Pasadena spreads along the Magothy River and Bodkin Creek, and we cover it all: Riviera Beach, Lake Shore, Green Haven and the neighbourhoods off Mountain Road. House and car lockouts, rekeys, deadbolt repair and hardware work, 24 hours a day.
Pasadena is a community of peninsulas, creeks and long-established waterfront streets, with mid-century ranches and split-levels sitting beside newer replacement homes.
That spread of housing styles means the lock work varies street by street, and the weather side of the house gets far more punishment than the sheltered side.
What we do in Pasadena
Residential Locksmith
A local, licensed locksmith for your home or apartment. We open locked doors around the clock, rekey locks so old keys stop working, fit and repair deadbolts and doorknobs, and upgrade the hardware on the doors that matter most. The van comes to you.Learn moreCommercial Locksmith
Locksmith work for offices, storefronts, warehouses and rental property. We open commercial doors, fit and repair heavy-duty locks, rekey after staff turnover so former keys stop working, and install the security hardware that protects the building after hours.Learn moreAutomotive Locksmith
Locked out of your car, or down to your last key? We open vehicles without damage, cut replacement keys on site, program transponder keys and key fobs, and repair door locks and ignition cylinders. We come to you, at any hour.Learn more
Waterfront hardware and the Magothy
Doors on the water side of a Pasadena house meet more moisture, more wind-driven rain and more salt than a door twelve miles inland. Cylinders stiffen, steel parts rust, and hinges sag.
The symptom is usually a key that will not turn smoothly or a door that has to be lifted to latch. That is worth catching early: a cylinder that has seized from corrosion is a replacement instead of a service.
On exposed entries, the right hardware matters more than the price tag. A properly finished lock on the weather side will outlast a cheaper one by years.
Ranches, split-levels and doors that have moved
Much of Pasadena’s housing went up in the decades after the war, and those houses have moved with the ground. Doors settle, frames shift, and a deadbolt that lined up perfectly in 1980 no longer meets the strike.
When a bolt turns freely with the door open but binds when it is shut, the lock is usually fine and the opening is the problem. A strike adjustment and hinge work fixes it without a new lock.
Where the hardware is genuinely worn, deadbolts and knobs can be replaced to suit the door and keyed alike across the entrances.
Garages, sheds and outbuildings
A lot of Pasadena properties have a garage, a shed or a workshop separate from the house, and often the lock on it is the original and the key was lost years ago.
We fit and repair locks on outbuildings, which is usually a more sensible answer than leaving them open or securing them with a padlock the family cannot find a key for.
If a property has several buildings, keyed-alike work can put the house, garage and outbuilding on one key, which is one of those changes nobody regrets.
Car lockouts around Mountain Road
Pasadena is car country. Keys get locked in vehicles at the boat ramp, the shopping centre or the end of a driveway, and often with the engine off and the phone on the seat.
We open cars without damaging the door or the glass, at any hour. If the key is lost rather than locked in, we can cut and program a replacement on site for most common vehicles.
Have proof the vehicle is yours ready, and do not force the window. It is always the more expensive route.
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