Mobile Locksmith in Orchards

Orchards, Johannesburg, not The Orchards in Tshwane

There's a suburb called The Orchards near Akasia, north-west of Pretoria, and map apps sometimes pick it first. A search for Pine Street, for example, can land you there instead of on Pine Street in this Orchards. When you send us your address, add "Johannesburg" or the nearest main road, such as Louis Botha Avenue, and we'll go to the right place.

Three small areas

At the 2011 Census, Orchards had 2,282 residents on 0.81 km², The Gardens 1,262 and Cheltondale 888. Louis Botha Avenue passes along the eastern side of Orchards and Cheltondale, and Cheltondale Road gives the smallest of the three its name. Norwood Mall, on Sarie Marais Road, is inside The Gardens despite its name, which makes it a handy reference point when you're giving directions.

Older houses, older doors

Orchards was declared a township in 1902, and houses such as The Kraal on Pine Street date from 1907. Homes of that age often have doors and frames that have shifted over the decades, so a lock can seem broken when the real trouble is alignment. If your door has to be pushed or lifted to lock, door won't latch explains the likely causes, and older doors, older locks covers when a repair is worthwhile and when replacing the lock makes more sense.

Help we offer here

• House and flat lockouts: emergency lockout help. If you're in a block, locked out of a flat or complex unit has a short checklist.
• Stiff, loose or failing locks: lock repairs.
• New locks after lost keys: lock replacement.
• A key broken off in the lock: broken-key extraction.

R250 call-out fee. You'll be asked for proof that you live at the address before a door is opened. Pay by EFT, cash or card.

Locksmith services available in Orchards

• 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.

• Residential locksmith

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

• Lock replacement

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

• Broken-key extraction

  Half a key left in the door, gate or padlock? We remove the broken piece and check whether the lock still works.

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

Useful guides

• Door Won't Latch or Close Properly: Common Causes
• Older Doors, Older Locks: Lock Care in Established Suburbs
• Locked Out of Your Flat or Complex Unit: What to Do

Nearby areas we cover

• Oaklands
• Norwood
• Highlands North
• Sydenham

All Johannesburg areas