replacing garage door lock??

titewad_2

The key for my up and over garage door is lost.My first idea was going to the keycutters with the lock number to get a new key.However there is no number on the lock,infact no identification of any kind.I have no idea who the door is made by.Receptive to any advice given.If it helps anyone to help me out,its on an ex-police house built in 1965

Davidboy

Hi, we had the same problem, what we did was to look in Yellow Pages and got a local guy to come round. He changed the lock and sorted the linkages etc and now opens brilliantly easy.

Support your local guy, most give good service and a lot cheaper.

D

titewad_2

Do you mind giving me an idea of price to expect to pay before I ring anyone please..I'm guessing at it being substantially more than a Five pound key!!

lapat

you think you have got it hard
we moved into our house about 9 months ago and it needed work doing on it
it was approx 20 years old so i didnt need a rewire but i decided on a new trip style fuse box so in it went
now the owners that sold us the house thought one key for every lock was good enough(he must have locked her in when he went out)
i got up one morning switched the light on in the living room and the bulb blew and it tripped the new style fuse box.
which was now situated in the integral garage with an electric door guess what it was part of the downstairs light circuit and wouldnt open

in the end i had to get a builder in that day to know through a wall into my garage just to flick a bl**dy switch on the fuse box
so i had a doorway pu in and had the garage door rewired to its own circuit
£900 in total all because the bl**dy previous owner didnt leave a key for the grage saftey release mechanism

get a locksmith in it will cost you max £100 with a new lock

titewad_2

Door working and opening again now,went to my local locksmith and security fittings shop today,bought a new lock with two keys and fitted it myself.Cost £17.88 inc vat..

roswell

as its an up and over door and you have it working now id look into fitting a mortice lock as well

titewad_2

roswell wrote:

as its an up and over door and you have it working now id look into fitting a mortice lock as well

It's a metal door not a wooden one so I don't think a mortice lock is the best option.However i do agree with you that it needs something else that's more substantial.I've got some deadbolts that rivet internally into the corners (from the same shop) I'll fit them before anything of value goes into the garage