The life of an out-of-hours locksmith Metrolocks is a fully 24/7 company, working round the clock every single day of the year. We cover any job, Londonwide, all through the night. But the city is a different place out of hours. For a city of almost 9 million...
The best places to keep spare keys so that you don’t lose them Most locks come with at least two keys, if not three. You might only need one, so where do you keep the other two? In any case, you should always keep a key spare, in case you have guests, or lose...
Things I’d like to change about the locksmith trade When Metrolocks started, back in 1991, we were great innovators without too much effort. That’s because the locksmith industry in the UK at the time was sleepy and old-fashioned. There was a lot about the...
What’s the difference between a traditional locksmith and an auto-locksmith? There are all kinds of locksmiths out there. Some specialise in safes, others do standard residential work (lock-outs, lock fittings, repairs and so on), others specialise in installing...
What is a ‘dead-man switch’? A so-called dead-man switch is (usually) a switch where the circuit breaks automatically when the operator of the machinery ‘dies’. Don’t worry: most dead-man switches don’t actually involve people...
How do you become a locksmith? Locksmithing isn’t something that’s usually taught in local colleges in the same way that other trades are taught. You may be wondering how to become a locksmith, or indeed just wondering why we chose to be as we are.Here are...
