If your address was with the keys, treat the lock as known to whoever finds them.
Don't leave a spare key anywhere outside while you wait, under the mat or elsewhere.

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Rekeying keeps the lock you already own and changes which key opens it, which makes it the tidy answer to a lost key, a departed roommate or a staff change. Across Yorkville we rekey single doors, whole houses and small commercial buildings, and cut the new keys on the spot.

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The fix, explained · Yorkville

What is the door doing?

EmergencyHome Lockout ServiceThe keypad on the smart lock blinks once and goes dark.

The fix

Winter creates its own kind of lockout. Meltwater runs into a keyway during the day and freezes overnight, a weather-exposed cylinder stiffens in the cold, and a door that shrank in January may drop its bolt out of line with the strike.

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EmergencyBusiness Lockout ServiceMinus eighteen with a wind, and the exterior cylinder on the shop door has frozen solid overnight after yesterday's slush.

The fix

A business lockout service reopens commercial premises when the door is locked and nobody on site can open it. The locksmith begins by confirming that the person asking for entry has authority to act for the business, through identification and a document or a phone call that ties them to the premises.

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EmergencyBroken Key ExtractionIn the parking lot your car key snapped in the driver's door.

The fix

Broken key extraction is the removal of a snapped key piece from a lock so it can go back to work. It is done with slim hooks and spiral extractors that slide into the keyway beside the fragment, catch the cuts in the blade and draw it out the way it went in.

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EmergencyBreak-In Damage Lock RepairYou came home to find the front door standing open.

The fix

A failed break-in is still a repair. When a lock holds against a pry bar or a kick, the force goes somewhere: a strike plate bends, screws loosen, the door edge takes a gouge, the deadbolt binds where the bolt met the strike under load.

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EmergencySeized & Jammed Lock OpeningThe key slides all the way in, exactly as it has for years, and then refuses to turn in either direction.

The fix

The visit runs in a set order. On the phone you describe what the key does: refuses to turn, spins freely, or works only when the door is pushed.

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EmergencyLost Keys — Same-Visit RekeyThe renovation wrapped up in the spring.

The fix

A key ring rarely holds only house keys, so a same-visit rekey looks at everything that was on it. The mechanical house keys are handled by repinning the cylinders.

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Technician in a cap and glasses holding a small key fob beside the dashboard of a black motorcycle in a garage. — Yorkville

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Every key we cut in Yorkville is tested in the lock it belongs to before we leave. It sounds obvious, but a key that works on the bench and sticks in the door is a common complaint about lock work. We turn each one, from both sides where the door allows, and adjust the cut or the cylinder until every key slides in and turns cleanly.

Toronto, Bennington Heights, Cabbagetown, Don Vale, Moore Park, Regent Park, Riverdale, Rosedale and St. James Town

A locksmith who listens. The job starts with your description, not our assumptions. What you have noticed about the door often points to the cause before we touch it.
Honest about what is worth doing. Some hardware deserves saving and some does not. We tell you which and why, so you spend on what makes a difference.
Left better than found. The door works, the area is clean and you have keys, notes and a clear idea of what to watch for. That is the standard for every visit.

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Locksmith services · Yorkville

Here is the range of lock work we do for homes and businesses in Yorkville: opening doors when the key is missing, rekeying and changing locks, fitting deadbolts and high-security cylinders, servicing commercial hardware, opening and resetting safes, and cutting keys, including the occasional vehicle key when a household needs one.

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The keypad on the smart lock blinks once and goes dark. The batteries have finally given up, your phone is at four percent, and the little backup key that came in the box is in a kitchen drawer on the other side of the door.

Home Lockout Service

White door with a black keypad deadbolt and knob, beside a towel holding a lock body, latch, screwdriver and a tool bag. — Yorkville

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You came home to find the front door standing open. The deadbolt is still thrown, but the strike plate is dangling from one screw and a fist-sized piece of the jamb is lying on the hall floor.

Break-In Damage Lock Repair

Bunch of keys hanging from a key in a door lock, beside a black knob and the door's metal edge plate. — Yorkville

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The old deadbolt has grown lazy. You turn the thumb-turn and the bolt creeps out halfway, then needs a second push with the door pulled tight. Some mornings the key has to be jiggled before it will come back out.

Deadbolt Installation

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A new hire at the shop gets handed whatever spare key happens to be in the drawer, and it turns out to open the stockroom, the back office and the safe room all at once. The owner realizes nobody actually decided who should open what.

Master Key System Design

Technician in a cap and glasses mounting a black keypad deadbolt on a dark front door, with a tool case below. — Yorkville

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A padlock went on the stockroom's back door years ago for security and nobody has thought about it since, until the walkthrough this week pointed out that the same door is the room's only other way out.

Panic & Exit Hardware

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Overnight someone forced the back door, and the cylinder face is scarred, the metal around the strike has pulled loose from the frame, and the latch no longer sits flush.

Commercial-Grade Lock Replacement

Dark-framed glass entrance doors with long silver-colored vertical pull handles and a round keyhole. — Business Lockout Service, Yorkville

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The rental van came with one key. It went into the door lock, turned partway, and snapped, leaving half the blade in the cylinder and the other half in your hand. The delivery is due, the van is locked, and the rental desk is an hour away.

Car Lockout Service

Hands comparing detached lock cylinders beside loose keys on a workbench. — Broken Key Extraction, Yorkville

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A teenager just passed a driving test and reasonably wants a key of their own rather than negotiating over the family's single copy every time the car is needed. Two drivers and one key keep colliding on the same schedule.

Spare Car Key Duplication

Person holding two lock cylinders beside an open painted door, with loose hardware and debris on the sill. — Seized & Jammed Lock Opening, Yorkville

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The car came with a second key that grinds and catches in the rear door, unlike the smooth key you use every day on the front two. It eventually turns, but the roughness has been there since the day you brought the car home.

Vehicle Lock Repair

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Yorkville information

Commercial-Grade Lock Replacement, Car Lockout Service, Vehicle Lock Repair, Spare Car Key Duplication, Panic & Exit Hardware, Deadbolt Installation, Master Key System Design, Home Lockout Service and Break-In Damage Lock Repair

Town: Yorkville, Toronto, Ontario
In business: 16 years
Hours: Open 24/7 · nights, weekends and holidays, same fees
Phone: (289) 806-2827
Work: lockouts, change or rekey, high security, commercial
Visits: On-site assessment preferred. Request a visit or call.

What the census means at the door

58%

Older homes. About 58% of homes in Toronto were built in 1980 or earlier, according to the 2021 Census.

Period hardware on older homes deserves matching parts, not a mismatched modern set. A locksmith who works among such houses keeps finishes and styles that suit them, so a repaired or replaced lock still looks like it belongs to the door.

23%

Single-detached houses make up about 23% of homes in Toronto (2021 Census).

Townhouses share walls but usually have their own front door and often a back door or garage. Keying both alike, and checking the strike on the less-used door, is the everyday work in a neighbourhood of attached homes.

Source: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census of Population

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How long does a home lockout usually take once the locksmith arrives?

The opening itself is often the shortest part of the visit; verifying identification, examining the lock and testing the door afterwards take a share of the time too. A standard knob or deadbolt on a well-fitting door is generally a matter of minutes, while a high-security cylinder, a frozen lock or a swollen door takes longer. If a cylinder has to be drilled and replaced, or locks are rekeyed while the locksmith is there, allow extra time for that work.

The intruder found our spare keys. What should be rekeyed?

Everything those keys fit. That usually means the front, back and side doors, the garage man-door, the mailbox and any padlocks, and in a rental the suite door with the landlord's involvement. Rekeying changes a serviceable cylinder to answer to a new key, and a cylinder that cannot be rekeyed is replaced instead. Doing every affected opening in one visit, keyed alike where the cylinders are compatible, means no forgotten door still answers to the stolen ring.

What should I have ready before the locksmith arrives?

Know which doors you want bolted, what they are made of, and whether each already has a deadbolt or only a knob. A photo of the door face and edge helps. Have any existing keys to hand, decide whether you want everything on one key, and mention glass near the lock, a storm door in the same opening, or a rental agreement. If you have already bought hardware, keep the box and template together.

Can electronic locks be part of the same system as mechanical keys?

Yes. Where a property mixes keypad or card doors with mechanical cylinders, the access levels are designed to line up across both, so a department sitting at one sub-master level mechanically holds a matching level electronically. Mechanical override cylinders behind an electronic lock are pinned into the same chart as every other door, so one record still describes the whole property.

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