Every price we charge, on one page.

The honest ranges are on this page in full, but as a guide: a lock service is £25 to £45, a euro cylinder £35 to £60, a mortice service £40 to £70, a uPVC gearbox £60 to £120, and a lockout opened without damage £65 to £110. Prices on this page were last reviewed in July 2026 and they are the same figures we quote on the phone. If you are being quoted a call-out fee plus an hourly rate rather than a total, you are not comparing like with like.

Because a euro cylinder on a standard uPVC front door and the same cylinder on a fire-rated flat door in a block with a concierge are genuinely not the same twenty minutes. The range covers the parts and the awkwardness. What you get is one fixed number on the phone before we set off, based on what you have told us, and that is the number you pay. The range is what is published; the quote is specific.

No. There is no night rate, no weekend rate, no bank holiday rate and no call-out fee. A 3am Sunday call in Rochdale is priced exactly like a 2pm Tuesday call in the city centre, including Christmas Day. What changes overnight is the response time, and often it is faster because the M60 is empty. If a locksmith quotes you a day rate and a night rate, ask which one applies before they set off.

Nothing is hidden, but two things are worth saying. First, parts we have to source specially, an unusual gearbox or a specific insurer-mandated lock, are quoted separately before we order them rather than added afterwards. Second, if you ask for extra work once we are on site, that gets its own quote before it happens. Everything else, the call-out, the quote, the labour, the common parts on the van and the 12-month warranty, is in the number you were given on the phone.

Repair, almost always, and it is usually what the lock actually needs. A lock service is £25 to £45 against £85 to £140 for a replacement. A mortice that has seized is normally full of a century of dust rather than broken, and a strip and clean at £40 to £70 gives you back a lock built better than most modern ones. We try the repair first. Replacement is genuinely needed when the body is cracked, when a cylinder has been snapped or drilled, or when your insurer requires a standard your lock does not meet.