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Thornbury locksmith. Heritage doors, modern security.
Bungalow and Edwardian front doors kept as they are, with the security added behind them. Thornbury, Northcote and Preston, day or night.
What happens when you call
These are new numbers, so there is nothing to quote back at you yet. What we can tell you is exactly how the job runs.
A time you can hold us to
We give you a window based on where the van is, and ring if the traffic on High Street changes it.
The figure does not move
Quoted on the phone, repeated at the door, identical on the invoice. After hours is in that number.
Original fittings stay original
Picks first and nothing drilled without your agreement. On a period door that is the whole job.
Local, and it shows
Whoever answers the phone is who arrives, which is why the advice on the call matches what happens at the door.
What we do in Thornbury
Six things make up nearly all of our work. Anything outside them, ask – if it is not something we do properly we will say so.
House lockouts
Bungalow front doors along the High Street streets are usually heavy, original, and fitted with something older than the people who live behind them. They open on picks and stay original.
Locked out of the house →
Car lockouts
Locked out on a Thornbury side street where there is nowhere to move to. We come to the car and open it where it is parked.
Locked out of the car →
Lost keys
Period locks and no matching blank on the shelf is the normal situation here. We decode the lock and cut to it, so the original fitting stays on the door.
Lost keys and replacement keys →
Rekeying
On a part-renovated bungalow the last thing you want is new hardware that does not match. Rekeying changes the key and leaves the door looking exactly as it did.
Rekeying and lock changes →
Break-in repairs
Rear doors and side gates are where it happens on these blocks. We get the door locking again tonight and reinforce the old timber so it holds next time.
Break-in repairs →
Security upgrades
The right approach on a heritage front door is security behind it, not instead of it. A deadbolt inside the original hardware is almost always the answer.
Deadlocks and security upgrades →Working in Thornbury
Thornbury is Californian bungalows and Edwardian homes along the High Street corridor, a lot of them part-renovated. The usual picture is a heritage front door the owner wants left alone, with modern security fitted behind it rather than cut into it.
We work from 12 Dundas St, a short run from High Street and the Penders Park area.
Hardware we work with every week
Questions we get asked
How fast can you get to Thornbury?
I do not want my heritage front door changed. Can you still secure it?
My front lock is older than the house records and the key has snapped.
Somebody got in through the back and the frame is split.
Do you cover Northcote and Preston?
Send us the details
If it is not urgent, leave your details and we will call you back. If you are standing outside your own front door right now, phone us instead.