Redcliffe has a problem most of our other suburbs do not: salt. Locks within a few streets of the water lead a much harder life, and the hardware that is fine in Strathpine will not necessarily last here.
The usual locksmith work, plus the hardware choices that matter when you live near salt water.
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A common issue around the Redcliffe peninsula is corrosion and wear on external lock hardware, caused by the coastal environment. A cylinder that has gone stiff, or a key that will not turn, is often corrosion rather than a broken lock.
Where a standard lockset will pit and seize within a few years, we can fit hardware actually rated for a marine environment.
For short-stay and holiday properties, code-based entry removes the key handover entirely, and the code changes between guests.
Unit entries, holiday lets between managers, or a house you have just bought. One new key, old copies dead.
Shopfronts, cafes and offices along the Parade and the surrounding centres, where the salt problem applies just as much.
If you live near the water you will already know the pattern: things that work perfectly inland need more attention here.
A lock that has become stiff over a couple of seasons is usually suffering salt build-up in the cylinder rather than a mechanical fault. Sometimes that is a service; sometimes the cylinder is genuinely gone.
Standard finishes pit and stain within sight of the water. Choosing hardware rated for coastal exposure costs a little more once, instead of a little more every few years.
The peninsula runs from beachfront unit blocks to original post-war cottages, so the work swings between body corporate entries and single timber front doors.
Keys going missing between guests is a predictable headache. Code entry avoids the handover altogether and can be changed between bookings.
We cover the peninsula suburbs and the areas on the way back to base.
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Seized lock, lockout or hardware that has not survived the salt. Give us a call.
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