Mobile Locksmith in Jet Park

What stops a distribution centre

In a logistics operation a single stuck lock holds up trucks, pickers and drivers all at once. These are the calls that come from sites like Jet Park's:

• the floor lock or padlock on a loading-bay roller shutter won't release when the first shift arrives;
• a chain and padlock on the yard gate has rusted solid, or its only key went home in someone's pocket;
• shipping containers used as extra storage, with seized padlocks or lost keys;
• the steel personnel door beside the docks, or the security gate at reception, jams;
• a dispatch or admin office safe holding cash, cheques or documents won't open.

We look after the whole roller shutter: the floor locks, slide bolts and padlocks, and the curtain, the springs and the motor. Everything else on the list is everyday commercial locksmith work, and our lock checklist for logistics warehouses runs through each door and gate on a typical site.

NorthLake, The Palisades and the other gated parks

Much of Jet Park's smaller stock sits inside managed parks, and the guards at the gate decide who drives in. Some we've matched to the map:

• NorthLake Industrial Park, 52 Malcolm Moodie Crescent, advertised with manned access control around the clock and electric fencing;
• The Palisades, 39 Kelly Road, a park of mini-industrial units, also with manned access control;
• Inospace Jet Park, 18 Jones Road. Some listings call the same development Tambo Exchange Park, so give us whichever name is on your lease;
• Industrial Village, which has two entrances, one off Kelly Road and one off Estee Ackerman Street.

To keep the technician from waiting at the boom:

1. phone the gatehouse and tell them a locksmith is on the way for your company and unit number;
2. if there are two gates, tell us which one the guards expect us at;
3. have someone with authority over the unit meet us at the door;
4. at night or on a weekend, ask whether security needs the managing agent's go-ahead before letting a contractor in.

Access to the park is the park's decision. We can't phone the gate on your behalf, so that call has to come from you.

A night shift that can't get in

Distribution work doesn't stop at five o'clock, and neither do we: we're open 24/7. When you call after hours, a few details help the technician arrive with the right kit:

• which door or gate it is, and whether it's a padlock, a cylinder lock or a floor lock;
• the padlock's brand and size, or a photo of the lock if someone on site can take one;
• what happened: the key won't turn, it turns but nothing moves, or it broke off inside (our guide to a broken key stuck in a lock covers that one);
• who will meet us and sign off on the work.

We try non-destructive entry first. If a padlock has to be cut or a cylinder drilled, the technician explains why and quotes for the replacement before going ahead.

Keys that left with a driver or supervisor

Warehouses hand keys around: the shift supervisor, the dispatch clerk, a driver who opens the yard early. When one of them is dismissed, resigns or simply loses the bunch, nobody can say for certain who still has access. Swapping the cylinders on outside doors and replacing the padlocks on gates and containers closes that gap the same day. The new locks come with their own keys. We don't cut extra keys, so work out beforehand how many sets your shifts need.

If you'd like fewer keys to manage, our article on master key systems for small businesses explains how one key per person can open only the doors that person needs.

Paperwork, price and payment

Before we open a unit, a container or a safe, we ask for proof that you're entitled to it: a lease, a letter on the company's letterhead, or ID that matches the account. 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. You can pay by EFT, cash or card, and there's no shop or counter, because everything is done at your premises.

Locksmith services available in Jet Park

• Commercial locksmith

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

• 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.

• Lock replacement

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

• 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.

• Break-in lock repairs

  Burglary or attempted break-in at home or work: forced locks replaced, doors, gates and shutters made lockable, and stolen keys taken out of play.

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

Useful guides

• A Lock Checklist for Logistics Warehouses
• Master Key Systems for Small Businesses
• Broken Key Stuck in the Lock: Do's and Don'ts
• Forgot the Safe Code? Your Options

Nearby areas we cover

• Hughes
• Bartlett
• Witfield

All Boksburg areas