have a key that works. If the lock was the reason you were stuck, we say so.
Same fees day, night or weekend · on-site assessment preferred
York, Ontario
Vaughan information
- Town
- Vaughan, York, Ontario
- In business
- 19 years
- Hours
- Open 24/7 · nights, weekends and holidays, same fees
- Phone
- (289) 216-7583
- Visits
- On-site assessment preferred. Request a visit or call.
What the census means at the door
8%
Newer homes. About 8% of homes in Vaughan were built in 1980 or earlier, according to the 2021 Census.
New homes frequently come with strikes held by short screws into soft framing. Replacing them with longer screws that reach the stud is inexpensive work that adds real strength, and it is one of the first things a locksmith checks in a newer area.
63%
Mostly houses. Single-detached houses make up about 63% of homes in Vaughan (2021 Census).
A detached house gives a locksmith room to work: full access to both sides of every door, hinges and frames included. Repairs and upgrades can be thorough, from the front deadbolt to the gate latch, with nothing off limits.
What to expect, answered
How long does a whole-house rekey take?
Plan on an hour or two for a typical house with three or four cylinders, including the walk-through, identification, pinning, cutting and testing. Each additional cylinder adds a little, as does swapping a cylinder to bring a mismatched door onto the same key, resetting a homeowner-rekeyable lock or clearing a garage opener. The locksmith gives a realistic window on the phone once the list of doors is known.
What if my front and back doors are different brands?
Different brands often mean different keyways, so the same key blank will not enter both. The locksmith has two routes: replace the cylinder in one lock with a compatible one so both doors take the same key, or rekey each to its own new combination and give you two keys. Which suits you depends on the hardware and how much you want a single ring. Both are decided with you on the doorstep.
What about the mailbox key?
It depends on whose mailbox it is. A private box at your door or on your post is yours, and its small cylinder can be rekeyed or replaced in the same visit. A compartment in a community mailbox or an apartment mailroom belongs to the postal service or the building, which handles lost-key lock changes through its own process. The locksmith will tell you which you have and who to call.
Should I upgrade the front door only, or every door?
Start with the doors that matter and the ones that are weakest, which are often not the same. Front doors usually carry the sturdiest hardware already; the side door by the driveway, the door from the garage and the basement walkout often carry the lightest locks and get the least attention. The assessment walks the whole perimeter with you so the upgrade goes where entry is most likely, and the remaining doors can join the same key later.
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Call now · open 24/7(289) 216-7583- On-site assessment preferred
- Same fees day, night or weekend
- 19 years in business