Albany Locks Edinburgh

Please use our dedicated mobile number 07809 569856 if you need an emergency locksmith or our contact form for all other enquiries. We have more than a decade's Locksmith experience working in the security industry making us one of the most trusted Edinburgh locksmiths around. We offer competitive LOW FIXED PRICING, NO CALLOUT CHARGE and NO ADDED VAT. Being an Edinburgh locksmith that is truly based in the city, in 95% of emergency cases we can get to your door in under 30 minutes. For your peace of mind our fully-qualified locksmiths are insured for up to 2,000,000 and CRB checked.

Edinburgh district council has some of the strictest safety requirements of any Scottish district council. A property occupied by 3 or more unrelated people it is classed as a House in Multiple Occupancy and must comply with the councils regulations to obtain an HMO licence. Regarding locks, Landlords properties must provide "keyless egress" not only from the final exit main door but also bedroom doors if they are lockable. The reason for this is in case of fire, each tenant should be able to exit the property without fumbling for keys.

Many burglaries are crimes of opportunity. If you know your home or office security looks poor, so will a thief. Statistics show that properties with little security are 15 times more likely to be burgled than those with good security. Look at your house through the eyes of an intruder and ask yourself "how would I get in undetected?" It doesn't need to take much effort or cost much money to secure your home. Prevent intruders from entering your garden or common stairwell meaning they are less likely to be able to enter your home.

Albany Locksmiths Edinburgh can gain entry to all garage lock types. Whether you've had keys lost, stolen or the lock is faulty. We can effect at quick cost effective solution to your problem. We always carry a wide range of the most common garage lock types and have the ability to source the more uncommon locks usually within 24 hours. More and more these days garages are no longer solely used for storing vehicles. Most garages are now used for storing sometimes valuable items such as mountain bikes, power tools, lawn mowers and Ski equipment.

Mortice locks have been used in the UK well over 200 years. Mortice locks are usually fitted to (though not exclusively) wooden doors. The standard configuration we see in Edinburgh and the Lothians is a wooden door with a Yale style night latch for convenience and a mortice lock fitted below for security. The mortice Sash-locks have a larger lock-case to accommodate a spring loaded latch bolt (operated by the door handle or knob) and a deadbolt operated by the key. Sash-locks come with an angled striker keep to accommodate the latch bolt.

The Yale lock is the common name used to describe a Night latch. Yale is in fact a brand name which is commonly used to describe the range of Night latches available on the market today. Much like the way we use the term "Hoover" to describe vacuum cleaners, most people refer to the Night latch as the Yale. The Yale company in fact manufactures a vast range of locks from padlocks to Mortice locks and Multipoint locking systems. Night latches where first developed by the Yale Company of Newport, New York in the middle of the nineteenth century.

Need a fast reliable Locksmith for South Queensferry look no further. Albany lockmiths are based in the north west of the city just 200yds from the Queensferry Road. That means we can be at your property within 20 minutes (traffic permitting). Here is a short rundown of the most common types of work we have recently completed in South Queensferry.