This Dudley D2 safe at a National Gym chain in Bromborough, Wirral was looking a bit sorry for itself. The hinge pins were missing and the keys had been lost. We replaced the hinge pins, swapped the lock and cut extra keys so that they could reuse the safe which had been out of service for a number of years.
Author: Mark Doyle
SLS 1000 Safe Opening Lancashire
The door of this SLS 1000 safe at a pub in Skelmersdale, Lancashire would not open when the correct combination had been dialled. Unfortunately a lot of brute force had been attempted prior to calling us out causing much more damage by breaking the handle and damaging the combination lock dial. Once the door was open we repaired the handle and lock and put the safe back in to service.
Chubb Sovereign Grade 3 Safe Opening
The staff at a pawnbrokers in Liverpool could not open this Chubb Sovereign safe as the electronic lock was not responding to the code entered. We attended site and had the safe open within a couple of minutes.
Security Door Manifoil MK IV Comination Lock
When an international IT company could not open their secure comms room door at their office in Cheshire they called us for assistance. The door was locked with a Manifoil Mark IV combination lock which are secure enough to have been the UK government’s security standard for many years. We quickly identified the issue and was able to get the door open by giving instructions over the phone.
Bristol Maid Medicine Cabinet Failed Lock
The lock had failed on this Bristol Maid medicine cabinet at a care facility in Burscough, Lancashire. We were asked to attend to remedy the problem which we duly did by changing the lock and supplying new keys.
Fort Knox Underfloor Safe Opening
When a new publican took over a local public house in Skelmersdale, Lancashire he found a Fort Knox underfloor safe which was locked and no keys had been left for it. We were asked to open the safe and to provide new keys so that it could be used. We have opened many of these safes in the past and on first impressions we didn’t expect to have any problem picking the lock but we soon found that the mechanism had seized. We eventually got it moving again and was able to pick it open to find a rather unusual amount of carpet fibres in the lock which had been causing the issue. With new keys provided the safe was put back into service and another non-destructive safe opening was completed.
Chatwood Duplex Lost Keys
Chatwood Duplex safe with lost keys opened in Ulverston, Cumbria.
Antique Safe Lost Keys Opening
The family could not locate the keys to this antique square cornered safe at a home in Storth, Cumbria after the death of the owner. We attended and picked the lock open for them so that they could retrieve all of the paperwork and personal possessions.
Alpha Hotel Safe Opening
We were called to open this Alpha hotel safe at an international hotel chain site in Manchester. The members of staff who knew the supervisor codes had left and a guest had omitted to open the safe with his code prior to checking out.
Upon arrival there was still a guest in the room where the safe was so we were taken on a tour of other rooms where they were having difficulties, during this time we took the opportunity to work out the supervisor code and coach the staff on how to change it should they wish to do so. Once the guest had left the room with the locked safe it was a simple case of putting in the master code and it opened up straight away.
Sentry T2-330 Safe Lost Keys
We received a call to open this Sentry safe with lost keys in Denbigh, Wales. The picture shows how we found the safe with a broken electronic lock and handle. We picked the lock open but with no handle to retract the boltwork we had to deal with that a different way but the owner was upgrading to a newer safe anyway and only required it opening so no repairs were necessary.