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A roommate moved out on bad terms and says the key was left on the counter. It was not. You have already changed the Wi-Fi password, but the front door still opens for a key that could be anywhere.
Locksmith in Oakville, OntarioAccess controlfor real buildings.
Call now · open 24/7(289) 813-6380What's happening right now?
Locked out
Safely, right now
- Stay somewhere warm and safe while you wait, such as a neighbour's or your car.
- Don't force a window or the door; it only adds a repair.
- Have a photo ID with your address ready if you can.
Key broke in the lock
Safely, right now
- Leave the lock alone: pushing the piece further in makes it harder to get out.
- Keep the piece you still have. It helps cut a new key.
Lock won't turn
Safely, right now
- Don't force the key. A bent or broken key makes it harder.
- Don't spray oil or glue into it, and don't pour hot water on it in the cold.
Lost keys
Safely, right now
- Keys lost together with your address? Assume someone could use them.
- Don't hide a spare key anywhere outside in the meantime, not even under the mat.
Fobs, keypads and card readers are only worthwhile when the doors, closers and wiring behind them are sound. We design small access systems for offices, clinics and multi-unit buildings, install them cleanly, and hand over a system your staff can actually manage.
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The fix, explained · Oakville
What is the door doing?
EmergencyHome Lockout ServiceYou stepped out to grab the recycling bin and the door swung shut behind you.
The fix
If you rent, a lockout visit works much the same way, with a little extra care around who holds which keys. You show identification and something tying you to the unit, such as a lease or a piece of mail, and the locksmith opens your door.
EmergencyBusiness Lockout ServiceAfter last night's power flicker the card reader beside the clinic door shows nothing.
The fix
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.
EmergencyBroken Key ExtractionThat key had been bending a little for years, and you kept straightening it.
The fix
What you have when the locksmith leaves matters as much as what was removed. The fragment is out and shown to you.
EmergencyBreak-In Damage Lock RepairThey did not get in.
The fix
There are really two jobs inside one call. The first is tonight: make the door close and lock so the household can sleep.
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EmergencySeized & Jammed Lock OpeningThe lock works, but only if you lean on the door with your hip while turning the key.
The fix
Many jammed locks are not lock problems at all. Wood doors swell in humid weather and shrink in dry winter air, hinges loosen and let the door drop, and a strike plate that was fine in spring is a few millimetres out by autumn.
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EmergencyLost Keys — Same-Visit RekeyYour purse was taken from the back of a chair at a restaurant.
The fix
The visit runs in a steady order. On the phone you describe what was lost, which doors it opened and whether you have a way in.
Call (289) 813-6380Request a visit Lost Keys — Same-Visit Rekey
- 20years in business
- 24/7open, every day
- Same feesday, night or weekend
- On siteassessment preferred
Why we do it this way
Not every lock needs to be the strongest one made. A bathroom door, a bedroom closet and a front entry face very different risks, and we say so. Where it matters, we recommend heavier cylinders, reinforced strikes and hardware that resists picking and bumping. Where it does not, we tell you that the lock you have is fine and save the conversation for the doors that count.
Castle Green, Charnwood, Holton Heights, Kent Gardens and Sunningdale
Told what to expect. Before starting we say how long the work usually takes, what noise or mess is involved and what the door will be like afterwards.
Room to decline. If a suggestion does not suit you, decline it. We will do what you asked for, do it well and leave the rest as advice.
A tidy handover. Keys counted into your hand, the area cleaned, the old parts dealt with and a plain summary of the work. Then we are gone.
Send a photo of the lock: (289) 813-6380
Locksmith services
From lockouts to master keys
Sometimes the job is obvious: a key snapped in the cylinder, a deadbolt that spins without catching. Other times you know something is wrong but not what to ask for. Either way, start here. Each service page describes the symptoms, the fix and what to have ready.
LockoutsLockout ServicesIf the key will not turn, the key is in two pieces, or the door was kicked and no longer closes, this is the section.Services
If the key will not turn, the key is in two pieces, or the door was kicked and no longer closes, this is the section. Each page describes how we open, extract or secure, and what we check before calling the job finished.
EmergencyHome Lockout ServiceYou stepped out to grab the recycling bin and the door swung shut behind you.
EmergencyBusiness Lockout ServiceAfter last night's power flicker the card reader beside the clinic door shows nothing.
EmergencyBroken Key ExtractionThat key had been bending a little for years, and you kept straightening it.
EmergencyBreak-In Damage Lock RepairThey did not get in.
EmergencySeized & Jammed Lock OpeningThe lock works, but only if you lean on the door with your hip while turning the key.
EmergencyLost Keys — Same-Visit RekeyYour purse was taken from the back of a chair at a restaurant.
Change or rekeyChange or Rekey LocksOlder homes carry mortise locks with warded keys, brass knobs and strike plates fixed with tiny screws.Services
Older homes carry mortise locks with warded keys, brass knobs and strike plates fixed with tiny screws. We service the original hardware where it can be kept, and where it cannot we fit a replacement that suits the door instead of fighting it.
High securityHigh Security LocksHigh security work is partly hardware and partly bookkeeping.Services
High security work is partly hardware and partly bookkeeping. The hardware resists tools. The bookkeeping, a numbered key register and a patented keyway, resists the quieter risk of a copy made without your knowledge.
CommercialCommercial LocksCommercial locksmithing is as much about planning as it is about hardware.Services
Commercial locksmithing is as much about planning as it is about hardware. Who needs to get where, what happens when a key goes missing, how the building is locked at night. We start with those questions and let the hardware follow.
Car keysCar KeysWhether the car is a decade old with a plain metal key or new with a proximity fob, we can usually help at the roadside.Services
Whether the car is a decade old with a plain metal key or new with a proximity fob, we can usually help at the roadside. This group explains the key types, what a visit involves and why a spare made now saves trouble later.
Bigger photo, sooner job: Emergency Book soon Plan ahead
EmergencyCar Lockout ServiceYou reached the parking lot after a long hike and the pocket that held your car key is empty.
EmergencyCar Key ReplacementThe car is yours now, but somebody else still holds a key to it.
Spare Car Key Duplication
Key Fob Programming
Transponder Key Programming
Ignition Lock Repair
Vehicle Lock Repair
Motorcycle & Scooter Keys
Sound familiar?
Small things. Big difference.
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The lever on the side door droops toward the floor and rattles in your hand. The latch no longer springs back on its own, so the door drifts open behind you unless you pull it shut and check it twice.
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After the attempted break-in the police officer pointed at your door and said the strike plate was held by two short screws. Nobody got in, but you have looked at that door differently every evening since.
Which fix fits?
IfThe shop's back door only latches if someone slams it.
ThenAdjust the closer and realign the strike.
Usually the closer is out of adjustment or the strike has drifted; both are set, not replaced.
IfThe fire exit alarm sounds every time staff use that door.
ThenService the exit device and rethink the routine.
Exit alarms are meant to sound; if staff need that door daily, an arrangement that still lets everyone leave freely is found.
IfThe storefront lock is worn and the key barely catches.
ThenReplace the cylinder with a commercial-grade one.
Storefront cylinders take a beating; a heavier grade is built for that traffic.
IfYou reached the front step with the groceries, patted every pocket twice, and the house key is simply not there.
If you rent, a lockout visit works much the same way, with a little extra care around who holds which keys.
IfA cook stepped into the alley with the recycling and the rear door swung shut behind him.
Commercial doors carry hardware that most homes never see, and reading it correctly is the first skill of a business lockout.
IfThe key went in like any other morning, you turned it, and something gave with a small metallic click.
What you have when the locksmith leaves matters as much as what was removed.
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How a visit goes
Castle Green Lock & Key Specialists
Job ticket · open 24/7
1 Call
Send a photo of the lock.
Describe the property, the hardware and what has changed, and the visit starts from what you have seen.
(289) 813-6380 · open 24/7
2 Questions
Deciding what to replace
We look at the existing lock, the door thickness and the holes already drilled. Sometimes a new cylinder is enough; sometimes the whole lockset has earned its retirement.
3 On the way
In the van
Oakville to Castle Green, Charnwood, Holton Heights, Kent Gardens and Sunningdale.
- Pick and tension tools
- Strike plate and long hinge screws
- Replacement cylinder or deadbolt
- Plug follower and repinning kit
- Lock de-icer
4 Fixed
Checking fit and finish
Fitting the new hardware. The new lock goes in with the strike adjusted so the bolt throws fully. If the old holes need filling or enlarging, that is done neatly.
Checking fit and finish. We test the lock with the door open and closed, from both sides, check the key turns without effort and clean up the doorstep before leaving.
Same fees day, night or weekend · on-site assessment preferred
Halton, Ontario
Oakville information
- Town
- Oakville, Halton, Ontario
- In business
- 20 years
- Hours
- Open 24/7 · nights, weekends and holidays, same fees
- Phone
- (289) 813-6380
- Visits
- On-site assessment preferred. Request a visit or call.
What the census means at the door
27%
Newer homes. About 27% of homes in Oakville were built in 1980 or earlier, according to the 2021 Census.
Where most homes are recent, the doors themselves are sound and the work is mostly about keys and control: who holds them, whether contractor keys were retired, and whether one key can open everything. The visit is often more conversation than drilling.
59%
A mix of homes. Single-detached houses make up about 59% of homes in Oakville (2021 Census).
Neighbourhoods of houses beside townhouses and low-rise buildings have a range of door constructions: solid wood, steel, fibreglass and metal-clad. A locksmith who works in such an area is used to fitting hardware to all of them without new holes.
Ask us anything about locks
Can all my doors work on one key afterwards?
Usually, yes. Cylinders that share a keyway family accept the same blank, so they can be pinned to one combination during the rekey. The front door, back door, garage entry and a gate padlock of the same family become a single key. Where a door uses a different family, the locksmith can swap its cylinder for a compatible one in the same visit, or you can choose to keep two keys for that door.
Does rekeying weaken the lock?
No. On a conventional pin-tumbler cylinder, the housing, springs and top pins are untouched and only the bottom pins are exchanged for the same grade of part the lock left the factory with; a homeowner-rekeyable design is reset through its own procedure instead, and a high-security cylinder may also need its sidebar or finger-pin elements reset. If the locksmith notices worn parts, replacing them is offered as a separate step, leaving the lock stronger, not weaker.
The car key was on the same ring. Can you deal with that too?
Vehicle keys are a separate branch of locksmith work because most carry a chip the car's immobiliser recognises. Retiring a lost car key means programming the car to forget it and to accept a new one, which an automotive locksmith does at the vehicle. Mention the car when you book; where the company offers that service it can be scheduled, and otherwise the household rekey proceeds and you are pointed to the right help.
What about the glass panel next to my front door?
A sidelight within reach of the inside thumb-turn is the weak point of an otherwise strong door, since a broken pane lets a hand reach the turn. Options include moving the deadbolt further from the glass, a lock function that needs a key inside as well, or a laminated pane. Because everyone must still be able to leave easily, the locksmith talks through the trade-offs and helps you pick the arrangement that suits your household.
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Call about rekeying your new home.
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- Same fees day, night or weekend
- 20 years in business