Mobile Locksmith in Centurion CBD

Shops and restaurants: shutters, stock rooms and cash

Centurion Mall alone lists more than 230 shops, and there are more restaurants and stores along Lenchen Avenue North, Heuwel Avenue and in the smaller centres around the lake. Retail lock problems usually arrive at the worst moment, either first thing in the morning or at closing time:

• a roller shutter over the shopfront that won't release, won't come down, or drops unevenly because a spring has gone. We work on the shutter's locks, its mechanism, its springs and its motor;
• the glass entrance door's lock stops catching, so the shop can't be secured for the night;
• a stock room or back-of-house door that jams with the day's deliveries behind it;
• the cash safe in the manager's office won't open, or the combination needs changing;
• a seized padlock on a refuse-yard cage or a gas-bottle cage behind a restaurant.

All of these are ordinary commercial locksmith work. If your store is inside the mall, ask centre management beforehand what they need from you when a contractor comes in after trading hours. We can't speak for their rules, so it's best to check with them before the technician arrives.

Office blocks on Lenchen, West and Heuwel avenues

The CBD is also one of Centurion's main office districts. One commercial agent tracks about 95 office buildings in the node, many of them A-grade. They range from the lake-front blocks on Lenchen Avenue, such as 1006 On The Lake and the Lakeside buildings, to PPS Centurion Square on Heuwel Avenue, the blocks on Bank Avenue and 267 West Avenue near the station. Several are marketed with guarded entrances and controlled access, so plan for that:

1. let building security or reception know a locksmith is coming, with your company name and suite or floor;
2. tell us the building's name and which entrance or parking gate to use;
3. arrange for someone who can approve the work to meet the technician.

Typical office calls are a suite door that won't unlock, a broken key in a boardroom or store-room lock, a desk pedestal or key cabinet whose key has gone missing, and an office safe that won't open. Our guide to lock security for offices covers the doors worth checking.

Locked out of your car at the mall or the Gautrain

Centurion Mall has open and undercover parking, including parkades on its east and west sides, and the Gautrain station has its own parking off West Avenue. Keys locked in the boot, a remote that has stopped working or a key that won't turn in the ignition are all car locksmith jobs, and we come to the bay where the car is standing. When you phone, tell us:

• which car park, which level, and the nearest mall entrance, pillar or bay number;
• the make, model and year of the car;
• whether the keys are visible inside, lost, or simply not responding. Our article on a car key fob that isn't working lists simple checks to try while you wait.

If a child or a pet is shut inside the car, especially on a hot day, phone emergency services first and then call us. Our article on a child or pet locked in a car explains what to do in the first minutes. We'll ask for proof that the car is yours before we open it. We can't tell you how the mall's or the Gautrain's parking security operates, so for help from their staff, ask them directly.

When a manager or key-holder leaves

Shops and offices in the CBD hand keys to shift managers, cleaners and the person who opens up on a Saturday. When one of them resigns or is dismissed, change the cylinders on the outside doors and the padlocks on the shutter, and reset the safe's code. Our article on changing a safe combination explains what that involves. New locks come with their own keys. We don't cut or copy keys, so count how many sets your staff need before the technician fits them.

Proof, price and payment

Before we open a shop, a suite, a safe or a car, we ask for something that links you to it: ID with a lease, a letter from your employer, or the vehicle's papers. We try non-destructive entry first, and if a lock does have to be drilled, the technician explains why. 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.

Locksmith services available in Centurion CBD

• Commercial locksmith

  Offices, warehouses, workshops, shops and restaurants: lockouts, roller shutters and motors, gate motors, lock changes, key control and office safes.

• Car keys & lockouts

  Keys locked in the car, a car key snapped, or every key gone? The technician meets you at the car: driveway, mall parking or the Gautrain station.

• Emergency lockouts

  Keys inside and the door shut, at home, at work or in the car, or someone stuck behind a deadlock? We come out at any hour and get you back in.

• Lock replacement

  Cylinders, deadlocks, nightlatches, window and gate locks, shutter locks and shrouded padlocks, chosen to suit the door and fitted on the spot.

• Safe repairs & code changes

  Combination and code changes, new safe locks, keypads in place of keys, stiff handles and grinding bolts, and safes bolted down as the maker intended.

• Broken-key extraction

  Key snapped off, or stuck fast and refusing to come out, in a door, gate, padlock or shutter lock? We remove it and check the lock still works.

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

Useful guides

• Child or Pet Locked in a Car: What to Do First
• Car Key Fob Not Working? Causes and Checks
• Lock Security for Offices in a Business Park
• Changing a Safe Combination or Code

Nearby areas we cover

• Die Hoewes
• Zwartkop
• Hennopspark
• Highveld Techno Park

All Centurion areas