Fire exits have one job, and it is the opposite of a lock's. We install and service push bars, exit alarms and door closers so a crowd can leave in seconds while the door stays secure from outside.
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From the shop
Older houses around here have older doors, and older doors have their own logic. A mortise lock from the 1920s was built to be serviced, not thrown away, and a rim lock on a back porch may simply need cleaning and a new spring. We carry the parts and the patience to keep original hardware working, and we say so when replacement is the wiser route.
— Newton Brook Locksmith Specialists
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Locksmith services
Think of this page as a menu rather than a manual. You do not need to know the name of the part or the type of cylinder in your door. Pick the section that sounds closest, read what the visit looks like, and we will fill in the details together.
Lockouts
Every lockout call gets the same question first: can you show us this is your place or your vehicle? A licence with the address, a lease, a registration document or a neighbour who can vouch for you all work.
Change or rekey
If the previous owner left a drawer full of unlabelled keys, you are not alone. Rekeying, matching cylinders across doors and cutting a small number of fresh keys turns that drawer into two rings that make sense.
High security
Homeowners often come to high security after a scare, whether their own or a neighbour's. The advice is the same either way: start with the strike and the bolt, add a cylinder that resists the common tricks, and take control of who can copy the key.
Commercial
A master key system lets the owner open every door with one key while each employee's key opens only what they need. It is a plan on paper before it is hardware in a door, and the master key page explains how we design it with you.
Toronto
Business Lockout Service
Minus eighteen with a wind, and the exterior cylinder on the shop door has frozen solid overnight after yesterday's slush. The key goes in halfway and stops. The delivery driver is due, the phone is ringing inside, and nobody can reach it.
Business Lockout ServiceUsuallyReplace it with a weather-rated padlock.
WhyA shrouded shackle and a drainage-friendly body cope with rain and salt far better than an indoor lock left outside.
UsuallyA hasp and a proper padlock.
WhyThe hasp matters as much as the lock; fitted with carriage bolts it resists prying.
UsuallyReplace the mailbox lock and cut new keys.
WhyWith proof the box is yours, the cam lock swaps out cleanly and you get two keys for it.
UsuallyPanic & Exit Hardware
WhyA code trigger usually starts the conversation: an occupant load over a threshold, a fire inspector's note, or a new use for a room that used to hold far fewer people.
UsuallyCommercial-Grade Lock Replacement
WhyBusinesses often reach this service after something specific happens: a break-in, a departing employee holding a working key, a lease turnover, or an inspector's note about the rear exit.
UsuallyHome Lockout Service
WhyMost lockouts end with the original lock still on the door and still working.
Open 24/7
Commercial doors carry hardware that most homes never see, and reading it correctly is the first skill of a business lockout. An aluminium storefront door usually has a narrow mortise cylinder driving a hookbolt deadlock or a paddle-operated deadlatch.
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We ask what the safe is for, how it is opened and what has changed: a lost combination, a dead keypad, a bolt that will not retract. Each points to a different approach.
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Where a combination can be reset or a keypad replaced, we do that. Where the safe must be opened without its code, we use the method that leaves it usable afterwards.
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Once it works we help you choose a new combination or code, show you how to change it later and suggest a sensible place to keep a record.
Toronto, Ontario
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2021 census · what it 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.
Through identification and a link to the premises. An owner shows photo identification with the lease, business registration or a document addressed to the company at that address. A manager or employee is confirmed by a call to the owner, head office or property manager on a number the locksmith can verify. If everything is inside, the check is finished after entry, before the locksmith leaves.
It is treated as one, with the same authority check: your new lease and identification settle it. The locksmith opens the previous occupant's locks, then rekeys or replaces them so keys still floating around from the last tenant stop working. It is also the moment to decide how the unit will be keyed: one key for every door, separate keys for the cash office and stockroom, or cores that suit a growing staff.
Yes. A business lockout covers every opening the premises relies on: the rear service door with its exit device, a roll-up shutter and its padlock, the compound gate, a mailbox in the lobby and interior doors such as the cash office or server closet. Mention each one when you call so the right padlock shackles, cores and cylinders are in the van, and so cylinders that should share a key are handled together.
Usually. High security cylinders are made in the common formats: key-in-knob and lever, rim, mortise and interchangeable core, and many are designed to drop into popular residential and commercial locks. The locksmith identifies your format and confirms fit before ordering. Where a lock is an odd size or in poor shape, a matching lock body is fitted instead, and the door preparation is reused wherever it is standard.
On-site assessment preferred
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