Álora · 24 hours, every day
Locked out of your home?
Emergency locksmith at any hour. Tell us on WhatsApp what has happened and we will reply straight away.
Message us on WhatsAppYou have gone out to put the rubbish out along a steep street in the old town and the door has shut with the keys inside, or you are back from a hike through the gorge and the lock will not turn. In Álora, a municipality of rugged terrain and settlements far apart from one another, an emergency like that can catch you a long way from any help. Message us on WhatsApp with your location: our locksmiths reply at any hour, and on public holidays too.
The old town of Álora has winding streets from the sixteenth to the eighteenth centuries, built beneath the Moorish castle on the hill of Las Torres. Below and around it lie the other settlements: El Puente, the most populated after the town itself, Bermejo-Caracuel, Bellavista, the Barriada Estación, Las Mellizas, Los Llanos and Paredones-Cerrajones. Further from the town is El Chorro, next to the reservoir and the Gaitanes Gorge, close to the Caminito del Rey and a well-known climbing area. Citrus and olive trees dominate the countryside, and three railway stations serve the municipality.
Álora welcomes those who arrive for the Caminito del Rey and those who live here all year round, and their doors fail for different reasons: the resident's because of years of use, the holiday rental's because of the comings and goings of guests. Between one settlement and another there are winding roads, so a clear location in your message is a great help.
Below the castle, the old town is a layout of winding streets with village houses. If the door is made of wood and the lock fails, we take the lock apart without removing the door leaf and assess whether it can be repaired or whether it is better to renew the mechanism.
These are settlements with a life of their own, away from the centre of the town and with their own streets. When a set of keys is lost or a home changes hands, we replace the cylinder and hand over new copies to each person who lives there.
These settlements have "Estación" in their name and lie apart from the town. We check the door, the patio and the gate so as to replace whatever is damaged and make sure it does not happen again.
Those who spend a few days in the area to walk the Caminito del Rey or to climb go in and out of the houses very often, and the locks suffer. We change cylinders, adjust gates and reinforce the accesses of isolated houses in the countryside.
Opening a door in Álora can mean a street in the old town, a remote settlement such as El Puente or Los Llanos, or a country farmhouse. In every case the priority is the same: to open without forcing the door leaf, especially if it is wooden, starting with non-destructive opening.
We replace locks and cylinders in houses in the old town, in the neighbourhoods and in country houses with security models, with new keys and copies. We also repair the fastenings of gates exposed to the weather.
A blocked lock does not keep office hours. In Álora, from Álora Pueblo to El Chorro, message us on WhatsApp at any hour and on public holidays too, with your address or the map point.
Yes, we cover the whole municipality of Álora, including El Chorro. In that area it helps to give a clear landmark, such as a guesthouse, the station or the access junction, because the roads are narrow and winding.
No. Let us know if there are steps, a shared entrance or a stretch where you can only walk, and our locksmiths bring what is needed up to the door. A street on a slope is not an obstacle.
Yes. Message us with the address and a photo of the door, and our locksmiths will open up for your guests. If the lock has suffered, we check the cylinder to leave it in good condition for the next stay.
Message us with the address and a photo of the lock. We open the door without damaging it and, since lost keys can end up in the wrong hands, we recommend changing the cylinder at the same time.
Yes. We check the door leaf, the hinges and the bolt, and add a security lock or a reinforcement if needed. In isolated houses the fastening is the first thing we look at.
If the key goes in with difficulty, the cylinder is loose or you have lost keys, changing it is the sensible choice. If the bolt or the inner mechanism fails, repairing is normally enough. A photo on WhatsApp helps us decide.
We also work in Valle de Abdalajís, Casarabonela, Carratraca.
