Commercial · Greater Manchester · 24/7
Your locks are a staffing problem, not a hardware problem.
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Tell us what's happened. We ring you straight back with a fixed price.
- Invoiced accounts
- Out of hours, no extra
- 24/7
- £1m public liability
- DBS checked
Ask a business owner about their locks and they describe hardware. Ask them what actually goes wrong and they describe people: someone left and kept a key, someone props the fire door, someone lost the shutter key, nobody knows who has what. The hardware is fine. The system around it is not.
The question that decides everything
How often do you rekey a door because of a person rather than a fault?
| Answer | What you need | Cost |
|---|---|---|
| Almost never. Same three people for years. | Keys. Master key system | £45-140/door |
| Once or twice a year | Restricted key system. Copies need our authority. | £85-140/door |
| More than twice a year | Access control. Deleting a fob is free. | £280-600/door |
That is the whole consultation. Rekeying a door costs £45-75 every time somebody leaves. Deleting a fob costs nothing and takes ten seconds. Work out which line you are on and the answer picks itself.
The compliance half
Homes do not have this. You do, and it is the part that gets missed until an inspection.
Fire exits
EN 1125 where the public go, EN 179 for staff. Chained fire doors are an offence, and we will take the chain off for free.
Door closers
A fire door that does not close is a hole in your fire strategy.
Free exit
Nobody needs a fob, a code or a thought to get out. Any access control we fit is fail-safe on an escape route.
Insurance
Commercial policies often specify shutter locks and closed shackle padlocks. Most people never read that clause.
What we do for businesses
- Office lockout
- Master key systems
- Access control
- Panic bars
- Door closers
- Roller shutter locks
- Shop security
- Warehouse and units
- Commercial door repair
- Mailbox locks
- Safe opening
- Eviction attendance
How we work with businesses
- Invoiced, not cash on the day
- Evenings and weekends at the same price
- Scheduled around trading, not through it
- Key charts and asset lists you can actually use
- Fixed quote before any work
Out of hours costing the same matters more than it sounds. It means we can do your shutter, your closers or your master key rollout on a Sunday morning, and it costs you what a Tuesday costs. Most disruption to a business is avoidable and nobody offers to avoid it.
Questions people actually ask
Should my business use keys or fobs?
Count how often you rekey a door because a person left rather than because something broke. Almost never, with the same few staff for years? Keys, on a master key system, £45 to £140 per door. Once or twice a year? A restricted key system, where copies can only be cut by us against your authorised list, £85 to £140 per door. More than twice a year? Access control, because rekeying costs £45 to £75 every single time and deleting a fob costs nothing and takes ten seconds. That is genuinely the whole decision.
A member of staff left and kept a key. What now?
Rekey whatever that key opened, and if you cannot answer the question what did it open, that is the real problem rather than the key. On a properly designed master key system you rekey one cylinder for £45 to £75 and everything else is untouched, because you have a key chart telling you exactly which doors that key reached. Without one, you are rekeying the building on guesswork. If this is happening more than twice a year, fobs will cost less than the rekeys within about two years.
Do you work out of hours so we don't have to close?
Yes, and at the same price, which is the part most people do not expect. There is no out-of-hours rate and no weekend surcharge, so we can do a shutter, a set of closers or a master key rollout on a Sunday morning for what a Tuesday afternoon costs. Most disruption to a business is avoidable and almost nobody offers to avoid it. We invoice rather than taking cash on the day, so you get a paper trail for the accounts.
Can we put a chain on our fire exit to stop people using it as a shortcut?
No, and we will not do it. A chained or padlocked fire exit is an offence under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 and it fails any inspection. The proper fix is an alarmed exit device: the bar still opens instantly from inside, but a local sounder goes off when it does, and people stop using it as a shortcut within about a week because they get noticed. That is £220 to £380. If you already have a chain on one, ring us and we will take it off for nothing.
What does commercial locksmith work cost?
It depends heavily on the job. Master key systems are £45 to £140 per door depending on grade and whether you want restricted keys. Access control is £280 to £600 per door. An EN 1125 panic bar is £180 to £300 fitted. A roller shutter bullet lock is £55 to £95. An out-of-hours lockout is £65 to £110, the same as a domestic one. Surveys and system design are free, because a system designed wrong is worse than no system, and everything is quoted fixed before we start.