YARRAVILLE · OPEN 24 HOURS
Lost keys and replacement keys in Yarraville
Old rim and mortice locks often have no blank on any shelf in Melbourne. We decode the lock and cut a key that fits, instead of telling you the fitting has to go.
What this looks like on the day
Yarraville is weatherboard cottages and Edwardian homes on tight streets around the village. Narrow-stile front doors, original rim locks and heritage-appropriate hardware come up constantly, and owners here generally want the old fittings kept rather than swapped out.
- Rim and mortice locks decoded and cut
- Blanks carried for hardware nobody stocks
- Two working keys before we leave
What happens when you call
A time that allows for the streets
Parking in the village is what makes a Yarraville job longer, and we factor it in rather than quoting a time we cannot keep.
Quoted once, and it holds
You hear the price on the phone and again at the door. It does not move once the job is underway.
A light hand on old hardware
Picks before anything else. Original locks and finishes come out of the job the way they went in.
The person you rang
Whoever answers is who turns up, which is the point of using someone local.
Other things we do in Yarraville
House lockouts
Narrow-stile front doors on the cottages around the village, a lot of them still on their original rim lock. They open on picks, and the lock keeps working afterwards.
Locked out of the house →
Car lockouts
Parked tight in a Yarraville side street with the keys inside. We open it where it is, which matters when there is nowhere to move it to.
Locked out of the car →
Lost keys
Old rim and mortice locks often have no blank on any shelf in Melbourne. We decode the lock and cut a key that fits, instead of telling you the fitting has to go.
Lost keys and replacement keys →
Rekeying
Rekeying is the right answer on a period house. It changes what the key turns and leaves the original brass, the patina and the door exactly as they are.
Rekeying and lock changes →
Break-in repairs
Weatherboard jambs are soft and give before the lock does. We make the door lock again tonight and reinforce the timber so the same push does not work again.
Break-in repairs →
Security upgrades
An original rim lock is part of what the house is worth and stops almost nobody. A deadbolt fitted behind it keeps the look and adds the security.
Deadlocks and security upgrades →Where we are
141 Stephen St
Yarraville VIC 3013
Open 24 hours, 7 days
We cover Seddon, Footscray, Kingsville, Spotswood and Newport as well.