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Key Cutting in Durban
For key cutting in Durban, say what keys you need copied (house, lever, padlock, gate, dimple or restricted) and how many of each. Key cutters and locksmiths in Durban and nearby towns in KwaZulu-Natal can tell you whether they have the blanks or need to order them.
New to this? Read the key cutting guide for the choices and the points worth checking before you pay.
What to know locally in Durban
Locksmiths cover the Berea, Durban North, Westville and Umhlanga by van, and most will open a locked flat or car after hours for a higher rate. Rekeying after a move is popular in Morningside rentals, where several past tenants may still hold keys. Body corporates in high rise blocks along the Golden Mile often ask for a master key system so the caretaker can reach meter rooms and roof doors.
Durban: the houses, the weather and the locksmiths
Durban's housing runs from old Berea houses with tall timber doors and lever mortice locks to sea facing flats on the beachfront and secure estates in Umhlanga Ridge and Mount Edgecombe. Locksmiths work from vans across the metro, so a lockout in Glenwood or a jammed security gate in Durban North is usually a short drive away, day or night. The humid, salty air is the local enemy: plated padlocks, gate locks and cylinder faces corrode quickly within a few kilometres of the sea, and keys start to stick. Brass, marine grade stainless steel and covered keyways last longer. Insurers often ask for 5 lever locks on outside doors, and many estates set rules on what goes on a front door.
Who asks for key cutting around Durban, most often first:
- Homeowners: spare front door, security gate and garage keys for every person in the house
- Complexes, estates and body corporates: extra unit and pedestrian gate keys for residents, cut from the original
- Landlords and letting agents: sets of keys for each new tenant and one spare for the letting agent
Local tips for Durban
Common here: lockouts in flats, corroded gate locks and padlocks, estate access control. Ask each locksmith or supplier about this: ask for brass or stainless steel padlocks and gate locks if you live near the sea. Where they work from: mobile locksmiths across the metro, with hardware stores in the CBD, Berea and Springfield.
Around Durban the largest group asking is homeowners, which usually means spare front door, security gate and garage keys for every person in the house. Before you agree to anything: restricted keys need the owner's key card. Getting a locksmith here: mobile locksmiths in every suburb; after-hours call-outs are common.
Service area: Durban and surrounds
Our network covers Durban together with Umhlanga, Pinetown, Westville, Umlazi, Phoenix, Chatsworth, Berea. A street address helps a key cutter plan the visit and bring the right locks before quoting.