Chubb Lichfield Failed Combination Change

Chubb Lichfield Failed Combination Change

The staff at a Liverpool city centre store had attempted to change the combination on this Chubb Lichfield safe and could no longer open the door. The safe was fitted with a La Gard digital lock which would not open with the new or old code and having tried various permutations we had to drill into the lock to get it open. With the small hole repaired the lock was replaced and the safe put back in to service.

Chatwood Milner Duplextra Mk2 Lost Combination

Chatwood Milner Duplextra Mk2 Lost Combination

The combination had been lost to this Chatwood-Milner Duplextra Mk2 safe at a residence in Market Harborough, Leicestershire. The combination lock had been left in the open position for many years and the safe operated with just the key so when somebody accidentally knocked the combination dial they were unable to open the safe. We attended site and manipulated the combination lock to discover the combination and opened the safe without any damage.

Chubb Bank Vault Door Lost Combination

Chubb Bank Vault Door Lost Combination

The new tenants of an ex-bank building in Liverpool had been using this Chubb vault for several weeks with just the key locks as they did not know the combination. As often happens in these circumstances somebody moved the combination dial which locked them out of the vault. We attended the site and determined the combination through the process of manipulation to open the door without damage. We then reset the combination to one of their choosing to enable them to open it themselves in the future.

Chubb Bank Vault Door Chubb Vault Door

Fort Knox Chancellor Lost Combination

Fort Knox Chancellor Lost Combination

The combination had been lost to this Fort Knox Chancellor under floor safe at a private residence in Maghull, Merseyside. We attended the customers home and identified the lock as a La Gard Group two, three wheel combination lock, initial diagnostics suggested that the lock was working correctly so we began the process of manipulating it open.

Manipulation is a process of discovering the combination of the lock and is often depicted in movies with the safe cracker using a stethoscope or an upturned glass tumbler to listen to the lock. Whilst we carry high tech listening devices they are not always necessary and with this lock we didn’t need anything but our un-sanded fingers to identify what the lock was ‘saying’ to us. Within a short space of time the lock had given up its first number of the combination shortly followed by the second and the third at which point the lid could be removed to reveal the safes contents. We then reset the combination to one of the owners choosing and gave instructions on how to dial the lock and how to insert and remove the lid.

Fort Knox safes are unfortunately no longer trading but they were based in Maghull so this one didn’t have to travel far from the factory where it was made.

Phoenix 2500 Datacombi

Phoenix 2500 Datacombi Lost Combination

The combination had been lost to this Phoenix 2500 Datacombi safe at an office in Manchester. We attended site and opened it, reset the combination and put it back in to service.

The Phoenix 2500 Datacombi safe provides fire protection for paper documents, computer diskettes, tapes and all forms of data storage and security for cash and valuables all in one unit and is suitable for use in residential or business premises.