High security · Brantford
High Security Locks in Brantford
You jiggle the key a little and the old deadbolt opens even when the cut does not look quite right.
In plain words
This service suits anyone who wants to stop wondering. Homeowners who have inherited unknown keys with a house, landlords who want one controlled key system across units, and businesses protecting stock, records or medication all ask for it. The locksmith explains the choices in plain terms, from a graded deadbolt with a patented cylinder up to laboratory-rated cylinders and heavy commercial lock bodies, and helps you decide which doors deserve which level. Then the work is done cleanly, every key is tested in every lock, and you leave with the documents that let you control future keys.
How the visit goesThe pharmacy stockroom, the server closet or the cash office is protected by the same ordinary cylinder as the staff washroom. One lost key on a lanyard would open all of them.
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How the visit goes
The bolt, the pocket and the strike
A deadbolt is only as good as how far it reaches and what it reaches into. The locksmith measures the throw of the bolt with the door closed, checks that it fully extends without the door being lifted or pushed, and looks at the pocket it enters in the jamb. A shallow pocket, a stamped strike plate and screws barely longer than a thumbnail are the usual finding on a builder-grade door. Then the frame is examined for splits, soft wood and gaps behind the jamb, since a kick lands on the strike, not on the cylinder.
Upgrading the cylinder in place
Where the existing lock body is sound, the locksmith removes the ordinary cylinder and fits a high-security one of the same format, so your deadbolt or lever stays and only the working heart changes. The new cylinder brings a sidebar released by finger or rotating pins, hardened steel inserts in the path of a drill, and a keyway that accepts only the controlled blank. Keys are cut from code on a machine that handles the side bitting. The tailpiece or cam is matched so the bolt throws fully, then the cylinder is fixed with its set screw and tested with every key.
A key plan that survives staff changes
For a business, the handover includes a key schedule showing every cylinder, every key number and who holds it. When someone leaves, their key comes back and is struck off; if it does not come back, you know exactly which doors it opened and can decide whether one cylinder or several should be repinned. Because the keyway is restricted, a departed employee cannot quietly keep a copy. New hires are issued a numbered key against a signature. The plan lives in a folder or spreadsheet, and the locksmith keeps a matching record so the two can be reconciled whenever you like.
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In the van
Three-inch strike and hinge screws
Wrap-around door reinforcer
Hardened cylinder guard ring
Graded deadbolt with hardened bolt
High-security cylinder
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What affects the quote
Cylinder only or full deadbolt
Swapping the cylinder inside a sound deadbolt is a smaller job than fitting a new graded deadbolt through the door, and a knob-only door that needs a fresh bore is bigger again.
Key control level
A patented keyway with authorisation cards covers most homes. Geographically exclusive keyways and signature-controlled systems for businesses carry registration and administration that show in the quote.
Commercial lock bodies
Heavy-duty deadbolts, mortise locks, narrow-stile deadlocks and cylinder guards for storefront and warehouse doors are heavier hardware than residential deadbolts and priced as such.
What to have ready
- How many exterior doors do you want included?
- Which locks are on the door now: knob only, knob and deadbolt, a mortise lock or a lever?
- Has the door ever been forced, or has a key been lost or not returned?
High Security Locks: questions
QuestionsIs a high security cylinder really pick proof?
Nothing is beyond a laboratory with unlimited time, so the honest measure is minutes, not absolutes. Rated cylinders are tested to resist skilled picking and impressioning for a set period, and drilling and forcing for another. In the real world that matters because someone at a door has seconds, not a workbench. The sidebar and false grooves in the pins give a picker nothing reliable to feel, and the hardened inserts stop a bit, which is why these attacks move on to easier doors.
How long does the installation take?
A cylinder swap with new keys on one door is a short visit. A new deadbolt, reinforced strike and frame repair takes longer, and several doors keyed to a plan take longer again, mostly in bench time pinning cylinders. The locksmith gives you a realistic estimate once the doors have been looked at, because the frame condition and the door preparation matter more than the count of locks alone.
How do I order extra keys later?
An authorised person contacts the locksmith who holds your system, quotes the system reference, and the key is cut from code and numbered into the register. Some systems use a physical authorisation card, others an online validation, and business systems often require a signature that matches one on file. The key is collected or delivered, and the record shows the new total. It is deliberately not something a stranger with your key can do.
