Keeping your skills up-to-date is vital for a locksmith. The rate of change of a lot of things is far faster now than fifty or even ten years ago, and locksmithing is no different. Electronic and digital locks are now common, and locks are evolving rapidly to defeat threats from things like bumpkeys and slim-jims. The modern car is amazingly high security. Take a mid-range saloon, and you will find that, if made in the last 5 years, it probably has automatic deadlocking from the keyfob.

If you lock your keys inside, you can smash a window (and pay the insurance excess!) to get them back, or you can call a locksmith. If you’ve locked them in the boot, or lost them entirely, smashing a window won’t help. You won’t be able to open the boot from inside, nor even the doors, as the deadlocking means only a key will do.

If your key has been stolen, then you need not just a new key, but you also need to have the old key removed from the system, before the thief comes and takes your car away using it.

Currently we are trying to gauge the returns on investment of getting the latest programmer equipment for car keys. The kit is very, very expensive and we would need significant investment in order to do on-site key programming. However, we have just invested in the latest tooling for non-destructive picking of the latest car locks. If your keys are locked in the boot, then we can attend and pick the lock without damage using the correct tools for the job, and do so at a reasonable price, and get you on the road again. We can also do a “next day” service for additional car keys

Please call and ask for details, should you need a spare key for your car.