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A customer from Wigan had been using this Clarke CS1055 safe for years by just using the key and not locking the combination lock. Unfortunately the dial got knocked causing a lock out as they did not know the combination and without opening the combination lock the key will not turn to open the safe. We opened the safe and provided the customer with the combination and instructions on how to dial it should the same thing happen again.
The batteries in this Yale digital safe at a hair salon in Manchester had fallen out and the owners had lost the override key. This had happened several times previously and was getting expensive for them to keep calling a locksmith to open it as each time they were told that they could not have a key provided to them for the emergency override lock. We attended the job, opened the safe and provided them with two new keys in case the batteries ever fall out or go flat again.
This Secure Safes (Coventry) Ltd under floor safe in Shevington was found by a relative dealing with the estate after the owners passing. The lock was seized up with rust and required lots of lubrication to free up the moving parts before we could pick the lock open. Once opened it was full of water and it was later mentioned that there had been a leak in the room. One of the drawbacks to under floor safes is that they are generally not watertight so any water from leaks or fire hoses will find it’s way down to the safes contents. It is important therefore to store things in watertight containers within the safe.
Shop fitters at a Burnley shopping centre needed to move this Dudley Ludlow safe which was bolted to the floor and the keys had not been left by the previous tenants. We picked the 9 lever lock open giving them access to the securing bolt so that they could continue with their shop refit.
This J.W.Timms safe from 1951 was open but didn’t have any keys when acquired by the new owner. The back pan was welded in place so a new key was impressioned to save all the grinding and re-welding that would have been required. New keys work nice and smoothly and the old girl can go back in to service for another 60+ years.
The Key had been lost to the lock on this antique Phillips and Son safe in Stockport. We attended and opened it for the client.
This Dudley Grade 1 safe in Blackpool had been troublesome to operate for some time until eventually it failed and couldn’t be opened by the store staff. We successfully opened the safe and replaced the worn out lock.
Client called early on a Saturday morning as the key to this Brattonsound Gun Safe in Great Harwood was stuck in the lock and he was understandably worried about leaving the house with the key left in the lock. We attended site within the hour and was able to remove the key allowing us to identify with the use of a scope that the lock was ‘half cocked’. These are double throw locks which means that the key needs to be rotated twice to fully lock or unlock it, in this instance the lock had only been thrown once and in this state it is not possible to insert the key. With the use of a specialist tool we were able to reset the lock to the fully locked position and thus enabled the key to be inserted to unlock the gun cabinet.
I received an emergency call from a local post office last week, they had accidentally locked three sets of safe keys inside one of the safes and were unable to open the shop until they could access the money. I was in attendance at another job at the time the call came in but luckily I was just about wrapping it up and was able to be with them within half an hour and had the safes open within another 30 minutes.
This Elsafe 252-1501 Hotel Safe in Blackpool was failing to open and displaying a 5ER or SER error. We opened the safe up so that the customer could retrieve his passport and other valuables. I have also seen the 252-1511 version of this safe which is hinged on the opposite side.