Lost Safe Keys

Fort Knox Under Floor Safe

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.

Fort Knox Under Floor Safe

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.

Yale Digital Safe Lost Keys

Yale Digital Safe Lost Keys

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.

Secure Safes Coventry Ltd Under floor Safe

Seized Secure Safes Under Floor Safe

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.

Dudley Ludlow

Dudley Ludlow Safe No Keys

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.

J.W.Timms Safe

J W Timms Safe Rekeying

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.