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Magnetic Door Locks in Gauteng
Need a magnetic door lock in Gauteng? 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 Gauteng.
Want to know more first? Our magnetic door locks guide covers the types, the grades and what affects the price.
Smart, gate & security in Gauteng: local notes
Access control installers are busiest in office parks in Woodmead, Sunninghill and Menlyn, fitting card or tag readers, maglocks with battery backup for load shedding and break glass units on escape routes. Estates in Midrand and Centurion often set rules on keypad and smart locks at the front door. Warehouses in Isando, Jet Park and Wadeville want heavy roller door lock bars and padlock hasps, and gun owners need a SANS 953-1 safe.
Locks and keys in Gauteng
Few places in the country put as many locks on one property as Gauteng. A typical Johannesburg or Pretoria house has a security gate in front of the front door, a slam lock on the pedestrian gate, burglar bars and a padlocked garage, while townhouse complexes in Midrand and Centurion add a guardhouse, a gate remote and body corporate rules on what you may fit. Older homes in Parkhurst, Brooklyn and Kensington still carry lever mortice locks from decades back. Mobile locksmiths work every suburb from a bakkie, and most take after-hours lockouts. Highveld dust grits up gate locks in the dry winter, and insurers often ask for 5 lever locks on outside doors after a claim.
Typical magnetic door locks requests in the area come from:
- 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
- Offices, shops and practices: a 280 kg maglock on a glass shopfront or reception door with an exit button inside
Local tips for Gauteng
Most asked for in Gauteng: lockouts, rekeying after a move, security gate and complex gate locks. Where locksmiths work from: mobile locksmiths across both metros; hardware stores on every main road. A useful tip: ask for the call-out fee and the after-hours rate before they drive out.
Magnetic Door Locks usually suits glass doors, office doors and pedestrian gates, and works like this: magnet holds a steel plate while powered. For homeowners, the biggest group here, that usually means a maglock on the pedestrian gate, opened from the house with an intercom button. On the weather side: dry winter dust clogs gate locks; summer storms rust exposed padlocks.
Service area: Gauteng and surrounds
Locksmiths and suppliers on our network work throughout Gauteng, including Johannesburg, Pretoria, Ekurhuleni, Sedibeng, West Rand, Midrand, Centurion. For farms and smaller towns, ask whether travel is in the price and how far the locksmith drives.