Restaurant back door
A restaurant's back door whose panic bar would not latch on the first warm weekend of the season.
The panic bar serviced and set to latch, and staff keys cut and logged for the summer crew.
Friday morning · in and out
Braemar Locksmith Co handles what the shore does to a lock: a rental changing guests every Saturday, a cylinder stiff from salt air, a car key lost between the boardwalk and the towel, a seasonal shop reopening in spring. Ask for the free estimate; it comes before any work.
Tell us which one and the technician packs for it.
Whether it's a July lockout or a February rekey, the visit runs the same way and starts with a free estimate.
Everything is mobile; the technician comes to you. The route covers Toms River, Trenton, Brick, Middletown, Jackson, Lakewood, Levittown, East Brunswick, Sayreville, North Brunswick, Sayreville Junction, Mount Laurel, Marlboro, Willingboro, Long Branch, Princeton, Mercerville-Hamilton Square, Vincentown, Old Bridge, South Old Bridge, Bayville, Point Pleasant, Tinton Falls, South River, Ocean Acres, Asbury Park, Princeton Meadows, West Freehold, Franklin Park and Mercerville.
Summer means weekly rental turnovers on the island and full beach lots. Winter means shuttered houses, fobs that quit in the cold and shops getting ready for spring. Adult communities with gatehouses are routine too; just share the gate process when you call.
Told as they happened, minus anything personal. If one sounds like yours, call the number above.
A restaurant's back door whose panic bar would not latch on the first warm weekend of the season.
The panic bar serviced and set to latch, and staff keys cut and logged for the summer crew.
Friday morning · in and out
A fob that died on a cold morning, with the spare at home a long drive away.
The car opened once the registration was checked, and a new key cut so the owner could drive home.
A Tuesday lunchtime · one visit
A garage side door and a back door that had run on different keys for years.
Both rekeyed to one key in a single visit, strike plates checked and longer screws set into the frame.
A weekday, early · parts on hand
We serve this area · From the barrier island to the inland towns, if your place is on the map we can get there.
Answers to what people ask most before the visit.
Yes. For a lockout, show photo ID and the rental confirmation or the owner's contact. Changing locks is the owner's call, so a rekey only happens with their okay.
Not always. Salt and sand build up inside a cylinder over a few summers, and stiffness is the warning before a key snaps. A technician can tell you whether cleaning, a rekey or a new lock is the answer, with a free estimate.
Yes. Spring reopenings often need rekeys after staff changes, a door closer that gave up, or a panic bar that sat unused all winter. It's regular work, and it starts with a free estimate.
All year. Winter calls tend to be dead fobs, shuttered houses and rekeys between owners; summer calls tend to be lockouts and rentals. Nights and weekends are covered in both.
Your ID, plus a rental confirmation, lease, bill or registration that ties you to the place or the car. Nothing is opened until that checks out.
Usually the lock survives. The broken piece is taken out and a new key made. Leave the door alone until the technician is there, because pushing the piece in deeper is what ruins a lock.
A little patience now saves a replacement lock later.
After dark or in the rain, wait in a store, a lobby or under a neighbor's porch light rather than at the door. The technician calls when near.
Kitchen tools and sprays won't open it and usually mean a new lock. If the key snapped, keep the piece you still have.
Photo ID and a bill, lease, rental papers or registration in hand means the check is over quickly.