Emergency lockouts, lost keys, rekeying and repairs across Blackburn and the surrounding streets. Call and you speak to the person who will be doing the job.
Night, weekend and public holiday. The phone rings through to a real person, not a message bank.
We pick, bypass and manipulate before we ever reach for a drill. If a lock genuinely cannot open cleanly, you hear it before we start.
You get the number on the phone and again at the door. It does not move once the job is underway.
Six things make up nearly all of our work. Anything else, ask — if it is not something we do properly we will say so.
Front door shut behind you, key snapped in the lock, or a deadlock that has finally seized. We open the door without wrecking it wherever the lock allows.
Keys on the seat, boot closed on the only set, or a child locked inside. We carry proper automotive tools rather than anything that marks the paint or the seal.
A lost key is a security problem, not just an access one. We cut replacements on the spot and rekey the cylinder so the missing key stops working.
New house, ex-tenant, tradesman who never gave the key back. Rekeying keeps the hardware you have and retires every old key in circulation.
Doors, jambs, strikers and screen frames made secure the same night, photographed before anything is touched so your insurer has what it needs.
Deadlocks, window locks, sash jammers and restricted keys. We tell you what is worth doing and what is a waste of your money.
Blackburn keeps a lot of its older housing stock and leafy blocks, with period homes around the lake and solid brick from the interwar years. Original mortice locks and timber doors that have moved with age are common, and they are usually worth servicing rather than replacing.
We are based on 1 Sergeant St and most of our work sits within a short drive of Blackburn Lake Sanctuary.
Blackburn first, then the suburbs either side of it: Blackburn North, Blackburn South, Box Hill, Nunawading, Forest Hill, Mitcham and Surrey Hills.
Most Blackburn callouts we reach inside the half hour. If we are already on a job we tell you the real time rather than a hopeful one, so you can decide whether to wait or call someone else.
That is the thing we are most careful about. Picks and bypass tools first. A lock that genuinely cannot be opened without damage is rare, and you will hear about it before we begin, not after.
There is an after-hours rate and you are told it on the phone before we leave. No surprise loading once we are standing at your door.
Usually, and it is normally the cheaper answer. If the hardware is sound we keep it and change what the key turns.
Blackburn Locksmith · 1 Sergeant St, Blackburn VIC 3130 · open 24 hours