Garage Door Lock Repair in Washington

Garage Door Lock Repair in Washington

Garage doors in Washington are covered whether they are up-and-over, side-hinged or a pedestrian door into the garage: the locks, handles, cylinders and the bars or latches they drive.

We have no garage job recorded in Washington yet; the examples below are from elsewhere and say where.

We cover the whole Washington area for this service, including Albany, Barmston, Concord, Fatfield, Harraton, Lambton, Oxclose, Sulgrave, Usworth and Washington Village.

Recent Work in the Washington Area

Genuine jobs we have completed in the Washington area, of any kind (not necessarily garage door lock work):

• Door Realignment in Washington: The composite door was rubbing along the threshold and hard to open and close; the frame was warped, so a perfect realignment was not possible, but the door was realigned into good working order.
• Window Mechanism Repair in Washington (Window Mechanisms): A faulty mechanism stopped the window opening. It was opened without damage, the mechanism was changed, and the window worked correctly again.

Before You Call About a Garage Lock

A few quick checks tell us most of what is wrong:

• Does the key turn? If not, the cylinder is worn or the door is binding.
• Does the handle turn but the door stay unlocked? The fault is in the linkage to the side latches.
• Has the door dropped, so it scrapes or will not sit square? Alignment comes first.
• Have the keys been lost? New handles with their own keys make it lockable again; the door stays.

Garage Jobs From Elsewhere

• Lost keys for a double garage — High Shincliffe, near Durham. New handles with keys were fitted and both doors lock again (the job).
• A stronger garage lock — Seaham. The existing lock was replaced with a 1-star anti-snap lock (the job).

The Kinds of Garage Lock

• Up-and-over doors: a lock in the centre handle, worked by a key, drives bars or cables to latches at the sides or bottom. Faults are in the cylinder, the handle, or the linkage and latches.
• Side-hinged garage doors and pedestrian doors: these use ordinary door locks, cylinders and handles, repaired or replaced the same way as a house door.

On either kind, a lock that works but would not stop a break-in can be changed for a stronger one, as in the Seaham job.

Frequently Asked Questions

Do you repair the garage door itself?

This service covers the locking side: cylinder, handles, mechanism, bars and latches. For other faults, send a photo and we will say whether it is a job we do.

Do you cut keys or do car keys?

No. We do not offer auto locksmith services and we do not cut keys.