Mailbox Lock Replacement in Richmond

A mailbox lock replacement is $40-$140 fitted, which covers the cam or wafer lock, the keys and the fitting. Keys are cut on the spot so you leave with a working set, and the old key stops working the moment the cylinder changes.

Arrival is 25-35 minutes to most Richmond addresses. If several boxes in a strata panel need doing at once, say so when you call and we bring enough cylinders for the whole bank in one visit.

Before booking, work out which of three boxes you have, because the answer decides whether we can touch it.

A private mailbox on your own wall or post. Yours. We replace the lock, cut keys, done.

A strata or apartment mail panel. The panel belongs to the building and the individual compartment lock is normally the resident responsibility, but the rules vary by strata. Get the go-ahead from the council or the manager first and we deal with them directly if that is easier.

A Canada Post community mailbox. The green kerbside units are Canada Post equipment. The lock is theirs, not ours to change, and the right first call is Canada Post for a replacement key or lock. We will tell you that on the phone rather than sending a truck. What we can do is anything on your own property: the parcel box, the wall box, the gate and the door.

Lost the only key. The cylinder is replaced rather than picked, because a mailbox wafer lock is cheap and a new one with fresh keys costs less than the time to open the old one carefully.

Forced or pried box. Mail theft leaves a bent door and a broken cam. We fit a new lock and, where the box itself is damaged, tell you honestly whether it is worth repairing. If mail has been taken, treat the rest of the property as compromised too: a stolen mail bundle is how identity fraud starts.

Tenant turnover. Landlords in Brighouse and City Centre replace the box lock at the same time as the suite rekey, which is $25-$45 per cylinder on the door. Both jobs in one visit is the usual booking.

Seized by weather. Salt air on the Steveston side eats a cheap wafer cylinder. We fit a better one rather than the same again. Boxes, locks and blanks are stocked at the shop under mailbox, key cutting is on key cutting in Richmond and the home list is residential locksmith in Richmond.