Half the doors on this street still wear the hardware they were born with.
Most of Kippa-Ring went up between 1965 and 1985, and a surprising number of those front doors still carry the cylinder they were built with. We are on Anzac Avenue and we will tell you which ones are still worth keeping.
24 hours · One quoted price, no surcharge
Forty-year-old hardware understood
One quoted price
No after-hours surcharge
Six jobs the older streets keep us busy with
Original barrels, aluminium sliders that have dropped on their rollers, and keys copied more times than anyone remembers.
House lockouts
Front doors, laundry doors and the aluminium sliders along the back. Picked or bypassed so a forty-year-old lock still works afterwards.
Old cylinder replacement
Original 1970s barrels wear until the key turns on feel alone. Replaced with a modern cylinder on the same profile, so nothing else on the door has to change.
Car lockouts
In the driveway, at Peninsula Fair, or on the station side of Anzac Avenue. Air wedges, long reach tools, and replacement keys cut and programmed beside the car.
Lost keys and rekeying
Cut to the lock on site, or the barrel rekeyed. A house that has been rented out for twenty years tends to have keys still walking around in other people’s pockets.
Aluminium sliding doors
The most common call on this side of the peninsula. A slider that has dropped a few millimetres will not engage its hook, and adjusting it beats replacing the door by a wide margin.
Deadlocks and keyed-alike sets
Deadbolts to AS 4145, one key for house, shed and gate, and restricted profiles where key control matters.
A forty-year-old cylinder has been keyed more times than you have owned the house.
Tenants, relatives, tradespeople and two or three owners before you. Rekeying the existing barrels takes minutes each and retires every key that ever left this address.
- Existing barrels rekeyed rather than replaced
- Sliding doors adjusted before anything is sold to you
- Original hardware kept wherever it still does the job
- Keyed alike so an upgrade does not add keys
- Salt-affected cylinders freed and serviced
- Everything quoted before work begins
Kippa-Ring and the rest of the peninsula.
Ten to twenty minutes covers nearly all of this from Anzac Avenue.
- Kippa-Ring 4021
- Clontarf 4019
- Margate 4019
- Woody Point 4019
- Redcliffe 4020
- Scarborough 4020
- Newport 4020
- Rothwell 4022
- Mango Hill 4509
- Deception Bay 4508
What people ask on Anzac Avenue
Is it worth rekeying a lock this old?
Usually yes. If the barrel still turns cleanly, rekeying costs a fraction of new hardware and kills every key ever cut for it.
Can you keep my original handles?
Often, yes. The visible furniture can stay while the cylinder inside it is replaced, which keeps the look of the door and still gives you a current key.
How long will you be?
Ten to twenty minutes across the peninsula. We give you a real number.
Is the quote final?
Yes, one figure for the call-out and the work.
My sliding door will not lock.
Usually the door has dropped on its rollers so the hook misses the keeper. Adjusting it costs far less than replacing the hardware.
What ID do you need?
Something matching the address, or ID plus proof of ownership for a car. Every time.
Locked out on the peninsula?
One call. A price on the phone, and the person who quotes it is the one who turns up.
Locksmiths on Anzac Avenue, Kippa-Ring, serving Clontarf, Margate, Rothwell and Redcliffe. Lockouts, rekeying, old cylinder replacement, sliding door adjustment, lost keys and deadlock upgrades. 24 hours.
Services
- House lockouts
- Handover lock review
- Car lockouts
- Lost keys and rekeying
- Garage side doors
- Deadlocks and keyed-alike sets
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