Residential Locksmiths

Residential Lock Work Across Johannesburg, Gauteng

Ephraim Locksmiths is a family-run business, and a good share of our house calls come from someone a few doors down who used us before. You get a real person on the phone at any hour, a price agreed before anyone picks up a tool, and the gentlest way into the door we can manage — picking or bypassing first, drilling only when the lock leaves us nothing else to try.

What We Handle Around the House

• Residential and commercial lockouts
• Rekey existing locks
• Installation of new locks
• Window locks
• Patio bolts
• Deadlocks and locksets
• Digital locks
• High-security locks
• Key cutting and duplication

Choosing the Hardware That Goes on Your Door

If you would rather not add another key to the bunch, new locks can be cut to work on the key you already carry. We bring hardware with us for the door types we see most and can order in heavier cylinders where a door justifies it. Just as often we will tell you the lock itself is sound and it is the strike plate, the hinges or the way the door sits in its frame that wants attention.

Just Moved In? Get the Locks Rekeyed First

It's easy to forget how many hands a set of keys passes through before you get the keys to a new home — agents, contractors, previous tenants, maybe a neighbour who used to feed the cat. Rekeying resets the lock to work with a fresh set of keys only you hold, and it's a fraction of the cost of replacing the hardware itself. It's usually the first call we get from a family settling into a new place.

When an Older Lockset Is Worth Replacing

Plenty of houses are still running the lockset that came fitted with the door, and a cylinder of that sort gives way to a shoulder or a pick far sooner than most owners expect. We look at how the door meets its frame, what condition the keeps and hinges are in, and whether a deadlock, a stronger cylinder or a keypad entry actually suits the way your household comes and goes — then say what is worth doing and what is not.

Our work takes us to houses, cottages and complexes throughout Johannesburg, Gauteng, and there is no hour at which the phone goes unanswered. Ring us whenever it suits you and we will tell you on the spot whether it is something we can put right the same day.