Preston Locksmith Co.
Lockout Services
- Lockout ServicesLocked out of a home or business, a key snapped in the lock or a lock that has seized: entry with the least…
- Home Lockout ServiceThe moving truck has left, half the boxes are inside, and the single key the previous owner handed over turns…
- Business Lockout ServiceIt is ten to nine, three staff are on the sidewalk with their coffees, and the key that has opened the glass…
- Broken Key ExtractionThe key went in like any other morning, you turned it, and something gave with a small metallic click.
- Break-In Damage Lock RepairThe shop's aluminum door has a bent meeting stile and the hookbolt is jammed half out.
- Seized & Jammed Lock OpeningEvery time you pull the key out of the side door it comes away gritty.
- Lost Keys — Same-Visit RekeyThe lawyer's envelope held two keys for the new house.
Change or Rekey Locks
- Change or Rekey LocksNew keys for the locks you have, or new locks where the hardware has worn out: rekeying, replacement…
- Lock RekeyingYour roommate moved out last weekend.
- Deadbolt InstallationThe bolt on the front door is keyed on both sides.
- Lock Replacement & UpgradeThree teenagers, a dog walker, a cleaner and one house key that keeps going missing.
- Vintage Mortise Lock ServiceThe brass knob on the front door of your century home turns, but nothing happens on the other side.
- Smart Lock InstallationYour mother still lives on her own, and the personal support worker, the pharmacy delivery and two siblings…
- Gate & Building Entry LocksEvery time the courtyard gate closes, it slams hard enough to rattle the fence panels, and the deadlatch…
- Mailbox Lock ReplacementThe mailbox key snapped clean off in the lock last week, and the stub is still sitting somewhere inside the…
High Security Locks
- High Security LocksCylinders and deadbolts built to resist picking, bumping and drilling, keys that cannot be copied without…
- Safe Opening & Combination ChangeThe pharmacy's drop safe has a keypad that finally lost power for good, and the little override key that was…
- Safe Installation & ServicingA dinner service ends with a stack of bills and a handful of credit slips, and right now they sit in an…
- High Security LocksYou run a home office with client files and equipment, and your insurer has asked what kind of lock is on the…
Commercial Locks
- Commercial LocksLocks for shops, offices and buildings: rekeying at turnover, commercial-grade hardware, exit devices, master…
- Commercial RekeyingTwo people left over the summer and the keys they handed back came up one short.
- Master Key System DesignA self-storage operator wants the office, the tenant gate and the equipment shed on three different levels of…
- Access Control InstallationYou just leased the empty unit next door and want the new tenant to open their own suite without a key to…
- Panic & Exit HardwareTwo doors used to swing as a pair at the community hall entrance, but one leaf has started closing before the…
- Commercial-Grade Lock ReplacementThe kitchen delivery door gets shouldered open more than a hundred times a shift, and lately the latch slips…
Car Keys
- Car KeysCar, van and motorcycle keys: replacements, spares, fob and transponder programming, ignition and door-lock…
- Car Lockout ServiceYou dropped the duffel bag in the trunk, closed the lid with your elbow, and heard the keys land inside a…
- Car Key ReplacementThe fob went through the washing machine in a jacket pocket.
- Spare Car Key DuplicationTwo coworkers share one delivery van and one key between them, trading it at the start and end of every shift…
- Key Fob ProgrammingA cracked case or a spin through the wash left the fob unresponsive, and opening it up reveals a slightly…
- Transponder Key ProgrammingThe car came with a single key when the sale went through, and that key is the only thing standing between…
- Ignition Lock RepairHalf the key is still in your hand.
- Vehicle Lock RepairEvery door drops into place together when the fob is pressed, except the driver's door, which stays unlocked…
- Motorcycle & Scooter KeysA copy cut at a hardware kiosk turns the ignition on some mornings and skips it on others, occasionally…
Areas
- CambridgePlenty of houses in Cambridge still carry their first mortise locks and brass knobs, and they are worth…
- HespelerRekeying keeps the lock you already own and changes which key opens it, which makes it the tidy answer to a…
- PrestonA good cylinder shrugs off picking and bumping; a deep strike plate with long screws stops a shoulder.
- BlairA door that latches on the first push, a deadbolt that throws fully into the frame, a key that slides in…
Advice
- Master Key System Design: preparing for the visitA self-storage operator wants the office, the tenant gate and the equipment shed on three different levels of…
- Seized & Jammed Lock Opening: what shapes the quoteOccasionally, but wear and weather are far more common.
- High Security Locks: inside the visitFor a business, high security locks are as much about paperwork as metal.