Services
Locksmith Services in Southampton
Over 10 years of experience serving residential and commercial customers throughout Southampton and all the SO postcodes. Every job below is work I do personally, with no call out fee and an 18 month parts warranty.
Locked out
Locked out, lost your keys, or shut the door with them on the wrong side of it. I always use non-destructive entry methods first at your property. Specialised picking tools are paramount to how I work: the door opens, the lock survives, and there is no carpentry bill afterwards.
If a lock does have to be replaced to get you in, I carry stock on the van and you are secured before I leave, with new keys cut and tested on site.
Moving home
Police, insurance companies and I recommend changing your locks when you move into a new home, for a simple reason: you never know who still has a set of keys. Builders, previous owners, old tenants, their friends.
I replace or rekey the locks, upgrade you to British Standard insurance approved cylinders at the same time, and supply five keys with every new anti-snap cylinder.
Smart locks
Ultion Nuki smart locks hold British Standard and Kitemark accreditation and can be fitted with a wireless keypad including fingerprint recognition. Smart, simple and secure, and your phone becomes the spare key.
I also fit key safes, including police approved models and Bluetooth safes with temporary codes, ideal for holiday lets and carers.
Door jammed or will not lock
uPVC door mechanisms fail with time and weather. One day you need to lift the handle with a shoulder against the door, the next it will not lock at all. I attend, open the door if it is stuck, remove the failed gearbox or full multipoint mechanism, and replace it with new.
I also realign doors, replace worn handles and sort stiff or seized window locks. The photo below is what a failed gearbox looks like next to its replacement: if your handle is getting heavy, that is where it is heading.
24 hour emergency locksmith
My emergency service can be with you in 20 minutes across the SO postcodes, for residential and commercial callouts, all year round. Christmas morning and bank holiday midnight included.
There is no call out fee and no night-rate ambush. You get a price on the phone before I set off.
British Standard locks
British Standard BS3621 locks are the ones your home insurance policy expects on front, side and rear doors. Many policies will not pay out after a burglary if the locks were sub-standard and there is no sign of forced entry.
I carry BS3621 mortice locks and night latches on the van and can survey your whole property free of charge, so you know exactly where you stand.
The full catalogue
Everything on the van
Lock replacement
Any lock, any door, replaced and guaranteed for 18 months.
Lock upgrades
From builder-grade cylinders to 3 star British Standard systems.
Key cutting on site
Cut and tested at your property from the van.
Gaining entry
Non-destructive methods first, every time.
High security locks
Ultion, APECS AP and other Sold Secure rated hardware.
Insurance approved locks
BS3621 locks that keep your policy valid.
Broken key extraction
Around 90% of snapped keys come out without replacing the lock.
Anti-snap locks fitted as standard
Standard on every cylinder change I do.
Window lock repairs
uPVC and timber window locks repaired or replaced.
Door alignment
Doors that drop, stick or need a shoulder, reset properly.
Digital and smart locks
Ultion Nuki smart locks, keypads and key safes.
Mortice locks
Serviced, repaired or replaced, including heritage locks.
Ultion high security locks
Backed by the Ultion £2,000 guarantee.
Euro cylinder locks
All profiles including oval, thumb-turn and keyed-alike.
British Standard locks
The standard police and insurers recommend.
uPVC door and window repairs
Gearboxes, multipoints, handles and hinges.
The range of locks
I fit hardware I would put on my own door
Brisant Secure are a main player in the lock industry. I stock, supply and install their premium products because they offer a £2,000 payback guarantee should a burglar snap their way in through an Ultion lock.
Ultion 3 star and 3 star plus
The Ultion 3 is my main seller, with the 1 star and 3 star plus alongside it. TS007 3 star rated, Sold Secure Diamond, and backed by the £2,000 guarantee.
10 year warranty cylinders
BSI 3 star Kitemarked, Sold Secure Diamond, supplied with 5 keys and a 10 year warranty, with a guarantee of up to £2,500 against loss through lock snapping.
Smart locks done properly
British Standard and Kitemark accredited smart entry with fingerprint keypad options. The Nuki conversion is a job for a locksmith, and it is one I do often.
Not sure what is in your door?
If the cylinder sticks out past the handle or has no star rating stamped on the face, it is probably the weak point of your home. A free security survey takes twenty minutes and you get an honest written price, not a hard sell.
Do not hesitate to ask
If your lock problem is not listed, call anyway. After more than a decade there is not much I have not opened, repaired or replaced.
07591 021444