Deadlocks
The most useful thing you can add to a door
A latch holds a door shut. A deadlock keeps it shut. On most homes it’s the upgrade with the largest gap between what it costs and what it achieves.
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- Public liability insured
- 24/7, including public holidays
- 15–25 minutes typical response
- No call-out fee*
- No hidden rates*
- 1 year workmanship warranty*
- 6 years in Melbourne
- Home, business and vehicle
- No call-out fee
- No call-out fee when the job goes ahead as booked. If you cancel after your locksmith has already set off, the trip is charged — the cancellation policy on your booking says how much.
- No hidden rates
- The figure you approve is the figure you pay for the job as described. If the job turns out genuinely different on site, that figure still stands until you approve a new one. Anything you have not agreed to is never charged.
- 1 year workmanship warranty
- What the warranty covers depends on the job and on the parts — ask us what applies to yours. It sits alongside your rights under the Australian Consumer Law, which no warranty can exclude.
Recent work
Photos from our own jobs.
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Deadlock with our engraved cylinder Deadlock on a timber door Deadlock fitted level, checked with a square Rim deadlock on a white door Window restrictor on a high-rise apartment Our engraved deadbolt, keys handed over Door closer on an apartment entry door Brass lever and euro cylinder on a panelled door Privacy mortice retrofitted to a bathroom door Key cut to fit an existing window lock Keyed handle on a sliding door Mortice lock and levers on an apartment door
Why a latch on its own isn’t enough
A spring latch can be worked back, and the whole assembly relies on a small amount of timber around the strike. It’s designed for convenience, not resistance.
A deadbolt throws a solid bar into the frame. There is nothing to slip and nothing to spring back, and getting past it means attacking the door or the frame — which is loud, slow and visible.
Fitting is most of the job
A deadlock that isn’t seated properly, or whose strike doesn’t line up, gives you the appearance of security and not much else. The bolt needs to throw fully into a strike anchored to the frame, not just the architrave.
That’s the part that takes the time, and it’s the part that decides whether the lock is worth having.
Fire safety and double-cylinder locks
A double-cylinder deadlock needs a key from the inside too, which stops someone reaching through broken glass — but it also means you need a key to get out.
That trade-off matters in a fire. We’ll talk through where the key lives before fitting one, because the safest choice depends on your household.
From our job sheet
Window restrictor on a high-rise apartment 
Our engraved deadbolt, keys handed over 
Door closer on an apartment entry door 
Brass lever and euro cylinder on a panelled door
Related services
What we can help with
- Deadlock InstallationAdd a deadlock for real door security.Priced on the phoneYou get the figure before anyone comes out
- Deadbolt InstallationStraightforward deadbolts, properly fitted.Priced on the phoneYou get the figure before anyone comes out
- Door LocksEntry sets, knob sets, mortice locks and latches.Priced on the phoneYou get the figure before anyone comes out
- Window LocksSecure the windows burglars actually try.Priced on the phoneYou get the figure before anyone comes out
Common questions
Can a deadlock go on any door?
Most timber and aluminium doors take one. Doors that are mostly glass, or very thin, sometimes need a different approach — tell us what the door is made of when you check a price and we’ll match it.
Will it damage my door?
Fitting a deadlock means cutting into the door and frame, which is normal and permanent. Done properly it looks like it was always there.
Get a quote for your deadlock installation
Answer what you can — anything you are unsure of, leave it. Your locksmith reads it and comes back with a price, usually within the hour during business hours.
Stuck right now? Ring — it is faster than any form. If it can wait, the form below gets you an exact figure.
Priced by the job, not by the hour — the figure you approve is the figure you pay for the job as described.*
*If your locksmith arrives and the job turns out genuinely different from what you told us — a different lock, extra doors, damage nobody mentioned — you get a plain explanation and a new figure before any work starts, and you can say no. Anything you haven’t agreed to is never charged.
