Compare the grade, the keys that come with it and the fitting before you pay. A free request for mortice locks in Johannesburg goes to a supplier serving Johannesburg and nearby areas of Gauteng, and you see the offers side by side.
Mortice Locks in Johannesburg
Mortice locks in Johannesburg: say how many doors, whether they are outside or inside, and the lever count and case size of the old locks if you know them. Locksmiths and suppliers around Johannesburg, Gauteng can quote on 3 and 5 lever locks, supplied only or supplied and fitted.
The main mortice locks page explains the hardware, the standards and the costs in more detail.
What to know locally in Johannesburg
Houses in Parkhurst, Emmarentia and Westdene often have tall timber front doors with a 3 lever mortice lock and a separate rim night latch, and swapping both for a 5 lever sashlock with a lever handle on a backplate is a common job. Flats in Berea and Yeoville add a deadbolt to a thin door and a padlock on the trellis gate. In Maboneng and Braamfontein, converted warehouses use aluminium shopfront doors that need a narrow lock case.
Johannesburg: the houses, the weather and the locksmiths
Older Johannesburg suburbs such as Melville, Parkview, Kensington and Observatory are full of houses built before the 1960s, many still on their original 2 or 3 lever mortice locks behind a steel security gate added decades later. Closer to the centre, in Hillbrow, Berea and Braamfontein, the doors belong to flats, student residences and converted office blocks, where landlords deal with tenant turnover, lost keys and lobby tags. Mobile locksmiths work the city from bases in the CBD, Booysens and Auckland Park, and after-hours lockouts are a steady part of their day. When a policy comes up for renewal, insurers often ask for 5 lever locks on outside doors, so an older house is a good place to start with a walk round.
The requests we see from Johannesburg usually come from:
- Homeowners: 5 lever mortice locks on front and back doors and 2 lever locks on inside doors
- Landlords and letting agents: standard size mortice locks that are cheap to swap between tenants
- Offices, shops and practices: mortice sashlocks and deadlocks on office, storeroom and back doors of shops
Local tips for Johannesburg
Most asked for in Johannesburg: lever lock upgrades in old suburbs, rekeying and lockouts in inner city flats. Where locksmiths work from: mobile locksmiths and key cutters in the CBD, Booysens, Auckland Park and Rosebank. A useful tip: ask whether the locksmith is PSIRA registered and what the after-hours rate is.
Mortice Locks usually suits timber front, back and inside doors, and works like this: lever lock set into the door edge. For homeowners, the biggest group here, that usually means 5 lever mortice locks on front and back doors and 2 lever locks on inside doors. On the weather side: dry winters and summer storms; dust and grit stiffen gate locks, use dry lubricant.
Service area: Johannesburg and surrounds
Requests from Johannesburg go to locksmiths who already work in Sandton, Randburg, Roodepoort, Soweto, Rosebank, Fourways, Melville 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.