Mobile Locksmith in Dowerglen

Dowerglen, Glendower, Essexwold: sorting out the names

Three names overlap here, and it helps to give us the one on your title deed or lease:

• Dowerglen is the suburb. A 2016 Property24 article says it was laid out in the late 1970s, mostly north of the golf course.
• Glendower is the golf club, with the same syllables in a different order. On the 2011 Census map the course sits inside the Dowerglen sub-place, while OpenStreetMap gives the clubhouse an Essexwold address.
• Essexwold is a small separate sub-place (709 residents in 2011) along the Bedfordview side. Property24 lists it under Bedfordview. We cover it from this page.

Dowerglen Ext 3, the census sub-place towards central Edenvale, also comes under this page.

Bigger houses mean more locks

The original suburb was planned as three-bedroom family homes on their own stands, and later extensions added larger double-storey houses. A house like that can easily have a dozen keyed points: front and kitchen doors, security gates, sliding doors, the garage interleading door, a garden cottage and a pedestrian gate. When one of them fails, it's worth asking how old the others are. Some of the work we do on these homes:

• repairing or replacing a multipoint lock on a newer patio or front door (our guide to a multipoint lock that won't engage has safe checks to try first);
• changing locks after keys go missing, or after you buy the house;
• opening or repairing a home safe, with proof that it's yours (see safe repairs);
• making a door and frame secure again after a break-in (see break-in repairs).

Boomed and access-controlled extensions

According to the same Property24 article, Ext 4 and Ext 5 are access-controlled and several other parts of Dowerglen are boomed off. Current listings still describe Ext 4 as a boomed area and Ext 5 as an enclosed suburb. If you're inside one of these:

1. tell the guard that a locksmith is on the way and give them our name;
2. let us know which boom to use if there's more than one entrance;
3. keep your phone close, in case the guard phones to confirm.

Ext 3: townhouses, flats and the schools

In 2011, Dowerglen Ext 3 had more people (3,722) than Dowerglen itself (2,516), and buyers there lean towards townhouses and apartments. Dowerglen High School and Edenvale High School both fall inside its census boundary, which helps when you're giving directions. For a unit, tell us the complex name and how visitors are let in. Your body corporate's rules decide which locks you may change.

Price and paperwork

R250 call-out. The technician quotes on site and does nothing until you've agreed. Pay by EFT, cash or card. Before opening a door, gate or safe, you'll be asked for proof that you live there or own it.

Locksmith services available in Dowerglen

• Residential locksmith

  Door locks, gate locks and home safes at houses, flats, townhouses and cluster homes, sorted at your front door.

• Lock replacement

  New cylinders, deadlocks, nightlatches, multipoint gearboxes and gate locks, supplied and fitted at your door.

• Lock repairs

  Stiff keys, bolts that catch, doors that won't latch and gate locks that have seized: repaired on site where the fault allows.

• Safe repairs & code changes

  Combination changes, replacement safe locks, keypad conversions, stiff bolt work and safes fixed to the floor.

• Break-in lock repairs

  After a burglary or an attempt: damaged locks replaced, doors made lockable again, and keys that may be compromised taken out of use.

• Emergency lockouts

  Keys inside, a lock that refuses to turn, or someone stuck behind a deadlocked door. Phone any hour and we drive out to you.

All of these are part of our mobile locksmith service in Johannesburg.

Useful guides

• Multipoint Lock Won't Engage: Causes and Checks
• Safe Won't Lock or Close Properly
• Pedestrian Gate Lock Problems at Home and in Complexes

Nearby areas we cover

• Bedfordview
• Dunvegan
• Linksfield
• Edenvale

All Johannesburg areas