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Service 01 / Priority

Replacing the locks you’ve outgrown.

Traditional deadbolts, mortice locks and cylinders that are old, faulty, or no longer matched to the door they sit in. We replace them with hardware appropriate to your home, not whichever one happens to be in the van.

Hand inserting key into a glass-door cylinder lock during fitting.
Stainless cylindrical door knob fitted to a wooden door.
Single-cylinder deadbolt fitted to a black main door, with keys in the lock.
Stainless mortice lockset installed on a light-wood door.
When to replace

Five quiet signs your lock is finished.

  1. 01
    The key needs persuasion.Wiggling, lifting, half-turning, small rituals that mean the cylinder is worn past tolerance.
  2. 02
    The bolt seizes.Singapore weather doesn’t break good locks. It exposes ones that were already failing.
  3. 03
    You inherited keys.Bought, rented, or moved in, you do not know who else holds a copy.
  4. 04
    It’s older than fifteen years.Mechanisms in tropical climates do not age in straight lines.
  5. 05
    You have started to think about it.You usually don’t think about your locks. That you are now is the answer.
Hardware we install

The right lock for the right door.

HDB main doors, condo entries, internal doors, gates and cabinets. Every door has a correct answer.

Single-cylinder deadbolt fitted to a black main door, with keys in the lock.

Deadbolts

Single & double cylinder. Anti-drill, anti-pick variants for main doors.

Stainless mortice lockset installed on a light-wood door.

Mortice locks

Embedded into HDB & condo main doors for a second layer of security.

Euro profile key cylinder on a wooden surface.

Cylinder swaps

Replace just the cylinder, faster, cheaper, often the right answer.

Locksmith cutting a seized padlock from an HDB metal gate, sparks flying.

Gate locks

Hookbolt and mortise locksets for HDB metal gates.

Pile of discarded padlocks (Yale, Sound) collected after replacement jobs.

Padlocks

Service entrances, store rooms, secondary access points.

Key in a locked office drawer.

Cabinet locks

Mailboxes, drawers, low-security but high-frequency.

Brass door knob held in hand after a quick faulty-lock replacement.

Knob locks

Replacement for failing internal door hardware.

What happens

From call to closed door.

Most lock replacements complete in a single visit, between thirty minutes and ninety. We arrive when we say we will.

  1. 01
    Conversation. Photo of the lock by WhatsApp, or a short call.
  2. 02
    Written estimate. Hardware option, parts, labour, total, before we travel.
  3. 03
    On-site. Removal, fitting, alignment, and a careful test.
  4. 04
    Handover. Keys registered, paperwork sent, payment by cash, card or PayNow.

Bring us a lock that’s ready to go.

Send us a photo over WhatsApp, or call. Most quotes are returned within the hour.

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