Rekeying keeps the lock you already own and changes which key opens it, which makes it the tidy answer to a lost key, a departed roommate or a staff change. Across Newmarket we rekey single doors, whole houses and small commercial buildings, and cut the new keys on the spot.
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Rekeying keeps the lock you already own and changes which key opens it, which makes it the tidy answer to a lost key, a departed roommate or a staff change. Across Newmarket we rekey single doors, whole houses and small commercial buildings, and cut the new keys on the spot.
After a break-in, households in Newmarket need the door secured tonight and the decisions made later. We come out, board or repair what is damaged, replace or rekey anything that might have been compromised, and leave you with a locked house. Conversations about strike plates and better cylinders wait until the shock has passed and you are ready to have them.
When a lock in Newmarket starts fighting the key, the cause is usually one of a few things: worn pins, a strike that has moved, a door that has dropped on its hinges or a key copied too many times. We find which one it is before suggesting anything, then address the cause. Often the lock you have is fine and simply needs to be set right.
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Choose a service to see how it works in Newmarket. Each page explains the situation it suits, what the locksmith looks at first, how the job is done, and how to look after the hardware afterwards. If your problem sits between two services, either page will get you to the right conversation.
Home Lockout ServiceIt is minus fifteen, the wind is coming across the driveway, and the key will only go halfway into the deadbolt.
Broken Key ExtractionIn the parking lot your car key snapped in the driver's door.
Vintage Mortise Lock ServiceThe interior bedroom doors on the second floor have the original mortise latches, and none of them close any more.
Smart Lock InstallationThere are four copies of the front-door key floating around: one with the cleaner, one with a neighbour, one on a hook at your parents' place, and one you honestly cannot account for.
Safe Opening & Combination ChangeThe bookkeeper who set the office safe's code retired in a hurry, and the float cash for tomorrow's registers is sitting behind a keypad nobody else in the building can operate.
Access Control InstallationYou just leased the empty unit next door and want the new tenant to open their own suite without a key to yours, to the loading dock, or to the electrical room down the hall.
Panic & Exit HardwareAfter the fit-out, the gym floor now holds more people than the old office space ever did, and the exit door at the back still has the same turn-lock it had when the room held desks.
Commercial-Grade Lock ReplacementAt closing time the hookbolt on the storefront door catches the keeper only on the second or third try, and one employee has started giving the door a shoulder to force it home.
Motorcycle & Scooter KeysTwo keys came with the scooter: one for the ignition and steering, an entirely different one for the seat and the storage compartment underneath it, so opening the seat means carrying twice the metal.
Lock RekeyingThree months of renovation are finally done.
Deadbolt InstallationYou bought a keypad deadbolt online and pulled the old one off, only to find the hole in the door is a different size and the bolt latch sits at a backset the new kit does not list.
Lock Replacement & UpgradeThe lever on the side door droops toward the floor and rattles in your hand.
Vintage Mortise Lock ServiceThe interior bedroom doors on the second floor have the original mortise latches, and none of them close any more.
Smart Lock InstallationThere are four copies of the front-door key floating around: one with the cleaner, one with a neighbour, one on a hook at your parents' place, and one you honestly cannot account for.
Gate & Building Entry LocksThe gate to the side yard used to close with a satisfying click.
Mailbox Lock ReplacementThe key still turns, but lately it spins a half-circle further than it used to before the little door lets go, and some mornings it takes a second try.York, Ontario
2021 Census
About 30% of homes in Newmarket were built in 1980 or earlier, according to the 2021 Census.
Builder-grade cylinders in newer homes are usually simple to pick and bump. Households who want their door to resist more than a casual try can move to a high-security cylinder that drops into the same hardware they already own.
Single-detached houses make up about 60% of homes in Newmarket (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.
High security
If a break-in nearby, a move, a lost key or a departed employee has made you look twice at your door, this is the group to read. We explain ratings, bumping, drilling and reinforcement without drama, and help you choose where to spend.
You have lost count of how many people have had a key to your house over the years: cleaners, a contractor, a former partner, the previous owner's family.
The lever on the side door droops toward the floor and rattles in your hand.
You bought a keypad deadbolt online and pulled the old one off, only to find the hole in the door is a different size and the bolt latch sits at a backset the new kit does not list.
The shop's aluminum door has a bent meeting stile and the hookbolt is jammed half out.
High security
The bookkeeper who set the office safe's code retired in a hurry, and the float cash for tomorrow's registers is sitting behind a keypad nobody else in the building can operate.
The till drawer has been holding two days of cash because the new shop never got a proper safe, and a locked drawer under the counter is the only thing standing between that cash and anyone who works late.
Sensible optionHome Lockout Service
WhyMost lockouts end with the original lock still on the door and still working.
Sensible optionBroken Key Extraction
WhyBroken key extraction is the removal of a snapped key piece from a lock so it can go back to work.
Sensible optionVintage Mortise Lock Service
WhyMost old mortise locks fail for boring reasons.
Sensible optionSmart Lock Installation
WhyFor a landlord, a host or anyone who shares a door with people who come and go, the appeal is control without key cutting.
Sensible optionSafe Opening & Combination Change
WhyOnce a safe is open, the visit is only half finished.
Sensible optionAccess Control Installation
WhyAccess control installation swaps a shared metal key for an electronic one: a card, a fob, a code, or a phone tap that a controller checks against a list the business manages.
Sensible optionPanic & Exit Hardware
WhyA pair of doors is its own small project, and not every pair needs the same approach.
Sensible optionCommercial-Grade Lock Replacement
WhyBusinesses often reach this service after something specific happens: a break-in, a departing employee holding a working key, a lease turnover, or an inspector's note about the rear exit.
Sensible optionMotorcycle & Scooter Keys
WhySometimes the machine is not the problem; the key is.
It is minus fifteen, the wind is coming across the driveway, and the key will only go halfway into the deadbolt. Yesterday's thaw left water in the keyway and overnight it froze solid. Forcing it only makes the metal flex.
Home Lockout ServiceYou were locking up on the way out when the key broke in the lock. Now the door is unlocked, a piece of key is jammed in the cylinder, and you were already running late for work.
Broken Key ExtractionThe key turns freely in the round cylinder on the door, all the way around and back, without the bolt shifting at all. The cylinder itself wobbles slightly when you press it, as if it has come loose inside the door.
Vintage Mortise Lock ServiceThe rental turns over every few months and each time you drive across town to swap keys, then wonder whether copies were made. A lock with codes you can set and erase from your phone would end that cycle.
Smart Lock InstallationThe pharmacy's drop safe has a keypad that finally lost power for good, and the little override key that was supposed to live behind the counter cannot be found anywhere.
Safe Opening & Combination ChangeThe keypad on the side door has started sticking on cold mornings, codes get shared instead of reset, and half the staff still remember a code you meant to retire two hires ago.
Access Control InstallationA padlock went on the stockroom's back door years ago for security and nobody has thought about it since, until the walkthrough this week pointed out that the same door is the room's only other way out.
Panic & Exit HardwareAt closing time the hookbolt on the storefront door catches the keeper only on the second or third try, and one employee has started giving the door a shoulder to force it home.
Commercial-Grade Lock ReplacementThe bike came home from its previous owner with a single worn key that starts the engine but does nothing for the seat latch or the fuel cap, both of which answer to keys nobody handed over.
Motorcycle & Scooter KeysIt starts the same way and adds one step. The broken blade is removed with extraction tools that grip it and draw it out, rather than pushing it deeper, and then the door is opened normally. A key rarely breaks in a healthy cylinder, so the locksmith checks the pins and springs afterwards and cleans or services the cylinder if wear caused it. A new key is cut from the two halves or from the code, since a weakened copy would snap again.
A daytime thaw sends meltwater into the keyway, and overnight it freezes with the plug held solid. The key goes in, meets resistance, and the natural reaction is to turn harder. Brass gives before ice does, especially at a deep cut that has thinned over years. Cold also stiffens old grease in the cylinder. De-icer, gentle warmth and a dry lubricant break the pattern.
Most often the square hole in the hub inside the case has rounded with age, or the spindle has worn, so the knob turns a good way before it grips. Loose knob set screws produce the same slack. Less often a latch spring has broken and the latch is simply sitting inside the door. All of these are corrected during service by replacing the spindle and screws, bushing or replacing the hub, or fitting a new spring.
Only if the model you choose uses one to reach the internet. Some locks have Wi-Fi built into the interior unit and connect straight to your router. Others save battery by using Bluetooth at the door and a small plug-in bridge nearby to relay to the network. Locks designed for a home hub join whatever hub you already run. The locksmith checks signal strength at the door itself and recommends the arrangement that keeps the lock reliably connected.
You choose the numbers yourself, within whatever range and spacing that lock's rules allow, rather than being handed a default sequence. On a mechanical lock the locksmith uses a manufacturer change key to reset the wheel pack to your chosen combination; on an electronic lock the new code is entered directly through the keypad or a connected programming tool. Either way it is tested several times, door open and then closed, before the visit is considered complete.
Yes. A system installed with some spare capacity in its controller and power supply can usually take another door or two by adding a reader and lock and wiring it back in. A door far from the existing wiring can instead run its own standalone unit. Either way, existing schedules and credentials do not need to be rebuilt from scratch.
No additional fastening should stay on an exit door that does not release the same way the primary device does. A hasp, padlock or separate deadbolt added at some point for extra security is a common finding on an older door, and removing or replacing it with something that releases under the same push is part of bringing that opening back to a single, reliable exit.
Yes. An interchangeable-core cylinder lets an authorized key holder pull the core and swap in a new one when a key needs retiring, without removing the whole lock from the door. Businesses with regular staff turnover often move to this system because it turns a rekey into a short in-house task rather than a full service call every time.
No. When every key for the machine is gone, the locksmith reads the lock directly, working out each wafer's depth by picking and reading the cylinder or using a decoder built for that keyway, and cuts a fresh key to the code that comes out of that reading. It takes longer than copying an existing key, since every wafer is read individually, but it produces a key that matches the lock rather than a guess.
After a break-in, households in Newmarket need the door secured tonight and the decisions made later. We come out, board or repair what is damaged, replace or rekey anything that might have been compromised, and leave you with a locked house. Conversations about strike plates and better cylinders wait until the shock has passed and you are ready to have them.