Locksmith in Dartmouth, NS, Day and Night
Locked out on a side street off Portland Street, or stuck with a dead garage door in Woodlawn? We cover all of Dartmouth around the clock for lockouts, rekeys, car keys and garage door repairs, and you approve the work before we start.
How do you get to Dartmouth?
We reach Dartmouth over the Macdonald or MacKay Bridge, or around the harbour on Highway 102 and 118 when a bridge is closed or backed up, then use Highway 111 to get across town. Timing depends on where our technician is when you call, so we tell you on the phone before you agree to anything.
Where we go around Dartmouth:
- Downtown Dartmouth
- Woodside
- Woodlawn
- Albro Lake
- Portland Hills and Portland Estates
- Port Wallace
- Burnside
- Dartmouth Crossing
Two bridges and a ferry decide the route
Dartmouth is tied to Halifax by the Angus L. Macdonald Bridge, opened in 1955, the A. Murray MacKay Bridge, opened in 1970, and a harbour ferry that first crossed in 1752. If you are near the Alderney or Woodside ferry terminals, tell us which, and we pick the bridge that drops us closest to your door.
Burnside is its own kind of call
Burnside covers about 1,376 hectares of warehouses, shops and offices off Highways 111 and 118. Calls there are rarely a front door: they are roll-up and overhead doors, office suites with a lost master key, and staff who need new keys before the next shift.
The City of Lakes is hard on locks
Dartmouth has twenty-three lakes inside its old city limits, plus the harbour on its doorstep. Damp air off the water and freeze-thaw winters seize deadbolts and rust garage door springs and cables faster than inland hardware, so a lock that sticks every February is often worn, not just cold.
Locked out of a Dartmouth home
A Dartmouth lockout can be a wooden house on a steep street near the harbour, a semi in Woodlawn, a newer place in Portland Hills, or an apartment by one of the lakes. Call or text with the street and we head over. If you want to know what to try first, and when to call 911 instead, our house lockout page has the short version.
We open most doors without drilling. If a lock has to be cut, we tell you why before we touch it. Once you are back inside, we can look at the lock that let you down, because a deadbolt that only latches when you lean on the door is usually the reason it happened.
Cars at the mall, the ferry or the curb
Keys locked in a car at Dartmouth Crossing, or a fob that quit in a lot near the ferry? We open vehicles without damage and cut and program car keys on site for most makes. Tell us the year, make and model when you call and we confirm before we head out.
Burnside shops and offices
For the businesses in Burnside and along Wyse Road, we handle lockouts, commercial locks, master key systems and staff turnover rekeys. Tell us your hours and we work around them, including evenings and weekends. When an employee leaves with a key, we rekey the doors that key opened, so the rest of the staff keep the keys they already carry.
Garage doors that live with salt air
Garages across Dartmouth take the harbour's damp and every freeze-thaw cycle. A spring that snaps on a cold morning, a cable off its drum or an opener that stops responding is a garage door repair call we take any hour. We check the rest of the hardware while we are there and tell you what is worn before it fails.
Questions from Dartmouth
- Do you come to Dartmouth in the middle of the night?
- Yes. Our lockout line runs around the clock and Dartmouth is a bridge crossing away. Call, tell us the street, and we give you the timing on the phone.
- Can you rekey an older house near Downtown Dartmouth?
- Often, yes. Many older doors in the downtown and Woodside streets take a new pin set and a new key. If a cylinder is worn past saving, we show you why before suggesting a replacement.
- Do you handle overhead doors at Burnside businesses?
- We do. Commercial overhead and roll-up doors, openers and springs are part of our garage door work, and we can rekey the office at the same visit.
Book a time, or ask a question.
Open 24 hours, 7 days. You approve the price before we start.