Door Locks Toronto

Shop­ping for Locks is chal­leng­ing. Big box stores have entire aisles filled with a wide vari­ety of secu­ri­ty door locks Toron­to. How does the con­sumer know what a good val­ue lock with ade­quate secu­ri­ty fea­tures is?

PROTECTION PLUS® can help!

A lit­tle knowl­edge can go a long way. Here is a quick edu­ca­tion of the pri­ma­ry lan­guage of the Lock Indus­try.

  • Key Con­trol takes secu­ri­ty to anoth­er lev­el. The abil­i­ty to con­trol who can dupli­cate a key is an impor­tant step for­ward in secu­ri­ty. At times we all lend out keys, per­haps to a neigh­bour or con­trac­tor. With Key Con­trol, only an autho­rized per­son with I.D. will be able to dupli­cate the key, and only from an autho­rized deal­er, not the cor­ner store. Key Con­trol can stop unau­tho­rized key dupli­ca­tion. A mas­ter key sys­tem allows for a Mas­ter Key that can open all locks while lim­it­ing access to oth­ers door by door, lock by lock. This is an excel­lent solu­tion for homes where per­haps a clean­ing ser­vice gets access to a side door but not the home office. Or where there is a ten­ant or Granny flat sit­u­a­tion. A Mas­ter key can pro­vide full access, but sec­ondary keys are lim­it­ed to spe­cif­ic doors and locks of your choos­ing.
  • Check your local fire code for restric­tions. We get plen­ty of requests for dead­bolts that are keyed both sides. In the event of a fire, do you want to make it dif­fi­cult to exit? This is an exam­ple of what is not per­mit­ted in some juris­dic­tions; our Lock­smith and con­sul­tants can assist you in ensur­ing you adhere to local bylaws and safe­ty reg­u­la­tions.

Door Locks and Cylin­ders. Mul-T-Lock’s door lock fam­i­ly also includes Mor­tise Locks, Knob & Lever Cylin­dri­cal Locks, and Jim­my-Proof Locks, all of which include Mul-T-Lock’s patent­ed cylin­der and are designed to offer a com­plete high-secu­ri­ty pack­age.

Mul-T-Lock Deadbolts

Dead­bolts: The unique Her­cu­lar® Dead­bolt has spear­head­ed Mul-T-Lock’s line of high-secu­ri­ty door locks. Uti­liz­ing supe­ri­or strength and ease of instal­la­tion, the Her­cu­lar® Dead­bolt has set new stan­dards in high-secu­ri­ty lock­ing. The Her­cu­lar® dead­bolt is con­struct­ed of sol­id brass and hard­ened steel and is rec­og­nized by many as the best dead­bolt on the mar­ket today. Ask us about our “Cap­tive” line of dead­bolts that may meet your need for a dou­ble cylin­der lock while adher­ing to fire code.

The Cronus pro­vides a low­er-cost alter­na­tive, with a good qual­i­ty Grade 2 lock, also com­pat­i­ble with Mul-T-Lock’s key con­trol fea­tures. Mix and match the Cronus and Her­cu­lar as need­ed and still use the same key to open them. Ask our con­sul­tant about the best fit for your appli­ca­tion and bud­get.

Cylin­ders: Already have good qual­i­ty door locks or pad­locks? Have you just moved into a new build­ing with good qual­i­ty locks but you need to ensure there are no unau­tho­rized keys out there? Ask us about increas­ing your secu­ri­ty by installing new High-Secu­ri­ty Mul-T-Lock Cylin­ders that are drill, bump and pick resis­tant, and offer Key Con­trol. Mor­tise, Rim, and Key in Knob Cylin­ders head­line Mul-T-Lock’s com­pre­hen­sive line of retro­fit solu­tions. Avail­able for a wide range of Res­i­den­tial, Com­mer­cial, Indus­tri­al, and Inter­na­tion­al lock­sets, each is designed to offer afford­able upgrade to pick, drill and bump resis­tance, as well as patent­ed, restrict­ed Key Con­trol to almost any exist­ing lock­set. Also, Mul-T-Lock car­ries Large For­mat Inter­change­able Cores, Mogul Cylin­ders, and a vari­ety of Pro­file Cylin­ders to fit mul­ti­ple appli­ca­tions.

Mul-T-Lock Cylinders
Mul-T-Lock Passage sets

Pas­sage sets: Look­ing for more secure solu­tions for inte­ri­or door locks in your home or office? Knob or lever sets are avail­able. Do you need to switch to Lever sets to meet upcom­ing Acces­si­bil­i­ty reg­u­la­tions? Look­ing to expand your Key Con­trol to inte­ri­or doors? We can help!

Pad­locks: An often over­looked secu­ri­ty weak­ness is the use of Pad­locks. Pad­locks often pro­tect and con­trol access to valu­able items rang­ing from Bar fridges, garages, equip­ment rooms and tool sheds. Yet often are pur­chased with lit­tle thought to secu­ri­ty from the local depart­ment store. Mul-T-Lock’s var­i­ous pad­lock lines are world renown and rec­og­nized by many insti­tu­tions. Whether it’s the weath­er resis­tance of the G‑Series Line, the famil­iar­i­ty of our T‑Series Line, the ver­sa­til­i­ty of the C‑Series Line, or the brute strength of our robust E‑Series Line, Mul-T-Lock car­ries the best solu­tion for almost any pad­lock appli­ca­tion.

Mul-T-Lock Padlocks

Let us add a Mul-T-Lock cylin­der to your exist­ing good qual­i­ty pad­lock to cre­ate Key Con­trol and Pick, bump, and drill resis­tance. Or ask us about pur­chas­ing qual­i­ty pad­locks.

Is a Dig­i­tal (key­less) Lock the right solu­tion for your Home? They have strengths and weak­ness­es.

Drawbacks to digital locks

  • From a secu­ri­ty point of view using pin #’s on an access sys­tem is the weak­est link in the sys­tem. Pin #’s can eas­i­ly be shared by peo­ple or some­body look­ing over a shoul­der can see some­body enter­ing their code. This cre­ates the pos­si­bil­i­ty of unau­tho­rized access.
  • While the units today are far supe­ri­or to pre­de­ces­sors of only a few years ago, they are still depen­dent on bat­ter­ies. Bat­tery fail­ure means the dig­i­tal com­po­nent of the lock no longer func­tions until the bat­ter­ies are replaced.
  • Some units that boast full automa­tion (hands-free) have motor­ized lock­ing mech­a­nisms. In Cana­da, with dra­mat­ic tem­per­a­ture and humid­i­ty changes, the fit of a door will also change as doors, frames, weath­er strip­ping swells and con­tracts. When a door becomes tight in the frame, it may not close ful­ly; the motor­ized lock may become stuck, burn out, or be unable to lock the door. We rec­om­mend elec­tron­ic locks that still require a man­u­al mechan­i­cal thumb turn.
Residential Digital Locks
Res­i­den­tial Dig­i­tal (key­less) Locks may be a solu­tion for your home. They do pro­vide solu­tions for many cir­cum­stances and can be attrac­tive. Ask us about dig­i­tal solu­tions, with or with­out remote elec­tron­ic access. For exam­ple, the Schlage; Kaba E‑plex series offers a qual­i­ty solu­tion designed to work in the Cana­di­an cli­mate with sig­nif­i­cant vari­ances in tem­per­a­ture. The dig­i­tal lock pro­vides an alter­na­tive to elec­tron­ic access con­trol in instances where wiring or pow­er is dif­fi­cult to attain. And in many cas­es, these dig­i­tal locks can be incor­po­rat­ed with our Hon­ey­well Total Con­nect smart mon­i­tor­ing serves.