Churchill Domestic Safe

This Churchill Domestic under floor safe in Sandbach, Cheshire would not open for the owners and the key was stuck in the lock. Initial diagnostics suggested that the lock was open but there was something blocking the rotation of the lid to both the open and the closed positions. We were able to rectify the situation without damaging the lid on this occasion but it’s important to never over-fill any safe. This is particularly important for this style of safe as the lock and bolt work are exposed underneath the lid so that anything touching it can block it and cause a lock out.

Fort Knox Safe Opening

The new owners of a tanning salon in Wigan had not been given the keys to this locked Fort Knox under floor safe and wished to use it. We picked the safe open and were amazed to find it contained bags which appeared to be full of coins. On closer inspection they turned out to be tokens for the old tanning beds so not the great fortune that we were hoping for but it certainly added a bit of excitement to the safe opening. A new key was made by hand to the existing lock and the safe was put back in to service. The excitement must have been too much for the safe engineer who managed to leave one of his big toolboxes in the Salon and had to make a return trip to retrieve it.

Yale YSB Safe Lost Keys

The owner of this Yale YSB digital safe in Mossley, Ashton-under-Lyne, had lost the double bitted override keys and the batteries were flat. We picked the lock open so he could access the contents.

Eagle Safes Home Safes Lost Key

The keys had been lost to this Eagle Safes safe in Hoylake, Wirral. We opened the safe by picking the lock and made new keys for the owner.

Phoenix 1220 Centurion Opening

The owners of this Phoenix 1220 Centurion Fire Safe had never used the combination lock and had only used the key as it was stored inside a much larger burglary resistant safe. They could not now open the safe with the key and initial diagnostics suggested that the dial must have been moved and scrambled the combination. We recovered the combination to unlock the safe and they now have the combination should it ever happen again.

Leabank Royal Lost Combination

The owners of this Leabank Royal safe in Northwich had been using just the key to open and lock it for many years and had long since lost the code for the combination lock. The dial had accidentally got moved and caused a lock out, we attended the site of the holiday company and recovered the combination for them.

Rosengrens Safe Opening

The owner of this Rosengrens RS3 safe in Skelmersdale which was originally from a petrol station was having problems opening the four wheel combination lock. Having had twenty plus years of use since acquiring it the lock was starting to show it’s age. With a bit of servicing and resetting of the combination the safe was able to be reliably opened and put back in to service again.

Fort Knox Lost Keys

This Fort Knox under floor safe was found by the new owners of a property in Rhyl, North Wales. They wanted the safe opened and had a great idea of using it as a time capsule for their children to open when they were older. We opened it up by picking the lock to reveal that the safe was empty. The lock was changed and new keys provided to prevent any potential existing keys from opening it.

Church Safes

We were called to a church in Wallasey after thieves had broken in through a stained glass window causing thousands of pounds worth of damage but fortunately got away with nothing of any value. They did however attempt to break in to a couple of safes preventing one of them from being opened with the key and stealing the keys to a smaller safe. The larger safe in the main picture was quickly fixed so that the key could enter the lock and open it up. The smaller safe shown below was picked open and re-keyed so that the stolen keys will no longer operate the lock.

We were also asked to open the lovely old warded rim lock on the church door shown below for which they key had been taken. As professional locksmiths we were pleased to oblige and after making a tool on site to operate the mechanism we opened it without any damage.

Milners Safe Opening

The owners of this Milners safe in Warrington had the key but the safe would not open. We opened the safe without any damage and returned it to service.