Selling or handing back a property in Oxford Park goes more smoothly when the locks are fresh and every key accounted for. We rekey the exterior doors, gather the old keys, cut the set the next people will need, and give you a short written record to pass along with the paperwork.
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Selling or handing back a property in Oxford Park goes more smoothly when the locks are fresh and every key accounted for. We rekey the exterior doors, gather the old keys, cut the set the next people will need, and give you a short written record to pass along with the paperwork.
Rekeying is our favourite answer in Oxford Park because it keeps good hardware in service. The lock stays, the pins change, the old keys stop working and the new ones are cut on the spot. It suits a move, a lost key or a staff change, costs less than replacement, and leaves the door looking exactly as it did.
Our approach in Oxford Park is the same as everywhere else we work: listen to what the door is doing, look at the hardware and the frame, lay out the choices and let you decide. Then do the job tidily and walk you through the result. Homes, businesses and vehicles all get that treatment, whether it is a snapped key or a full commercial lock change.
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Whatever brought you to this page from Oxford Park, whether it was a lockout, a lost key, a move, a break-in or simply a door that has annoyed you for months, one of the services below fits. Each is written to tell you what happens, what it involves, and what you have when the locksmith leaves.
Home Lockout ServiceYou stepped out to grab the recycling bin and the door swung shut behind you.
Break-In Damage Lock RepairThere is a hole where the cylinder used to be.
Lost Keys — Same-Visit RekeyThe spare under the planter by the side door is gone.
Deadbolt InstallationThe old deadbolt has grown lazy.
Lock Replacement & UpgradeThe house is fifteen years old and every exterior door still wears the light hardware the builder fitted: a short bolt, a thin strike held by two small screws, and a knob lock that never suited a street entrance.
Vintage Mortise Lock ServiceThe old skeleton key still fits the keyhole, but it now needs a jiggle, a lean on the door and a little luck before the bolt moves.
Mailbox Lock ReplacementThe mail slot on the shop's exterior wall has a small compartment lock that a former employee still has a key to, months after they left.
Commercial RekeyingThe office has been reshuffled twice since the locks were last touched.
Commercial-Grade Lock ReplacementAn inspection report flagged the rear exit as needing hardware that opens with one motion and no key, and that door currently has an ordinary keyed knob on the inside.
Home Lockout ServiceYou stepped out to grab the recycling bin and the door swung shut behind you.
Business Lockout ServiceIt is ten to nine, three staff are on the sidewalk with their coffees, and the key that has opened the glass front door for six years will not turn.
Broken Key ExtractionThe padlock on the shed has been stiff all summer.
Break-In Damage Lock RepairThere is a hole where the cylinder used to be.
Seized & Jammed Lock OpeningEvery time you pull the key out of the side door it comes away gritty.
Lost Keys — Same-Visit RekeyThe spare under the planter by the side door is gone.Middlesex, Ontario
2021 Census
About 52% of homes in London were built in 1980 or earlier, according to the 2021 Census.
Decades of seasons move a frame, and an older house often has a front door that locks easily in summer and fights in winter. Setting the strike with the seasons in mind, and choosing a lubricant that stays fluid in the cold, keeps it working year round.
Single-detached houses make up about 49% of homes in London (2021 Census).
Where housing types are mixed, the same lost-key call means different things. In a house, rekey every door on the property. In an apartment, rekey the suite door and check with management about the common entrance. The locksmith asks which it is first.
Someone pushed the privacy button on the bathroom door and pulled it shut behind them, leaving the room locked and empty. The little emergency slot on the outside is stripped, and the tiny release key that came with the handle disappeared years ago.
Home Lockout ServiceThe patio slider is sitting crooked on its track. Its latch is snapped, the frame is bowed where it was pried, and the panel no longer meets the jamb, so the house cannot be closed up for the night.
Break-In Damage Lock RepairThe 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.
Lost Keys — Same-Visit RekeyThe back door has a deadbolt in name only: a short bolt, a thin brass strike held by two little screws, and a jamb you can flex with your palm. It was fine for a builder's showing. It is not fine for a laneway.
Deadbolt InstallationThe keys the seller handed over came in a sandwich bag: six unlabelled copies for two locks of different makes from different decades. You have no idea how many more copies exist or who is holding them.
Lock Replacement & UpgradeSomeone painted the door years ago without removing the hardware. The faceplate, the strike and the little thumb-turn are all under several coats, the deadbolt scrapes when it moves, and the knob is stiff enough to leave marks on your hand.
Vintage Mortise Lock ServiceSomeone tried to pry the little door on the mailbox open with a screwdriver, and though the mail sitting inside is untouched, the lock now sits crooked in its hole and the key barely catches when it is turned.
Mailbox Lock ReplacementA key turned up in the parking lot with the shop's name on its fob. It came back to you, which is lucky, but it means keys are leaving the building on rings you have never seen, and the shop's locks have not changed since opening day.
Commercial RekeyingThe kitchen delivery door gets shouldered open more than a hundred times a shift, and lately the latch slips past the strike plate instead of catching it on the first push.
Commercial-Grade Lock ReplacementCommercial
Commercial doors carry more hardware than most people notice: cylinders, exit devices, closers, strikes, keypads. When one part fails the door stops behaving. We service and replace all of it and set up key systems that survive staff changes.
High security
A customer's rifle safe at the range has a dial that simply will not respond to the combination written on the sales receipt from years ago.
A homeowner inherited a heavy old dial safe from a parent's house, moved it into the new place, and has no idea whether the bolt-work still works, whether the lock is sound, or how it should be anchored.
Sensible optionHome Lockout Service
WhyA home lockout service is a visit whose whole purpose is to get you back inside your own home when the door is locked against you.
Sensible optionBreak-In Damage Lock Repair
WhyThere are really two jobs inside one call.
Sensible optionLost Keys — Same-Visit Rekey
WhyThe first useful move after losing a key is to think about where it worked rather than where it went.
Sensible optionDeadbolt Installation
WhyThe right deadbolt for a door depends on how the door is used and where it sits.
Sensible optionLock Replacement & Upgrade
WhyA replacement lock has to fit holes that already exist, and that is where the visit begins.
Sensible optionVintage Mortise Lock Service
WhyServicing the original lock is usually the better choice for an older home, for practical reasons as much as sentimental ones.
Sensible optionMailbox Lock Replacement
WhyWhen the real concern is who else might hold a key, replacement settles it at the root.
Sensible optionCommercial Rekeying
WhyTaking over a commercial unit is the moment to make the locks yours.
Sensible optionCommercial-Grade Lock Replacement
WhyThink of it as re-equipping a door for the job it actually does rather than swapping one lock for a similar one.
Describe the property, the hardware and what has changed, and the visit starts from what you have seen.
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We ask for something that ties you to the premises: a lease, business card, or a call to the owner. Opening a shop for the wrong person is not a risk we take.
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Storefront and office locks vary, so we choose the approach that leaves the hardware intact wherever possible. If the lock itself has failed, we tell you before opening it.
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Once inside we check the lock, cut keys if needed and note anything that should be addressed later so your day can carry on.
A locksmith will want to understand the situation first, because a tenant's right to their home is protected and a lockout of a tenant is something only a sheriff enforcing a Landlord and Tenant Board order may carry out. Legitimate reasons do come up: a tenant has asked you to let them in, a vacated unit needs securing, or an emergency requires access. Bring ownership records and be ready to explain the circumstances, and the locksmith will help you handle it properly.
Many can be repaired. A split along the grain is pressed back together, glued with a two-part wood epoxy and held by a steel repair plate or a boxed strike screwed through it into the stud, so the fasteners reinforce the repair as well as the lock. Missing wood is built up with filler or a fitted piece. A jamb that has pulled off the framing along its length or shattered around the pocket is replaced by a carpenter, with the opening secured until then.
An authorised adult should be present at the start, for identification and to agree the list of doors and the number of keys, and at the end, to test every key and take the count. In between, the work happens at the doors and on the van, so you are free to get on with your day inside. A property manager or a family member with your authorisation can stand in if you cannot be there.
Very little is needed. Each spring and autumn, lock the door from inside and feel whether the bolt still goes home without the door being pulled; if it hesitates, the door has moved with the season and a small strike adjustment restores it. Whatever lubricant the lock's own maker specifies keeps it smooth, often a dry PTFE or graphite type in the keyway and along the bolt, though some cylinders are meant to be serviced with oil. In winter, wipe road salt off the outside trim to protect the finish.
It is yours. Some people keep a sound old cylinder as a spare or move a decent deadbolt to a shed or garage door, and the locksmith can rekey it to the house key for that purpose. Worn or damaged hardware is taken away for recycling if you prefer. Either way, the old keys should be gathered up and discarded so nobody confuses them with the new set.
On a cylinder mortise lock this points to the cylinder rather than the case. The set screw that holds the cylinder in the door has loosened or stripped so the whole cylinder rotates, or the cam on the back of the cylinder has worn or is the wrong shape and no longer catches the bolt lever. Both are fixed by resetting or replacing the cylinder and its set screw, and the case itself is usually fine.
It happens more often than people expect, especially in a building where compartments changed hands with a single set of keys and no clear record of who returned what. Replacing the lock rather than simply asking around settles it, since a new cylinder makes any key still out there, regardless of who holds it, stop working.
They are gathered, tested at each rekeyed door to confirm they no longer work, and then cut through so they can never be used or copied. You can keep the pieces or the locksmith takes them away. Any old key that still operates a door you chose to leave unchanged is handed back and noted on the chart, so it is clear which keys remain live and which are scrap.
Once a cylinder is replaced or rekeyed, any key that was not reissued for the new combination simply stops working on that door. This is the direct answer to a key that walked out with someone who left the business, and it is worth doing across every door that key used to open, not only the one that prompted the call.
Rekeying is our favourite answer in Oxford Park because it keeps good hardware in service. The lock stays, the pins change, the old keys stop working and the new ones are cut on the spot. It suits a move, a lost key or a staff change, costs less than replacement, and leaves the door looking exactly as it did.