Vancouver, BC · Commercial locksmith
Commercial lock installation in Vancouver.
What the work involves
Know what you are looking at.
Commercial installation is governed by the door type and by code, not by preference. Aluminium storefront takes narrow-stile hardware and mortise cylinders; hollow metal in a steel frame takes cylindrical or mortise locksets; and any door in a required exit path must release from inside in a single motion without a key. Hardware that would prevent free egress is not an option regardless of what it does for security.
- The door construction: storefront, hollow metal, or timber
- Whether the opening is part of a required exit path
- Whether a closer, hold-open, or panic hardware is involved
- Whether the cylinder must join an existing key system
- Whether the door is storefront, steel service, or residential in build
- What the entry is built from, given Vancouver’s mix of newer and older stock
When to call
Signals worth acting on.
- A new door or tenant improvement needs hardware
- Existing commercial hardware has failed
- Access needs have changed
What the visit can include
- Door, frame, and use review
- Appropriate commercial hardware options
- Function and access review
In Vancouver
What is different here.
Retail along Main, Commercial Drive, Broadway and Robson is largely aluminium storefront with narrow-stile doors, where the cylinder, the closer and the exit device are separate components that fail separately. A Vancouver tenancy commonly has more than one door type in a single unit, and hardware chosen for the front is frequently wrong for the back.
The housing mix runs from West End and downtown strata towers to character houses on the east side that commonly carry a basement suite and sometimes a laneway house - three separate entries on one lot. Where a business occupies converted residential stock, the doors are often residential in construction even though the use is commercial.
Before you call
Commercial lock installation questions.
The two that come up most for this service in Vancouver.
Can we just fit a deadbolt to the back door?
Only if that door is not part of a required exit path. Anything needing a key or a second action to get out from inside is not acceptable on an exit door, and that requirement outranks the security preference.
Can new commercial locks use our existing key?
Usually, if the cylinders are compatible with your keyway. In a multi-door site this is worth planning deliberately rather than door by door, so the hierarchy still makes sense afterwards.
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Tell us what
happened.
Share the Vancouver location, whether it is a home, business, or vehicle, and the hardware or access issue.