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Message us on WhatsAppYou cross the square on your way home, put the key in and the cylinder does not even flinch, or you have left the bunch inside and the door has slammed shut. In Archidona, a town of old streets and open countryside in inland Málaga, a failing lock can catch you in the old town, in an outlying village or on an olive farm. Tell us on WhatsApp where you are and our locksmiths will reply at any hour, at night and on public holidays.
Archidona is a large municipality for its district, with some eight thousand inhabitants spread over four settlements: the town itself, Salinas, Estación de Archidona and Huertas del Río. In the town, the old quarter gathers between Calle Nueva, Calle Carrera and the squares of La Victoria and Ochavada, the latter an octagonal Baroque enclosure with arcades. Around it grew neighbourhoods such as El Ejido and San Antonio, and later the Llano de Juan de Jaén, with wider streets. The castle, the chapel of the Virgen de Gracia and the olive groves, which cover much of the municipality, complete the landscape.
Archidona has a tradition of woodwork and ironwork: its industrial estate hosts workshops making furniture, wooden doors and forged pieces. With that craft so present, many doors in the town deserve to be kept, so when a lock fails, the first thing we look at is how to renew it without touching the door leaf.
In the area around Calle Carrera and Calle Nueva there are houses of great age. With a key that no longer turns well, we first try cleaning and adjusting; only if the mechanism is worn out do we replace it with a new one whose size is compatible with the door.
These neighbourhoods appeared between the end of the nineteenth century and the beginning of the twentieth, and when a house passes from one generation to the next, nobody knows how many copies of the key are in circulation. In that case we change the cylinder and hand over a new set.
The modern part of the town has wider streets and more recent homes, often with shared entrance halls. We open blocked entrance doors, check entrance hall fastenings and change cylinders when a tenant moves or a set of keys is lost. In the industrial estate, we make sure workshop gates close properly.
Outside the urban centre there are isolated houses and huts among olive trees and cereal land, sometimes with only a gate as protection. We change the locks on gates, sheds and homes, and reinforce accesses where nobody passes every day.
From a house on Calle Carrera to a country hut in Salinas or Huertas del Río, we open the door if you have been locked out, if the key has snapped in the cylinder or if the fastening has jammed. Before acting we look at what the door leaf is like, so as to damage it as little as possible, starting with non-destructive opening.
We change locks and cylinders in old houses, flats and farms for security models, with new keys and copies. We also make copies of old keys when the model allows it.
If in Archidona a lock leaves you outside, by day, by night or in the middle of a public holiday, message us on WhatsApp with the address or the position on the map and our locksmiths will reply.
Yes. We clean the mechanism and, if the wear is considerable, change the lock for a model that is less sensitive to dust. A photo of the gate and the fastening tells us what is needed.
If it jams or closes without firmness, yes. We check the lock and the door leaf, and where possible we keep the original ironwork and change only the cylinder, so that the door keeps its appearance.
Do not touch more than necessary, and let the authorities know if anything is missing. Then message us with a photo of the lock and of the gate: we replace it with a more resistant one and check the other accesses.
Yes. We open armoured doors with as little damage as possible. If the lock is damaged, we replace it, and if it is a cylinder fault, we change it and hand over new keys.
If the change affects the cylinder or the lock, the normal course is to consult the owner. In the meantime, an additional bolt that does not touch the original lock is usually a solution that does not require major changes.
It depends on the model of key, but the most advisable course is to change the cylinder and start with a completely new set. That way you stop depending on old copies and know exactly who has access to the house.
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