Two kinds of door, two kinds of lock change, one locksmith
In the school precinct, a Mentone lock change means cutting a rated deadlock into a solid post-war timber door that has only ever had a latch, then keying the laundry, garage and back doors to the same key. Off Balcombe Road, it means changing a unit's cylinder without breaking the complex's master key, so the driveway gate still opens afterwards.
True Locksmith has done both across Mentone, Victoria, for 30+ years, and the first question on the phone is always which kind of property it is, because the hardware on the van depends on the answer. The lock change service explains the hardware; the Mentone locksmith page covers everything else we do here.
A 1950s door with a single latch gets a rated Lockwood or Gainsborough mortice deadlock cut in with a jig, so the pocket is clean and the door is not weakened. The latch stays for daily use and the deadlock covers nights.
Before touching a unit door, Neale checks whether the complex runs a master key. If it does, the new cylinder is pinned so the owner's new key works and the body corporate's master still opens for emergencies, while the old key does nothing.
Front door, back door, garage side door and shared driveway gate are keyed alike, so a parent on the school run carries one key and a tenant gets one for the unit and the gate. Spares are cut and tested on the spot.
Families book a lock change at settlement on a post-war home, often with the deadlock their insurer asked for as the first item. Agents managing units near Balcombe Road book a cylinder change at vacate when a tenant has not returned every key, and body corporates book a whole block when the master key has gone missing. Mentone Village traders change the shopfront cylinder when a staff member leaves with a key. All are priced on the phone.
Not when done properly. A mortice cut with a jig to the lock case's exact size removes little timber from the stile, and the lock body fills the gap. A door cut freehand with an oversized pocket is the one that splits.
Yes. The new cylinder is pinned to a fresh key for you and to the existing master for the body corporate, so emergency access is unchanged. True Locksmith checks the block's keying before any Mentone, Victoria, unit cylinder is changed.
Yes. Shop cylinder changes are booked before opening or after close so trading is not interrupted. The front door, rear door and any roller shutter lock are changed in one visit and new staff keys cut on a restricted keyway.
The same service is described for Change Locks in Beaumaris and Change Locks in Brighton East .
Tell us if the property is a house, a unit or a shop, list the doors, and send it all through the contact page. Neale will confirm the hardware for each door and the price, and for a unit will check the block's keying before the visit is booked.
