Mobile Locksmith in Oaklands

What the houses here are like

Chas Everitt's area profile describes Oaklands erven of more than 1,500 m², houses that "tend to be double storey", and clusters that are small and guarded around the clock. In 2011 the census counted 1,963 people on about one square kilometre.

A double-storey house usually means locks on two levels: a security gate at the main entrance, sliding or French doors onto the garden, and upstairs balcony doors that are easy to forget. Big glazed doors may be fitted with multipoint locks. If one of those stops locking, multipoint lock won't engage lists the safe checks.

Watch the street names

Two names here trip up map apps and drivers:

• Victoria Street runs through Oaklands. It has nothing to do with the small area called Victoria near Grant Avenue, which we cover on our locksmith in Norwood page.
• Athol Oaklands Road carries the suburb's name, but the stretch near the SASCOC offices lies in Abbotsford, not Oaklands.

Give us your street number and the nearest cross street (Pretoria Street, for instance, runs through the suburb) and we'll find the right gate.

Lost keys, new owners, or a burglary

Three situations call for a fresh look at every external lock: a missing bunch of keys, moving into a house whose key history you don't know, and a break-in. In each case the technician lists the doors and gates involved, quotes per item, and replaces only what you approve. See lock replacement and, after a burglary (once SAPS has been called), break-in repairs. If you rent the house out, key control for landlords is worth a read.

Safes

A safe whose door won't close flush, or whose bolts won't throw, is a normal repair job, not a speciality. See safe repairs and safe won't lock or close. To open a safe, we need proof that it's yours.

Locksmith services available in Oaklands

• 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.

• 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.

• Safe repairs & code changes

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

• 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
• Key Control for Landlords and Short-Let Hosts
• Safe Won't Lock or Close Properly

Nearby areas we cover

• Houghton
• Norwood
• Orchards
• Birdhaven
• Highlands North

All Johannesburg areas