Break in Repair – Emergency Locksmith – Greater London

Our phone rang a few times yesterday morning around 6 AM. Upon answering, we learned that the client was distressed because of a break-in in his home the previous night, while he was away. He needed to be at work at 8 AM and he requested our help to fix his door as soon as possible while helping increase his home security. Our locksmith technicians immediately drove to the client’s home to help with the situation.

We found one of the worst break-in situations on arriving at the destination, with both the door and locks broken. We managed to fix both in time for the client to make it to work on time while providing him with improved security measures for his door. We stayed in touch with the client to help him further increase his home’s security with the help of the installation of additional home lock systems.

Ultimately, our work left the client satisfied while providing him with sufficient long-lasting security for the home to prevent future break-ins.

Mission: Break-in during the previous night required immediate repairs and replacements
Emergency: Unlock an annex with an old lock that was broken and needed a replacement
Lock: Usual lock exchange
Location: Kilburn, NW6, Greater London
Phone Call date & time: Tuesday, Februrary 6, 2018, 06:03 AM
Arrival time: 06:28 PM (~25 minutes)
Work time: ~35 minutes

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Corporate security door’s lock replacement with a new one

We’ve received a call Sunday, the 17th of December, to replace the old lock installed on a corporate security iron door. We took some pictures so you can see how the old lock that was damaged appears, as well as how the doors looked following the installation of the new locking systems.

Mission: Security door’s old lock replacement
Emergency: Damaged lock required replacement as soon as possible
Lock: Standard lock
Location: North of London
Phone Call date & time: Sunday, 17th of December, 2017, 08:03 AM
Arrival time: 08:20 AM (~20 minutes)
Work time: Approx. 20 minutes

Lock Changed at Robert Dyas Store on 61 The Broadway, Wimbledon

We were called on the 28th of November,  2017, from the Robert Dyas Store located on 61 The Broadway, Wimbledon, in South West of London, SW19, to come and install a new lock after another locksmith failed to complete the job to their satisfaction.

We found the door without a sufficient locking system, as depicted in the first image on the left. Within 15 minutes of our professional locksmith services, we successfully completed the job and gained a new repeat customer for future help with store security.

Mission: Install a new lock
Emergency: Store lock was broken and required immediate replacement
Lock: Check the pictures below
Location: 61 The Broadway, Wimbledon, London SW19
Phone Call date & time: Tuesday, November 28, 2017, 03:21 PM
Arrival time: 03:43 PM (~20 minutes)
Work time: Approx. 15 minutes

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Opening a padlock in London turned into … More

We received a call from a new customer who heard about us for the first time by performing a Google search for our services. He asked us to help him by opening an old rusty padlock, but upon our arrival at the customer’s location, we discovered that his home was suffering from insufficient security with an old garage door and access gate. You can view both items in the images below.

To perform the initial unlocking service and improve the home’s security measures, we sent two technicians who could help him complete the entire job. We received the call from Acton, one of London’s districts we have the most calls alongside Chiswick. Our locksmiths arrived at the location within 22 minutes and made an inventory of all the items needed to finish the task. They then placed an order and returned the next day to complete the carpentry work and finally, Friday, we helped the customer by installing the new door and locking systems.

Mission: Unlock the padlock of an old garage
Emergency: Unlock an annex with an old broken lock that required replacing
Lock: Usual old lock exchange
Location: Acton, West 3, London, United Kingdom
Phone Call date & time: Wednesday, November 15, 2017, 10:30 AM
Arrival time: 10:52 PM (~20 minutes)
Work time: Initial unlock took approx. 10 minutes, which turned into 3 days of complete door and lock replacement with the help of 2 technicians (more time waiting was required for materials for doors to arrive)

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Lock Exchange and Repair Old Door in Chiswick W4, London, UK

This morning we we’re contacted by a woman from Chiswick that knew about us from one of her neighbors, where we did a great job as he said, few weeks ago. She told us that she need to secure it’s garden annex, because its lock was broken last night. We should solve this issue as soon as possible, because she should go to the work in one hour and a half.

Old doors and their lock are always a challenge for inexperienced locksmiths because their wood is deprecated and can face many problems when you want to place a new lock on it. Our never step back from challenges, so we replaced hundreds of locks, installed new strong lock on old doors to increase the safety of our clients annex, home, garage and the other doors.

Wasn’t a simple intervention, but we successful replace the old lock, with a new one and repaired the door to be stronger for the next burglars who will try to brake it. Overall this old door now looks like a stronger one even if it isn’t a door with high security level, but it will let the impression of hard to get for usual burglars and will protect all the garden tools of our happy client from Chiswick W4.

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Mission: Open an annex and replace the old lock with a new one, to increase the security of garden tools
Emergency: Unlock an annex which old lock was broken and need to be replaced
Lock: Usual old lock exchange
Location: Chiswick, West 4, London, United Kingdom
Phone Call date & time: Friday, November 10, 2017, 07:30 AM
Arrival time: 07:40 PM (~10 minutes)
Work time: 35 minutes due to the old door wood rotten

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Unlock Safe-Deposit Box, Earls Court, SW5, London, UK

Yesterday, Thursday evening we we’re contacted by a gentleman that asked us to help him with opening his safe.

Opening a safe-deposit box it’s not easy at all due to the high level of safety for which were build the safes. We need to take with us from our deposit a lot of professional tools that could help us to face any challenges  that will face us at the client’s location. Thanks to our experience in locksmith field, we can open any locks, padlocks and even safes. We opened during the years dozens of safe-deposit box so we knew how to approach the situation, to finish the job ASAP.

Arrival time was around 15 minutes from our center to the SW5, Earls Court district of London, just as though we can arrive in any area of Greater London districts thanks to our mobile teams which are despatched 24/7 through London.

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Mission: Open a safe-deposit box that was blocked by entering the wrong password to many times
Emergency: Open/unlock a safe as soon as possible
Lock: Unlock Safe-Deposit Box lock (check the pictures below)
Location: Earls Court, South West 5, London, United Kingdom
Phone Call date & time: Thursday, November 03, 2017, 10:45 PM
Arrival time: 11:05 PM (~20 minutes)
Work time: 10 minutes

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If you’re looking for a locksmith that can easily open your safe, don’t hessitate to contact us:0203 002 8245

Smart Lock Installed in Croydon, London, UK

This weekend, we received a phone call with a less demanding requirement, as not many people are willing to invest in smart locks in 2017.
Thanks to our professional locksmiths experience with smart locks during a long time, it was technically easy to do, even if the customer wanted to open/lock his door through the phone, which is one of the many features of this lock. We contacted in no time our locksmiths in South Croydon, CR2 and they arrived in 27 minutes (time for preparing tools, lock and driving to the location), while, the estimated time for this arrival was 30 minutes. Work time was 1h and all the details listed below.

Mission: Upgrade the old lock, to a new smart lock
Features: Open/Lock the door through Smartphone
Lock: Nuki Smart Lock (check the pictures below)
Location: Croydon, London, United Kingdom
Phone Call date & time: Sunday, September 17, 2017, 08:00 PM
Arrival time: 08:27 PM
Work time: 1h

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A new mission completed and another happy customer!

Mission: Adding a new Deadlock Mortice Lock for Extra Security

During the night of December 13, 2016, our company’s office phone starts ringing. A colleague quickly pick up the phone. The story was to find out is a worrisome news for some people, but in our Locksmiths business it’s a normal event.

Because of poor security of an interior door, behind which were large sum of moneys and vauables, for this family from Catford, SE 6, St. Nicholas came with burglars who have stolen everything that could be exploited.

How can we help in this kind of situation, as professional locksmith team? After a brief analysis of the doors and house’s safety, we decided, in agreement with the customer, to secure that important door with another lock. The model chosen is Deadlock Mortice Lock because they offer increased security.

In less than 15 minutes our team was at the doorstep, ready to secure that room. After another 40 minutes, the mission was accomplished and our clients family finally happy and safe.

Keep in mind: Quality locks + The hand of a professional locksmith = More time for burglars to break them, time which none of them has.

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Hard Work: Door Lock change, Before and After Pictures

A morning like any other in our office in London. Monday, October 17, 2016, ready for a new day of work. A phone call received during the first part of the morning prepare our team of locksmiths for a new emergency. The mission was not an easy one, we had to install a professional lock in a damaged door. Equipped with all the tools that we needed for such an operation, we get in the car and moved like a whirlwind at that address.

We arrived there in less than 20 minutes, although traffic was not on our side, we met with the client, and she showed us the door that needs our help, the professional help of go.londonlocksmith24h.co.uk’ locksmiths.
The initial situation of the door can be seen in the pictures, as well as the end result of our intervention.

Before:

After:

A very hard and well done job made by our professional locksmiths.

A new mission completed and another happy customer!