Commercial Locksmith in Northeast Philadelphia

What Mike handles for businesses

In his own description, the job is to identify and resolve "KEY" issues: the everyday hardware problems that keep a business from opening, closing or staying secure.

• Panic hardware: repaired or replaced on exit doors
• Door closers: doors that slam, drift open or won't latch
• Locks and lever sets on office, storefront and back doors
• File cabinet keys for missing or broken keys on work and compliance cabinets
• Master key systems tailored to how your building is used
• Business safes: store, deposit and drop safes, under-counter safes and more. See business and ATM safes

Fire exit doors and panic hardware

A panic bar, also called panic hardware or an exit device, lets people leave a building by pushing on the bar, without a key and without fumbling with a knob. That's why they're on exit doors in stores, offices, restaurants and anywhere people gather.

When one stops working right, it usually shows up as one of these:

• The door doesn't latch when it closes, so it can be pulled open from outside
• The bar sticks, or takes a hard shove to release
• The outside trim or key cylinder no longer works
• The door was propped or forced, and the hardware is bent

An exit door that won't secure at night, or won't open easily in an emergency, is worth fixing quickly. Mike can repair the existing device or replace it.

Door closers

A closer controls how a door swings shut. When it wears out or loses adjustment, the door either slams hard enough to rattle the frame or drifts and never quite latches. On a back door or a fire door, a door that doesn't latch is a security problem as much as a nuisance. Closers can often be adjusted; when they leak or fail, they're replaced.

Storefront doors, locks and lever sets

Glass storefront doors use narrow aluminum frames with their own style of lock and cylinder, and office doors often use commercial lever sets that see far more use than anything in a house. Mike works on both, repairing or replacing the lock and changing the cylinder when keys need to change.

Master key systems

As a business grows, keys multiply. Before long nobody is sure who can open what. A master key system fixes that by giving each key a defined level of access:

1. Individual keys open one door or one area, like a single office or a stockroom.
2. Sub-master keys open a group of doors, like everything on one floor or in one department.
3. The master key opens every lock in the system, for the owner or facilities manager.

Mike builds the system around how your building is actually used: who needs to get where, and when. It's a good project to plan before a renovation, after staff turnover, or when you've simply lost track of the keys out there.

File cabinet keys

Lost the keys to the file cabinets? It's a common office problem, and for businesses that keep records in locked cabinets for compliance, it's an urgent one. Mike can make keys for missing or broken file cabinet locks without forcing the drawers or replacing the cabinet.

The safe in the back office

Many commercial locksmiths stop at the door. Mike's specialty is the safe. He works on store safes, deposit and drop safes, under-counter safes, ATMs and teller cash recyclers, and he can change a safe combination when an employee leaves. See business and ATM safes, combination changes and, for banks and credit unions, bank and vault services.

Where Mike works

Based in Mayfair, Mike covers businesses across Northeast Philadelphia and lower Bucks County, including the commercial corridors of Bensalem, Feasterville-Trevose and Bristol. See the full service area, or get in touch to plan a job.