Commercial & Residential Door Locks
There are many reasons why you would need to repair your lock. Most are related to home or business security issues. However some other are originated elsewhere. In any case, you would need to hire a trusted door lock repair service. A typical locksmith can easily cover that first step, but at times, it is best to find a more specialized door repair service, which can handle any modify or repair of your steel or wooden doors and frames.
- Commercial Door Lock Repair
- Residential Door Lock Repair
- Door Lock Installation
- Door Lock Replacement
- High Security Locks
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A Locksmith vs. a Company Specialized in Door Services
For any lock repair service, you must assess if just a locksmith is the best choice. A locksmith can easily take care of changing the key code of your current door lock. They can duplicate existing keys and even take care of your lock replacement service as long as it is simple and does not require the door modification.
In cases in which the lock to be replaced demands further amendments to the door, then it is a more complex issue. For that sort of situations, it is best to for a company specialized in door repair services and not just the neighborhood locksmith man.
Another advantage is that a specialized company has personnel working in residential and commercial installations. That gives them additional points because they get more experience out of different situations that local locksmiths don’t have the chance to experience. Specialized companies better know the newest and most secure locksmiths than a lonely locksmith.
Where to Find a Specialized Company
Just as locksmiths, specialized companies in doors are regional. Since it is a service that requires visits, they only can attend a particular geographical area. However, it is wider than a lonely locksmith.
For the greater Vancouver BC area, we have facilities to take care of any lock change service. We can take care of your doors for any use.
Reasons for Changing your Locks at Home
If you look for home lock change, the most common reason is you are moving to a new place. In such cases, people feel more secure changing locks. Other times, the current keyset is not updated or complete. It is common that keys are missing, and for such cases, the lock change is a must.
Residential doors are not standard. If you want to alter the looks of your current house, then you might need to change locks as well. Another common reason to change locks at home is that you lost the keys. Not just locks at your entrance door, but also locks of internal doors, or even closets and drawer. If you think about it, there are much more locks than you realize at home. Most of them are not used, and when you need them, those are the locks you have to change.
Reasons for Changing your Locks at Work to High Security Locks
For work, the primary cause of a commercial lock change is security and staff turnover. Some companies give keys to their employees for lockers, filing cabinets and drawers. When they leave the company or are relocated, the keys are the least thing on the to-do list before leaving. Most keys are neglected, and when somebody else wants to make use of the space, the easiest course of action is just to change to locks.
Security and Locks Repairs
The most common reason to repair locks is safety. Especially in the case of a security violation event, one of the most common recovery actions to repair the old locks for high security locks. That should prevent further intruders to break-into the locks again.
Depending on the original lock, the switch to a high-security lock can be easy, or it might require some modifications to the door’s structure. When that is the case, some people opt to add another lock instead of changing the existing one. As a consequence, doors have more than one lock. In a way, it also enhances security, since burglars will take at least twice the time to open two locks instead of one. However, you must have more than one key to open each door.