Mobile Locksmith in Route 21 Business Park

Offices at the front, roller doors at the back

The park is zoned for offices, warehouses, laboratories and showrooms, and many buildings mix them: a reception and open-plan floor facing the street, with a warehouse or workshop behind it reached through roller shutters. That means two very different kinds of lock problem can turn up at the same address:

• on the office side: a front door or suite door that won't lock or unlock, a broken key in an internal door, a lost key to a key cabinet, an office safe that won't open;
• on the warehouse side: a roller shutter that's stuck half-open, a broken spring, a motor that hums but won't lift, a floor lock that won't release, or a padlock on a cage or container that's seized.

We take on both, including the shutter's mechanism, springs and motor, as part of our commercial locksmith service.

Biometric gates: arrange access first

Letting agents describe Route 21 as access-controlled, with patrols, biometric access and perimeter surveillance. A locksmith who simply turns up at the entrance will usually have to wait while security phones someone, so do this before the technician sets off:

1. tell estate security that a locksmith is coming, with your company name and street address inside the park;
2. give us a contact number for whoever will meet us at the unit;
3. at night or over a weekend, check whether security needs a go-ahead from your landlord or managing agent as well.

We can't arrange entry to the estate ourselves, so that first call has to come from you.

Irene or Centurion? Finding the right building

Addresses here are written in different ways. Some tenants give "Irene" as the suburb and others "Centurion", and you'll also see the name Route 21 Corporate Park on the map and on signs. They all point to the same estate. To get the technician to your door, give us the street number and the street name (Regency Drive, Sovereign Drive, Victoria Link or Viceroy Link), and the building or block letter if there is one.

Gates and gate motors

Inside the estate, many buildings have their own sliding gate or palisade gate in front of the yard. If a gate motor stops responding, the gate jumps its track, or the lock on a pedestrian gate fails, we come out and look at it. Our article on gate motor and gate lock faults lists a few safe things to check before you call, such as whether the motor has power and whether something is blocking the track.

Changing locks after someone leaves

In a mixed office-and-warehouse building, keys spread quickly: reception, the warehouse supervisor, the person who receives deliveries. If one of them leaves on bad terms, or a set of keys simply disappears, replace the cylinders on the outside doors, change the padlocks on the shutters and yard gate, and reset the safe's combination. You get new keys with the new locks. We don't cut or copy keys, so it's worth deciding beforehand who should hold a set. Our article on lock security for offices in a business park has more on keeping track of keys.

Quote, proof and payment

The technician assesses the job on site and gives you the price before any work starts. Nothing is done until you agree. R250 call-out fee. Pay by EFT, cash or card. We ask for proof that you're entitled to the premises or the safe, such as a lease, a company letter or ID that matches the account, and we try to get in without damage before considering anything else.

Locksmith services available in Route 21 Business Park

• Commercial locksmith

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

• 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 opening

  Code forgotten, safe key missing or keypad dead? Home, office and firearm safes are opened in place, and we aim to leave the safe in working order.

• Lock repairs

  Drooping handles, keys that only turn if you pull the door, window catches, gate locks and tired roller shutters: repaired in place when that's the sensible fix.

• Break-in lock repairs

  Burgled at home or at work? Doors, windows, gates and shutters made to lock again the same night, and anything the stolen keys still open changed.

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

Useful guides

• Gate Motor and Gate Lock Faults: Safe Checks
• Lock Security for Offices in a Business Park
• Locked Out Late at Night: A Calm Checklist

Nearby areas we cover

• Irene Farm Villages
• Irene
• Pierre van Ryneveld

All Centurion areas