What commercial lock work can be done?
Keyed locks on offices, shops, clinics and small business units. Not electronic access systems.
- Rekey after staff leave
- Every cylinder the old key opens gets new pins, so that key is scrap by the next shift.
- Commercial grade locks
- Heavier deadbolts and lever handles built for doors that open all day.
- Storefront doors
- The cylinder in a glass and aluminium door is swapped or rekeyed without changing the door hardware.
- Inside doors
- Private offices, stock rooms and a cash room can each have a key of their own.
- Not done
- Fob and card systems, alarm keypads and access control panels. Your security provider handles those.
The same work is done for units in every part of North York.
How does a master key system work?
One key opens every door, while each staff key opens only its own. The owner or manager carries the master; staff carry keys for the doors they need.
For a small business it is simple: the front door, a back or loading door, an office and a stock room. List the doors and who needs each one before you call, and the price is worked out from that list. What else you are asked on the call
Keep master keys few, and keep a record of who holds them. When a master goes missing, every lock on the system has to be rekeyed, which is the expensive case.
Want keys that are harder to copy?
A "Do not duplicate" stamp on a key is a request, not a lock. If copies are the worry, ask about restricted keyways, where blanks are not sold at hardware stores. They cost more than a standard rekey.
When should a business rekey its locks?
Whenever a key is out of your hands and you cannot get it back.
- A manager or staff member leaves without returning a key.
- A cleaning company or contractor is replaced.
- A key goes missing and nobody knows where.
- You take over a unit the last tenant had keys to.
- After a break-in, or an attempted one.
Can the work be done outside business hours?
Yes, any day between 7am and 10:30pm. Most shops take the first slot of the morning or an evening slot after close, so the door is never half apart while customers come in.
If your unit is in a plaza or an office building, read the lease first. Commercial leases often say who controls the unit door lock, and the landlord may want a key. The technician can cut one on the visit.
What do shop and office managers ask?
Can you rekey our office the day a staff member leaves?
Most days, yes. Call early, or book an evening slot after you close.
Can you set up a master key system?
Yes, for small businesses with a handful of doors. Have the list of doors, and who needs each one, ready when you call.
Do you program fobs, access cards or keypads?
No. The work is keyed locks and cylinders. Electronic access is set up by an access control or security company.
Who can authorize a commercial lock change?
The business owner or manager, with photo ID and the lease or a business document for the address.
Staff key not handed back?
Tell us how many doors and when you want the work done. The price is agreed on the phone before a technician is booked.
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