Emergency lockout
from £79
Locked out, key lost or snapped in the lock. A person answers, you get one fixed price, and an engineer is usually with you in 25 to 40 minutes.
20–45 minutes on site
Lock change
£95
One three-star cylinder, supplied and fitted. Further doors keyed alike £70 each.
New keys after a move, a lost set or a falling-out. Three-star anti-snap cylinders fitted flush, keyed alike across every door if you want one key.
- Time on site
- 20–30 minutes per door
- Guarantee
- 12 months
What is included
- Three-star anti-snap, anti-pick, anti-bump euro cylinder
- Measured so it sits within 3 mm of the handle plate
- Three keys, with a security card for copies
- Keyed alike across doors on the same visit
- 12-month guarantee on the lock and the fitting
A lock change is the quickest security job we do and the one people put off longest. If you have moved in, lost a set of keys or had a tenant leave, it is the job to do first.
What we fit
On uPVC and composite doors, a three-star cylinder: it resists snapping, picking and bumping, and it is sized to your door so it does not stand proud of the handle. A cylinder that sticks out by a few millimetres is the one that gets snapped, however good it is.
On timber doors we change the mortice lock and the nightlatch, or rekey them where the cases are sound. We measure first and say before we start if anything needs more than a swap.
One key for the house
If you have three doors and three keys, we can key them all alike on the same visit for £70 per extra cylinder. Most customers say that was the real reason to do it.
“New tenants, three doors, one key. Cylinders swapped in under an hour and the invoice matched the quote to the pound.”
Questions about lock change
Can you match my new lock to my existing key?
Often, if the existing cylinder is a common profile. Otherwise we key all the doors to one new key on the same visit, which is usually the better answer anyway.
Is a lock change worth it after moving house?
Yes. You do not know how many keys the last owners handed out. It is twenty minutes a door.
How many keys do I get?
Three with every new cylinder, plus a card with the key number so copies can only be cut on proof of ownership. Extra keys are £6 each on the van.
Can you change the locks while I am at work?
Yes, if someone can let us in and lock up after. Many landlords book a morning slot and collect the new keys from our workshop the same afternoon.
Other jobs we do
Break-in repair
from £145
After a burglary or an attempt, we make the door secure the same night, board a broken panel and send dated photos for your insurer.
45–90 minutes on site
uPVC door and mechanism repair
from £120
The handle will not lift, the key will not turn, or the door only locks if you lean on it. We find out why and fix the mechanism without replacing the door.
45–75 minutes on site