Mobile Locksmith in Jansen Park

Which centre, and which entrance?

Several centres around here have similar names, and a locksmith sent to the wrong one wastes your time:

• East Rand Mall is the big regional mall. Its own website gives the address as Bentel Avenue, Jansen Park, and describes it as about 70,000 m² with over 170 stores; it opened in 1992.
• East Rand Galleria is a separate centre right next to it.
• East Rand Value Mall is across the boundary in Hughes. Our locksmith in Hughes page covers that side.

The mall spells its street "Bentel Avenue", maps show "Bental Road", and some shop addresses use "Bantell Avenue". It's all the same road. When you call, tell us the centre, your shop number and the nearest numbered entrance. That's quicker than any street address.

Shops and restaurants: opening, closing and the keys in between

Retail lock trouble tends to come at the two ends of the trading day. In the morning a shutter padlock won't open with half the staff waiting. In the evening the shopfront lock won't catch, and the manager can't leave an unlocked store. For shops and restaurants the usual list is:

• padlocks or floor locks on the roller shutter or trellis gate over the shopfront;
• a key snapped off in the cylinder at closing time (see broken key stuck in the lock);
• the stock room, cold-room passage or back-of-house door that only the manager can open;
• a cash safe that won't open before the cash-up or the morning banking run;
• a manager or shift lead who has left the business with a set of keys.

Inside a mall, centre management and security decide how and when a contractor gets to a store, especially after trading hours. Before we drive out, check with them how a locksmith should come in, and tell us what they say. We can't make that arrangement for you. For the locks themselves, see commercial locksmith work and safe opening.

Locked out of your car in the mall parking

East Rand Mall says it has more than 3,600 bays: 1,489 covered and 2,359 open. Keys locked inside, a remote that has stopped working, or a key that has snapped off can leave you stranded. Our car locksmith service covers car lockouts and car keys, and we work on the vehicle where it's parked. To help us find you:

1. note whether you're in the covered or open parking, and which entrance you're nearest to;
2. have your ID and something that links you to the car, such as the registration papers or a licence disc in your name;
3. stay with the car if it's safe to do so.

The mall's website lists its security control room at Entrance 3, underground, and asks shoppers to make sure their vehicle has actually locked before walking in. Our article on being locked out of your car at a shopping centre covers the rest.

Offices on the North Rand Road strip

Beyond the shops, the strip has office parks for professional and admin businesses. Eastlands Office Park on Rondebult Road is a complex of office blocks with CCTV and electric fencing. Benvista Office Park on Edgar Road is listed with security on site, and although it's often advertised as Bardene, it falls inside Jansen Park. Office calls are usually a lockout first thing in the morning, a security gate that won't lock at night, an office safe, or a set of keys that has to be retired after someone leaves. Changing the cylinders on the outer doors fixes the last one. The new locks come with their own keys; we don't cut copies.

Proof, the quote and paying

Before opening a shop, office, safe or car, we check that it's yours to open: a lease or letter from the business for premises, and ID with vehicle papers for a car. We start with non-destructive methods. R250 call-out fee. The technician assesses the job on site and gives you the price before any work starts. Nothing is done until you agree. Payment is by EFT, cash or card.

Locksmith services available in Jansen Park

• Commercial locksmith

  Logistics warehouses, factories, offices, shops and restaurants: lockouts, shutter padlocks, lock changes, key control and office safes, on your premises.

• Car keys & lockouts

  Car won't open, key broken off, or no key left at all? We travel to wherever the car is parked, mall parking included.

• Emergency lockouts

  Keys inside and the door locked behind you, at home, in an estate or at the business. Any hour: we drive out, quote at the door and get you in.

• Safe opening

  Lost the code, lost the key, flat keypad or a jammed handle: home, business and gun safes opened on site, with damage avoided wherever possible.

• Broken-key extraction

  Snapped key in a front door, gate or padlock? We take out the stuck piece and test whether the lock still works properly.

• Lock replacement

  Fresh cylinders, anti-snap upgrades, deadlocks, nightlatches, gate locks and heavy padlocks, brought to you and fitted in the existing door.

All of these are part of our mobile locksmith service in Boksburg.

Useful guides

• Locked Out of Your Car at a Shopping Centre
• Broken Key Stuck in the Lock: Do's and Don'ts
• Master Key Systems for Small Businesses

Nearby areas we cover

• Hughes
• Bardene
• Ravenswood
• Morganridge
• Dayanglen
• Boksburg West

All Boksburg areas