A customer (Barb) was locked out of her condo Downtown Vancouver last night. It was an off shore manufactured Deadbolt and I picked it open very quick. Most of these inexpensive locks pick very easy and can be bumped open (vist my www.mrprolock for a bumping description) . She was shocked how easy the lock picked (I am a good lock picker but the cheap locks make me look good). Most of the locks in her building are the same cheap lock.

I recommended a Primus High Security Deadbolt that is UL listed as pick resistant (no lock is truly pick proof but I can’t pick it in the shop or on the road so I know it is good) and many other features, drill resistant and as follows:

Bump Proof
• Pick Resistant
• Drill Resistant
• UL (Underwriters Laboratories) Listed High Security Cylinders passed the UL 437 tests that measure effectiveness against picking, drilling and physical resistance.
• Solid brass collar spins under pressure to prevent wrench attacks.
• Large thumbturn provides ease of use for physically challenged.
• Steel shroud over bolt protects against “ice pick” type of attacks.
• High security strike plate has 2″ screws that anchor the strike directly to the building structure behind the frame, preventing “kick-in” type attacks.
• Hardened steel bolt and bolt throwing mechanism are surrounded by a heavy-gauge tubular steel housing for maximum resistance to crow bar attacks.
• Solid brass design is secured with high-tensile steel mounting bolts for maximum resistance against hammer and prying attacks.
• Available in brass or brushed aluminum finish.
• Patented Key control (key duplication by signature card only).

I highly recommend my “Vancouver Special” that includes a High Security Pick resistant lock (Primus High Security Deadbolt) and to target harden the door (Mag Plate) and Strike plate (installed on the frame of the door) to make the door harder to kick in.

Vancouver has some of the highest property crime and Break and Enters in Canada and North America. Don’t be a victim, “Crime is Not Random” and you can protect yourself and your property,

Call me anytime to arrange a “Vancouver Special” for your door and I can also install the “Vancouver Special” in Burnaby or anywhere in the Lower Mainland.

www.mrprolock.com
Terry Whin-Yates
BA (Hons) Criminology
3rd Generation Locksmith
25 Years Experience
BC Security License : B4227
604-773-5625

Locked out of Bathroom?

Don’t laugh, it happens to everyone sooner of later and it is very simple to open the locked bathroom door.

For a door that has a privacy lock (the kind with a hole in the knob on the outside), keep a tool handy that will open this door if it is locked by your toddler with you on the outside and your toddler on the inside. The tool can be made from a piece of coat hanger or a metal skewer from the kitchen drawer or the inside of a ballpoint pen. Kept handy, it could save you from considerable anxiety and frustration trying to get a toddler to unlock the door.

      • Put tool straight into the hole in the knob.
      • The tool will stop approximately 1 inch to 1½ inside the knob.
      • Gently but firmly push the tool just a little bit, approximately ¼ inch (you are pushing the spring loaded release button). 
      • You should hear a “pop” or “clunk” as the lock unlocks.
      • Turn handle.

Again, if the bathroom lock has a round hole take a wire coat hanger and bend it straight.  Stick it directly in the hole (straight and level) and feel for a springy button… when you feel it, simply push and it should release the lock.  If this is not successful, make sure the tool is level and is dead center, or call me for help. 

This method works for 99 percent of the bathroom locks in Vancouver and the Lower Mainland, however, I have been called out to open locked bathrooms that were broken and occasionally tI have seen bathroom locks that do not have the small hole in the center of the handle. We only charge $95 to open the locked bathroom door (7 days/8am to 8pm, and 24hr Emergency Locksmith Service is available.

We’re a family owned and operated business that provides Professional Locksmithing & Security Services in Vancouver, North Vancouver, West Vancouver, Richmond, Ladner, Delta, Tsawwassen, New Westminster, Burnaby, Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam, Port Moody, Maple Ridge, and Surrey on a 24 hour basis. All our locksmiths are family. We’re competent, reliable, and friendly.

Just call and book an appointment for a Professional Locksmith from Mr. Locksmith (BC Security Licensed Locksmith) to help you.

Terry Whin-Yates
BA (Hons) Criminology
3rd Generation Locksmith
25 Years Experience
BC Security License : B4227
604-773-5625

Terry Whin-Yates
BA (Hons) Criminology
3rd Generation Locksmith
25 Years Experience
BC Security License : B4227

We’re a family owned and operated business that provides Professional Locksmithing & Security Services in Vancouver and the Lower Mainland.

Many unlicenced so called locksmiths in the Vancouver area. The BC Government has locksmith licence requirements for anyone advertising as locksmith, doing business as a locksmith or locksmith company. The minimum requirements are two (2) years experience working with a BC Lic Locksmith. Also, the Industry Training Authority (ITA) has minimum training requirements of two years working with a lic locksmith.

I have been in the Locksmith business for over 25 years and I have a BC Security Business Lic. (B4227).

Locksmithing SCAMS have been for years running throughout North America and have been in Vancouver for several years. They quote you over the phone $29.00 to open your locked door and then charge hundreds of dollars. Or they are unqualified and unlicenced.

You can protect yourself from these scammers by going to the BC Government website.

You can “Verify Locksmith Security Business licence” at the following BC Government site:

http://www.pssg.gov.bc.ca/securityindustry/training/index.htm

Security Licence Status Verification
Verify a Security Business Licence Results
www.mrlocksmith.com1 result found for security licence number b4227
Legal Business Name
24 HR MR.LOCKSMITH INC.
Trade Name
MR. PROLOCK LOCKSMITHS,& AA AUTOMOTIVE LOCKSMITHS, & TERRY WHIN-YATES
Licence Number: B4227
Licence Status
VALID
Licence Type(s)
LOCKSMITH.

I hope this helps to protect you.

I will start to publish the names and addresses of these people and companies and what the BC Government is doing, Also, I have put an official complaint against one of these companies and the person running it. Future Blogs I will post my letter and their response,

Terry Whin-Yates
604-773-5625