ABOUT

A workshop with a bench, not a call centre with a van.

Torwick has been pinning cylinders out of the same unit on Ordsall Lane since 2009. Two engineers, two vans, one bench, and a filing cabinet full of charts for buildings we still look after.

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Cabinet locks and one key laid out on paper before fitting. — A morning's fitting laid out before it goes in the van.

The bench comes first

Most of what arrives here does not need a new lock. It needs new pins, a new spring, or a door that shuts on its keep instead of against it. Replacing a cylinder is the easy sale and it is usually the wrong one.

We publish the prices

Every job we do regularly has a number on the services page. If a job is not on that page we quote it before we start, in writing if you want it in writing.

We ask who you are

Proof of address before a door opens, and proof of ownership before a safe does. It is the least interesting part of the job and the only part that is not negotiable.

A bit key hanging on the boards of an old door. — A bit key off a Victorian rim lock. Still cut on the bench, still in service.

Standards, plainly

BS 3621: The British Standard most home insurers name for a final exit door. If your policy asks for it, we fit it and the invoice says which lock went where.
TS 007 three-star: Anti-snap cylinders. Either a three-star cylinder on its own, or a one-star cylinder behind two-star hardware. We fit the first, because the second depends on a handle nobody checks.
DBS checked: Both engineers, renewed every three years. Ask to see it on the doorstep; we would rather you did.
Restricted blanks: Keys for a suite we have charted cannot be copied at a kiosk. That is a feature of the blank, not a promise from us.

Registered in England. Company number 00000000. DBS-checked engineers. Insurance-approved locks fitted to BS 3621.