Established in May 2003, Owl Locksmiths and Security is a family business owned and operated by Sharon and Barrie Howell.From our office in Hayle, South West of Cornwall, we provide a complete mobile Locksmiths and Security service 24/7, 360 days a year throughout mid to South &amp; West Cornwall.We can undertake any size project you may have and on any property type, whether it is your Home or your Business. We provide services to the private home owners and landlords as well as Rental Agents, Schools, Shops, Banks, Hotels, Care Homes and Recreational properties and many more.We are approved by Cornwall Council Trading Standards,  undertake tasks for Devon and Cornwall Police force and in 2017 achieved our ISO9001:2015 award for business excellence.With years of experience, Owl Locksmiths &amp; Security, aim to provide a fast and efficient service, dealing with inquiries where possible within the hour, day or night. Our normal response time is 30- 60 minutes of your call and WE ALWAYS RESPOND!We are definitely more cost effect than our larger competitors, charges are determined by the time of day, but we DO NOT CHARGE a CALL OUT FEE. We welcome regular work from clients as well as confirmed, ongoing contracts and in return for your loyalty we provide additional discounts and assistance.Owl Locksmiths and Security are recognised for professionalism at a competitive price whilst retaining that personal family business relationship that you will not get anywhere else. We offer free advice and no obligation site surveys and quotes. Services we can provide you with:Locksmiths Services: Any type of locksmith service to any type of property 24/7 360 days a year. Whether you require an emergency entry or a change of locks for insurance we are your 1st call.Advice without obligation: Free professional and impartial advice on anything from insurance approved products to best solution to secure your gate.Intruder Alarms: Owl Locksmiths and Security can plan and install intruder alarm systems for both domestic and commercial properties.Access Control Systems: Access control comes in various forms from high end electronic computer based systems used by large companies and hotels to a single push button lock fitted on a store cupboard in an office. What ever your need, we are sure to have a solution for you.Door Entry Systems: Door entry comes in an array of sizes and functions. If your in need of a door entry system, we can provide a tailored solution for your needs and the experts to fit it.CCTV (Closed circuit television): CCTV systems are a common site in our everyday world. we can offer systems specific to your requirements no matter the type of property to be secured. Owl Locksmiths and Security can plan, provide and install your CCTV system and then provide on-going maintenance and support.Door and window installation: We can advise, supply and install your replacement door and window units. We can quote for Wood, Upvc or Metal units as required.

Is it a bird, is it a plane, well its certainly NOT a gate.

New for Old, what a lovely gate - June 2016

Wet and grimy bollard with rusted up bullet lock

Tough going as these are design to withstand physical attached.

Finally the bolt is out at the cost of about 4 drill bits

One of the bollards in the raised position still with the old lock in place

Bollard with the new lock fitted, just needs cleaning off

Mud, rain and general bad conditions wins the fight! - June 2017

Trying everything to remove the rusted handles

The colour of Cornwall - Rusty Brown, Love it!

Handle spindle rust welded into the back plate.

Attempting to remove the lock case from the door.

Locks being re-keyed to a single key to operate all four, greased and then checked

View across to the St Micheals Mount, Penzance.

Cornish weather causes a headache

The old and failed lock removed from the door

The original failed lock in the roller door

Cutting away the metal runner to allow fitting of the base unit

Placing ground anchor and cementing into place

Replacement lock fitted and working well


Fitting the back plate to the roller door

Obsolete Lock with a Sold Secure Solution - February 2014

Old lock with keyway on outer side of the roller shutter door

Inner side of the roller shutter garage door 

The old lock with 1 bar still on and 1 bar removed

New lock fitted onto the bars, easier to do with lock complete first

New lock riveted to the old bars and ready to fit to the door

Gravel in the gullies did not help the doors to shut correctly so each needed clearing

All three completed with new locks and keys

Triple garages with roller doors with failed locks - December 2019

Temporary fix! Old mechanism removed, temporary centrecase fitted with original handle set and cylinder.

Old mechanism removed and the temporary fitted with the original handles and cylinder

Door ready to receive the new multipoint locking mechanism 

New multipoint locking mechanism ready for securing into the door 

The type of rollers that go into these sort of keeps offer NO security at all.

New centre keep fitted. The old roller keeps needed to be removed

New holes for the hooks needed to be cut into the frame 

Problems fitting the keep as a larger gap between the door and the frame so packers were needed.

New keeps were fitted to the frame for the new lock

Flushing Church Hall multipoint locking mechanism fails - November 2019 

Door widen with timber glued and screwed to the door

Outside finished off with escutcheon plate

Boilers and utilities outbuilding to be secured - September 2019

The lock case out showing bent and damaged back plate

Lock in full with keep attached after removal from box 

Lock stripped back showing the single lever operation

Real treat, not the normal! - April 2019

Jewellery box with small ornate hasp and staple type locking system and intrecate padlock of sorts

Currently locked Jewellery box with small wedge shaped lock

Jewellery box with small wedge shaped lock now opened

Jewellery box with small ornate hasp and staple type locking system now opened

Not just a standard job. A customer inherited a Jewellery box but could not work out how to get it opened - January 2019

Extremely old and fasinating key and lock 

Lock failed in antique wooden bureau near Feock - January 2019

Bin store UK key mortice sash lock and handles

Inner view of the  lockcase and handles fitted 

Lockcase, euro cylinder with thumbturn and handles

Communal bin store external lock conversion for regular customer - January 2019

Latch lock case and handles to be replaced in the factory door

The old latch only lock case and handles that need to be replaced

The old lock and handle set to be replaced

latch on the left and the new euro case deadlock on the right

The old UK Key latch lock on the left and the new Euro case deadlock on the right

The old box keep on the left and the new on the right

Lockcase in the door. Handles and euro cylinder fitted but still needs escutcheon 

Lock case, handles and euro cylinder with thumbturn fitted on the inner side of the door

Lock min place, handles on and cylinder fitted. Needs escutcheon and filling on the outer side.

All parts fitted, just needs the filler rubbed down and painting.

All the parts fitted and waiting for a touch of new paint

Regular customer with large factory needs conversion and upgraded locks - January 2019

The opened safe door with the failed deadlock in place

The securing cover plate removed prior to removing the lockcase

The lockcase out of the safe and stripped down for cleaning and repair

The lockcase back together and being tested

The lockcase just before refitting into the safe door

The safe lock being checked after refitting

Local Vets safe lock fails to operate - December 2018

Door is unable to close due to swelling and the handle has fallen off on the inner side

The swollen door and the missing handle. The lockcase in the door also has faults

The nightlatch is also fitted incorrectly as its too far forward.

You can see where the door was partially planed down but not correctly finished

Faulty lockcase in the doorand missing handle

Nightlatch backset and mortice lock and handles removed prior to taking the door off the frame

The hinge screws were completly rusted away so the hinges were drilled off.

Door removed from frame and planned down correctly

Door re-hung, old lockcase was fitted with replacement internal parts and new standard style handles fitted 

Door re-hung, old lockcase was fitted with replacement internal parts and new standard style handles fitted - external view

Door back on frame, planed down with new parts and now closes correctly - Internal view

Door back on frame, planed down with new parts and now closes correctly - External view

Customer is unable to close and secure property - December 2018

Door removed and planing down to the correct size

Tim measuring ready to have the excess cut off the bottom

New plate being fitted on the inner side for strength

Leading edge being re-secured and strengthened

Bottom shoot bar hole in concrete cleaned out 

Door re-hung and correctly fitted - inner view

Door re-hung and correctly fitted outer view

Job complete and ready for the Christmas rush

Peacocks in Cambourne having problems with the side door and Fire Safety Emergency Exit Hardware - December 2018

The boss "Bella" in the dry and the me getting wet at Autoglass - Redruth!

Marks on the frame show the height of the lock case.

Pencil mark at the top is where the hole needs to be raised to.

Hole in the frame pin drilled ready to be cut out and filed.

Hole in the frame enlarged to take the lockcase hook but cylinder still to be changed 

Lockcase lubricated but the cylinder to still be changed 

Front door locked but the cylinder to still be changed 

Autoglass Redruth struggle to lock their unit door. - December 2018

The chapel door with very nice old door furniture.

Inside the old chapel at Gwithian near Hayle

Inside the old chapel at Gwithian near Hayle.

The original old and very obsolete rim lock. 

The original old and very obsolete security - Finger latch and rim lock. 

Mortice Deadlock "Euro" case fitted into the door

Euro cylinder with thumbturn on the inner side and finished off with flat plate escutcheon.

Outer side of the door with euro cylinder and finsihed with square plate escutcheon

Gwithian Chapel requires security upgrade - May 2018

The original and currently fitted lock which still worked "at times"

Cutting into the door for the mortice lock case.

Cutting into the hardwood door for the lockcase.

Insurance approved mortice euro case, euro cylinder key and turn fitted

The outer side of the door. Despite using a 3" mortice there was not enough space between the door and wall for a round rose escutcheon

The inner side of the door showing thumbturn euro cylinder and escutcheon

The Swallows need new locks fitted at St Buryan Church - April 2018

Fitting the body (coded side) to the door

Coding the lock to the customers chosen code

Drilling to fit the digi lock body onto door.

Mechanical Digi lock fitting for Clearflow Limited - March 2018

Double wooden patio door lock upgrade - March 2018

Door and multipoint locking mechanism damage

Multipoint locking mechanism totally destroyed

Replacement multipoint lock, euro cylinder and handle set

Replacement multipoint locking mechanism lower section

Replacement multipoint locking mechanism upper section

Upper hook keep plate removed but unable to replace

Inner view, replacement mechainsm, cylinder and handles

Outer view, replacement mechainsm, cylinder and handles. Door stitched together

Not pretty but fully functioning, Job complete!

Emergency call after Devon and Cornwall Police had undertaken a forced entry to a property - February 2018

Obsolete box Rim lock and nightlatch above. Offers no security and definately not insurance approved.

Nice old box Rim lock, would be great tidied up but has no security value in a modern world.

Mortice deadlock fitted into place. once a little bit of white paint is added where the old paint cracked, it will look good.

Mortice deadlock fitted with large flat plate escutcheon to finish off.

Upgrade to Farmhouse front door security - January 2017

Cutting the mortice sash "euro" case into the new door.

Door with new lockcase, cylinder and handles

Mortice euro case , high security cylinder and handles complete

Mortice euro case with high security thumbturn cylinder and handles set to suit

St Erth Parish church lock upgrade - January 2017

Cutting the bolt to allow the door to be shut after closing time.

The bolt having been cut through with bit in the floor hole

The doors finally closed. They were locked temporarily on the upper lock only until parts could be received

Left door shows the failed bolt cut away on the left and the working lock on the right side

Lock failure at Next store in Truro - July 2016

Repossession, lock change and property security - July 2016

This is the bus that the garage lost the keys for and required an emergency gain entry.

Inside the bus where all the storage lockers were. 22 in total.

Pirate FM radio bus entry and lock changes - June 2016

New replacement hinges fitted and waiting for adjustment.

Upvc door hinge replacement - June 2016

Old drawbar deadlatch with has failed - hence the high tech cloths peg

faulty backset removed from inner side of the door

The rim cylinder also removed ready for the conversion

The new mechanical digital push button lock fitted

The inner side with the clutch side of the panic push bar fitted

All finished - just needs the maintenance team to fill the hole and repaint

Block of flats requires old and failed dead latch removed and a push bar fitted for Fire safety regs - May 2016

1st door inplace but bare with no furniture or lock

Checking the door in the frame for size with new hinges fitted

Door hanging and latch and handle fitting in domestic property - May 2016

New outside access device with keysafe to store key.

Godolphin Hotel - Marazion Fire Exit gate repair - April 2016

Damaged and rusty emergency push bar system in need of replacement

Damaged and rusty system in need of replacement

The old damaged and rusty system to be replaced

Removing the old system ready for the new replacement

Removing the old system to fit the new replacement kit

Replacement Emergency Push to exit bar for B&Q Penryn - April 2016

Two of the many gas boxes in need of changing.

One of the many electric cupboard locks needed to be changed

The obsolete lock fitted into the electric boxes

The old original cam and lock no longer available

Replacement camlock with cutdown and specifically bent cam.

New replacement camlocks with plastic washers to prevent slipping.

147 electric and gas cupboard locks to be replaced - March 2016

Some of the 397 static caravans to be converted in Hayle

All these old parts need to be removed and will not be re-used

Cutting into the door to allow the new parts to be fitted

Unboxing the electronic handles and checking before fitting

There were a number of parts that needed to be altered to fit - Time consuming

Drilling the holes using a supplied template to speed things up - a little anyway!

Getting the new electronic handles ready for fitting

The inner lockcase and outer handle with reader fitted

Fitting the inner handle with the battery pack 

Handle fitted and now just the cover plate

We used this tool to help fit the reader onto the external side 

New frame keeps being fitted - some needed bending slightly to allow latching

The second type needed different alteration to the door and frame

The 2 holes needed to be made into 1 and enlarged slightly

These door used multipoint locks and handle sets and electronic cylinders in the door

One of the electronic euro cylinders with thumbturn on inner side for fire regs

Holiday camp needed static caravan manual locks converted to high tech electronic - March 2016

Owl Locksmiths & Security

Established in May 2003, Owl Locksmiths and Security is a family business capable of undertaking any size projects you may have.

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