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Magnetic Door Locks in Durban
Need a magnetic door lock in Durban? Say how many doors or gates, whether they are glass, timber or steel, which way they open and what you want to open them with. Mention escape routes, and the battery backup you need for load shedding in KwaZulu-Natal.
The main magnetic door locks page explains the hardware, the standards and the costs in more detail.
Durban notes on smart, gate & security
Estates in Umhlanga Ridge, Sibaya and Mount Edgecombe run access control with tags or PIN pads at the gate, and owners often add a keypad lock to the front door. Along the Bluff and in Durban North, slam locks and padlocks on sliding gates corrode fast, so ask for stainless steel and a weatherproof cover. Warehouses in Prospecton and Jacobs commonly want maglocks with battery backup for load shedding.
Securing doors and gates in Durban
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 magnetic door locks around Durban, most often first:
- Homeowners: a maglock on the pedestrian gate, opened from the house with an intercom button
- Complexes, estates and body corporates: a 500 kg magnetic gate lock on the pedestrian gate, with a reader for residents
- Landlords and letting agents: maglocks on the shared entrance of a block of flats, held through load shedding by a battery
Local tips for Durban
Locksmiths and lock suppliers in Durban mostly work from here: mobile locksmiths across the metro, with hardware stores in the CBD, Berea and Springfield. The requests that come up most: lockouts in flats, corroded gate locks and padlocks, estate access control. When you ask for quotes, ask for brass or stainless steel padlocks and gate locks if you live near the sea.
Around Durban the largest group asking is homeowners, which usually means a maglock on the pedestrian gate, opened from the house with an intercom button. Before you agree to anything: fail-safe: releases when the power is cut. Getting a locksmith here: mobile locksmiths in every suburb; after-hours call-outs are common.
Service area: Durban and surrounds
Requests from Durban go to locksmiths who already work in Umhlanga, Pinetown, Westville, Umlazi, Phoenix, Chatsworth, Berea and the rest of the area. Mention an estate with gate access rules or a flat on an upper floor, because they change the call-out.