Lock, Gate and Safe Problems: What the Symptoms Mean
Guides to the faults we're called out for most in Roodepoort, from security gates that won't unlock to safe keypads that stop responding. Each one covers what's probably behind the symptom, what you can safely check yourself, what tends to make it worse, and the point where a professional should take over.
- Lock problems
Security Gate Lock Stuck or Key Won't Turn
Key won't turn in your security gate, or the lock has seized? The simple test that separates a gate problem from a lock problem, safe checks and what not to spray.
- Lock problems
Sliding Door Won't Lock: Common Causes
Aluminium or timber sliding door won't lock? How hook locks and keepers work, why they stop lining up, safe checks, a stopgap for tonight and when to call.
- Lock problems
Safe Keypad Dead, Beeping or Locked Out?
Digital safe keypad blank, beeping or ignoring your code? How to read the signals, where the batteries are, how lockouts work and when to call a locksmith.