Locksmith Services in Auchtermuchty

Your local locksmith in Auchtermuchty

Auchtermuchty is an old royal burgh in the Howe of Fife — a square and a few streets of pantiled cottages with closes running back off them, and newer estates built out beyond. The old burgh housing and the new estates need quite different work, and we carry the parts for both in the van.

Burgh cottages. Low timber doors, thick walls, and mortice locks that are often the original ones. Insurers usually expect a five-lever lock certified to the British Standard on a timber final exit door, and a three-lever is common in houses of this age. The lock sits inside the door, so changing it alters what is in the door rather than how it looks.

Closes and rear doors. The closes give a lot of these houses a back door that nobody passing can see. That is generally the door with the oldest lock on it, and the one worth improving first.

The newer estates. uPVC and composite doors with a multipoint mechanism the height of the door, driven by a gearbox behind the handle. The handle going soft, or having to lift the door to lock it, is that gearbox failing. Dealt with early it is a straightforward change; left until it goes it can shut you out of your own house.

Farms and sheds all round. The Howe is farming country and there are steadings, stores and sheds everywhere. An outbuilding is usually the weakest lock on a property and the cheapest to put right, and where the doors allow it we can key them alike so you are not carrying a bunch of keys about.

Parts on the van. A return trip for a part costs you as much as it costs us, so we carry a wide range of cylinders, mortice locks and gearboxes and finish the job on the visit wherever we can.

Whatever the job in Auchtermuchty, you get the same promise: no call-out fee, no fix no fee, and a clear price agreed before any work begins.