My Reigate Victorian terrace has the original front door with an old rim lock. Can you make it more secure without replacing the whole door?

Yes, that's a common job for us in this area. We can fit a mortice deadlock to BS3621 standard into the door stile alongside your existing latch, which brings it up to a level most insurers are happy with. We'll check the door frame is solid enough to hold it first, because on some of the older terraces the timber needs attention before a new lock is worth fitting.

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Home AreasReigate

RH2~9 miles from town centre12-month guarantee on parts supplied and fitted

Reigate sits in the RH2 postcode, around 9 miles north of central Crawley, and we're typically with you in 20 to 30 minutes depending on traffic on the A217. It's a mixed town with a strong stock of Victorian and Edwardian terraces near the town centre, interwar semis spreading out towards Redhill, and some newer estate housing further out. We get a steady mix of domestic lockouts, worn cylinder replacements on older properties, and security upgrades from homeowners who've taken a look at their Victorian front doors and realised they're not up to much.

Bell Street, High Street and the streets off Alma Road have a lot of original period front doors, many still running ageing Yale-style nightlatches with no secondary deadlock. Dovers Green Road and the estates near Woodhatch bring more 1980s and 1990s PVCu doors with multipoint locks. We come in via the A217 through Horley and Salfords, which is usually straightforward outside of rush hour. Honestly, Reigate has more period properties running genuinely outdated lock setups than most towns of its size, which means the security upgrade side of the work here is never quiet.

Most common Reigate jobs

Lockouts on Victorian terraces near the town centre, usually 20-25 minutes response
Worn or snapped euro cylinder replacements on 1990s PVCu doors around the Woodhatch area
Upgrading ageing Yale nightlatches to BS3621 deadlocks on period Edwardian front doors
Multipoint lock mechanism failures on upvc doors, often Mila or ERA brand
Lock changes for tenants moving into older rented flats near Reigate town centre
Boarding up following a forced entry while a replacement door or frame is arranged

Services we run from Reigate

Lockouts Lock changes uPVC repairs Burglary repairs Commercial Safes Key cutting

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Reigate FAQ

It can do during morning and evening rush hours, particularly around Horley and Salfords. Outside of those windows we're usually with you in 20 to 25 minutes. If you call during peak times we'll give you an honest estimate rather than a figure that sounds good but isn't realistic.