Plan ahead High security · Ajax
High Security Locks
The restricted keys you bought years ago are no longer restricted; the locksmith mentioned the patent has run out and blanks are sold openly. Your key control quietly stopped being control.
Call now · open 24/7(289) 275-3289In plain words
Most break-ins do not involve picking; they involve a boot, a pry bar or a key that should never have been copied. High security hardware answers all three. A deadbolt with a full one-inch throw and a hardened core resists sawing and kicking, a reinforced strike with three-inch screws keeps the jamb whole, and a patented keyway means a copy can only be made through the locksmith who holds your system. The pick, bump and drill resistance of the cylinder is the layer on top. The locksmith's job is to fit those layers to your particular door and your particular worries.
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.
High Security Locks · Ajax
How the visit goes
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Reading the cylinder you have now
The existing cylinder tells the locksmith a great deal. A standard pin tumbler with an open keyway can be picked, bumped and duplicated by anyone with the blank. Worn pins let a key that is not quite right jiggle it open. A cylinder that spins loosely in its housing or shows a scratched face has been attacked or simply worn out. The locksmith identifies the format, whether key-in-knob, rim, mortise or interchangeable core, because that determines which high-security cylinders will drop into your present hardware and which will need a new lock body altogether.
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Fitting a heavier deadbolt
When the existing deadbolt is light or worn, the locksmith fits a graded deadbolt through the same bore where possible. The bolt throws a full inch and carries a hardened steel pin that turns under a saw blade, and the housing keeps part of the bolt supported against a kick. The latch is set in the edge bore with the correct backset, the exterior housing and interior thumb-turn are joined through the door with the long screws, and the final tightening is done by hand so nothing strips. The bolt is then thrown with the door open and closed to confirm it extends completely.
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Watching the patent calendar
Patented keyways protect you for as long as the patent lasts. When it expires, blanks may be sold openly and the copy-control layer weakens, though the mechanical resistance of the cylinder stays. The locksmith notes the patent term of your system at handover so the date is not a surprise. Many years before it arrives, the same hardware can usually be moved to a newer patented keyway by changing cylinders and keys while the lock bodies stay. Treat it like a roof: nothing needs doing for a long while, but the date is written down.
In the van
- Wrap-around door reinforcer
- Pinning kit and plug follower
- Key control authorisation card
- Graded deadbolt with hardened bolt
- Box strike
What affects the quote
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Documentation and registration
Setting up the key register, recording signatories and providing a written schedule of cylinders and keys is real work on a business system and is listed rather than hidden.
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Strike and frame reinforcement
A reinforced strike with long screws is modest work on a healthy frame. Deepening the pocket, filling split wood, fitting a jamb plate or a wrap-around reinforcer adds materials and time.
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Master keying
Arranging staff keys, area keys and a manager key on one system takes bench time to plan and pin, and the more levels you want, the more careful that planning is.
Same fees day, night or weekend.
High Security Locks: questions
Should I upgrade the front door only, or every door?
Start with the doors that matter and the ones that are weakest, which are often not the same. Front doors usually carry the sturdiest hardware already; the side door by the driveway, the door from the garage and the basement walkout often carry the lightest locks and get the least attention. The assessment walks the whole perimeter with you so the upgrade goes where entry is most likely, and the remaining doors can join the same key later.
What is bumping, and does this stop it?
Bumping uses a specially cut key that is struck while under light turning pressure, bouncing the pins to the shear line for an instant so an ordinary cylinder opens. It works on many standard pin tumblers. A high security cylinder needs its sidebar released by separately positioned finger or rotating pins at the same moment, and a bump key cannot set those, so the plug stays locked. It is one of the clearest advantages of the upgrade.
Will the new cylinder fit my existing locks?
Usually. High security cylinders are made in the common formats: key-in-knob and lever, rim, mortise and interchangeable core, and many are designed to drop into popular residential and commercial locks. The locksmith identifies your format and confirms fit before ordering. Where a lock is an odd size or in poor shape, a matching lock body is fitted instead, and the door preparation is reused wherever it is standard.
High Security Locks
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Durham, Ontario
Ajax information
- Town
- Ajax, Durham, Ontario
- In business
- 29 years
- Hours
- Open 24/7 · nights, weekends and holidays, same fees
- Phone
- (289) 275-3289
- Visits
- On-site assessment preferred. Request a visit or call.
What the census means at the door
23%
Newer homes. About 23% of homes in Ajax were built in 1980 or earlier, according to the 2021 Census.
New homes frequently come with strikes held by short screws into soft framing. Replacing them with longer screws that reach the stud is inexpensive work that adds real strength, and it is one of the first things a locksmith checks in a newer area.
65%
Mostly houses. Single-detached houses make up about 65% of homes in Ajax (2021 Census).
Families in houses hand keys to children, cleaners, dog walkers and neighbours. A locksmith can set up a keypad on the side door for the household and keep the front door on a conventional key, so access matches how the family actually comes and goes.
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The restricted keys you bought years ago are no longer restricted; the locksmith mentioned the patent has run out and blanks are sold openly.
Call now · open 24/7(289) 275-3289- On-site assessment preferred
- Same fees day, night or weekend
- 29 years in business