A Toronto locksmith Can Help You Assess Your Existing Locks

Whether you are considering buying a new lock for your door, or examining the condition of your current lock, a professional Toronto locksmith will tell you that it's important to install cylinder guards around the part of the lock where you insert the key, otherwise known as lock cylinders. 

Thieves attempting to break through a door can damage these cylinders by hammering, wrenching or prying them with a tool or removing them altogether. A professional locksmith knows the metal guard plates or protective rings on both sides of the door need protection. Guard plates with round-head carriage bolts can be installed to prevent these cylinders from being unscrewed, while free-spinning rings around the cylinders will prevent a tool from twisting out the cylinder.

Some doors have low quality strike plates that surround the lockset and are secured with short screws attached to the door jamb. An expert Yonge Street Locksmith knows that every exterior door should have strong metal security strike plates secured by four 3-inch screws that not only attach to the door jamb, but to the underlying stud, and that the strike plate for your doorknob lock should have a metal lip on the outside to prevent the lock from being forced open.

A reliable  Locksmith Toronto can offer customers lock repair for high security locks as well as lock pick door lock and key stuck services, and 24 hour locksmith emergency lockout.