A residential locksmith in Vancouver for the locks on your home: lockouts, rekeys, deadbolts and upgrades, all done at your door. Call 604-227-9083 and we confirm the price and arrival on the call.
Fig. 01 — Vancouver, BCMobile only. The technician and the parts come to your door.
Fast Locksmith Vancouver works on houses, townhouses, basement suites and strata suites across the City of Vancouver and the UBC area.
These are typical ranges in Canadian dollars. The total for your address is confirmed on the call, before a technician is sent.
Hardware you bought yourself can be fitted if it suits the door.
See locksmith prices →Most calls start with a symptom, not a service name. Here is how the usual ones sort out.
That is a lockout. After hours, call the 24/7 emergency line.
Rekey. The lock stays, the old keys stop working. Lock change and rekey covers it.
The bolt probably no longer meets the strike. That is door repair, not a new lock.
Replace it. A worn cylinder won't hold a rekey for long.
A keypad or app lock. See smart lock installation.
Two of the most common house calls, done at your door.
You do not know who still holds a key to a place you just got. We rekey the cylinders so the old keys stop working and cut a fresh set for you.
Front, back and side doors can often share one key, so the ring gets lighter.
When the bolt and strike no longer line up, the door looks shut but is not secure. We refit the strike plate and set the bolt so it throws cleanly into the frame.
If the frame is the problem, we tell you at the door and fit a stronger deadbolt where the door allows.
When you move into a home, you can't know how many copies of the old keys exist. Rekeying fixes that in one visit.
Previous owners, tenants, contractors and neighbours may all hold a key. Rekey every entry door, not just the front.
Front, back and side doors can be set to one key where the keyways match. Fewer keys on the ring.
We try your old keys in the lock so you see them fail, then test the new ones on every door they should open.
A knob lock on its own is the weakest part of most entry doors. A deadbolt is the cheapest real upgrade.
A Grade 2 deadbolt suits most homes. Grade 1 or high-security is a step up for a front door that faces a lane or street.
We bore the door, fit the bolt and align the strike. The door and frame decide if it can be done, and we say so on the call.
Fitted and coded at the door, on houses and on strata suite doors. Check your bylaws first in a strata.
Who can approve lock work depends on whether you own the door, rent it, or share the building.
Tenants should get the landlord's OK before any lock change.
A rekey keeps the brand and finish the building sees. Replacing the whole lockset can need council approval, so check first. High-rise strata in the West End are a common example.
Pre-war houses often have mortise locks set into the door edge, not cylinders bored through the face.
A removable mortise cylinder can be re-pinned with the original hardware left on the door, which suits character homes such as those in Shaughnessy.
A modern deadbolt won't drop into a mortise pocket. A separate deadbolt above the old lock is often the simplest upgrade.
Yes, on your own suite door. A rekey or lock change on the suite is usually yours to book, but check your bylaws first. Lobby doors, parkade gates and building fobs belong to your strata, so we don't touch them.
Rekey is the usual choice. It makes every old key useless for far less than new hardware. Change the lock only if it is worn, damaged or too light for an entry door.
Usually, yes. A deadbolt added to a door never bored for one is $160 – $260. A thin hollow door or a narrow frame may need a different fix, which we tell you on the call.
Someone who can show the home is theirs and approve the work needs to be there at the start. We check ID and proof of residence or ownership first, and you try the new keys before we leave.
Mobile residential locksmith work across the city of Vancouver and the UBC area.
Each area page covers the doors, buildings and locks we see in that part of the city.
View Service Areas ↗Tell us what the door is doing and where you are. The work is done and tested at your door, and arrival is confirmed on the call.
Pick-, drill- and bump-resistant cylinders with keys that can’t be copied at the hardware store. Cut, pinned and registered by our locksmiths.
1/2" steel door, digital keypad, fitted and bolted on site.
Car keys are priced by vehicle. Pick what you need and we’ll collect your make, model & year to text you an exact quote.