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 Tay we rekey single doors, whole houses and small commercial buildings, and cut the new keys on the spot. This page also covers Vasey.
Locksmith services
Residents and business owners in Tay can use this list to find the service that fits, then read what it involves before anyone comes out. Emergency openings are here. So are rekeys, lock changes, deadbolt and high-security upgrades, commercial door hardware, master keys, safes and key cutting.
Tay
Seized & Jammed Lock OpeningIt is the coldest morning of the winter and the key goes halfway into the side door and stops.
Lock RekeyingThree months of renovation are finally done.
Gate & Building Entry LocksSomeone pried at the gate latch overnight, and now the strike plate hangs by one screw and the cylinder spins loose in its…
Safe Opening & Combination ChangeDecades of daily use have left the law firm's old dial safe drifting: the numbers line up close to where they should, never quite…
Safe Installation & ServicingA homeowner inherited a heavy old dial safe from a parent's house, moved it into the new place, and has no idea whether the…
Commercial-Grade Lock ReplacementThe key to the office entrance turns with almost no resistance now, and some mornings the deadbolt does not fully retract until…
Spare Car Key DuplicationA lockout last month ended with a locksmith opening the door and going home, and the same single key has been carried ever since…
Key Fob ProgrammingA cracked case or a spin through the wash left the fob unresponsive, and opening it up reveals a slightly corroded board where…
Vehicle Lock RepairThe car came with a second key that grinds and catches in the rear door, unlike the smooth key you use every day on the front two.High security
Interchangeable-core high security cylinders let a business change a lock in moments by swapping the core with a control key, so a lost key means a core swap rather than a locksmith visit for every door. The page explains where that suits and where it does not.
Commercial
A safe is only useful if you can open it and no one else can. Safe opening, combination changes, relocking after a lost code and installation of new units are commercial services here, whether the safe holds cash, documents or medication.
Tay
We keep doors in Tay working through their whole life. Fit it, tune it, rekey it when people change, upgrade it when the household wants more. Because the same company does each stage, the second visit never starts from scratch: we already know the door, the frame and the finish, and we pick up where the last visit left off.
— Coldwater Locksmith Pros
Hours
Simcoe, Ontario
2021 census · what it means at the door
53%Older homes
About 53% of homes in Tay were built in 1980 or earlier, according to the 2021 Census.
Decades of seasons move a frame, and an older house often has a front door that locks easily in summer and fights in winter. Setting the strike with the seasons in mind, and choosing a lubricant that stays fluid in the cold, keeps it working year round.
92%Mostly houses
Single-detached houses make up about 92% of homes in Tay (2021 Census).
Detached houses collect hardware from every renovation. A locksmith visiting one often finds three keyways, two finishes and one door that never latched right. Sorting all of that into a consistent, working set is a satisfying afternoon's work.
Tay
Seized & Jammed Lock Opening
You are inside, the deadbolt is thrown, and the thumb-turn will not budge. It moved a little last week with some effort. Now the door you walk through every day is a wall, and you need it open.
Seized & Jammed Lock OpeningBetter not, unless it is a proper dry lock lubricant. Household oils, general penetrating sprays and hinge silicone thicken inside the cylinder and attract grit, so they buy a day and cost a service later. If the lock is frozen, a lock de-icer is fine; boiling water is not, since it refreezes deeper in. The most useful thing to do while waiting is to stop turning the key, so it does not bend or snap.
Yes, with your landlord's agreement, which is what the tenancy rules here expect before a tenant changes a lock. Most landlords are glad to consent when a key has gone missing or a former roommate has moved out, and the locksmith will want to hear that the landlord knows and will be holding one of the new keys. The rekey itself runs the same as for an owner, and a short note listing the doors done is handy to pass to the landlord.
The locksmith first watches the gate or door move and checks the hardware fitted to it, then works out whether the issue sits in the lock, the closer, the hinges or the alignment of the frame itself. Whatever combination is found, the relevant piece is adjusted, rekeyed or replaced, and the whole assembly is cycled repeatedly afterward to confirm it closes, latches and locks the same way every time. Any keys involved are cut and tested before the visit is considered complete.
Many electronic locks support more than one user code, so a manager and one or more backup employees can each be set up separately during the same visit rather than sharing a single combination. A mechanical dial only holds one combination at a time, so multiple access there means agreeing who holds it and how that changes when staff do.
They come from two different kinds of tests, and burglary ratings are not all one kind either. Some are timed in minutes, measuring how long a trained attempt with real tools takes to force the door open; others are construction classifications based on steel thickness rather than a timed attack. A fire rating is measured in hours, from a furnace test tracking how hot the interior gets while the outside reaches roughly 850 to 1,000 degrees Celsius. A high number on one says nothing about the other.
On-site assessment preferred
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