Epping 3076 · Whittlesea council · North
Locksmith Epping, VIC
Fix Mate covers Epping with mobile locksmiths seven days a week, for lockouts at 2am and for the deadlock you have been meaning to sort out since winter.
At about 20 km from the city, Epping is the kind of suburb that gets promised coverage and does not always get it. We would rather tell you the real travel time up front than turn up an hour after you expected us.
What locksmithing in Epping actually looks like
Epping carries a postcode of 3076 and about 33,489 residents, inside the Whittlesea council area. The addresses we see most run off O'Herns Road, Cooper Street and Edgars Road. If you are giving directions, Pacific Epping is the reference point most people reach for. The nearest suburbs we also cover are Lalor, Thomastown and Mill Park.
Epping is overwhelmingly separate houses, which means the locksmithing lives well beyond the front door. The back door, the laundry door, the garage side door, the gate, the shed and the sliding door onto the yard are all entry points, and the sliding door and the garage side door are the two overlooked most consistently. On a house this is also where keying alike pays off — one key for a property with five or six locks on it. The strips along O'Herns Road and Cooper Street carry shopfront and warehouse hardware.
Epping is split fairly evenly between owners and renters, and the two ask for opposite things. Owners plan — a deadlock upgrade, keying the house alike, a smart lock before the summer holiday. Renters and their agents call when something has already happened. Both are ordinary work here, and the van carries stock for both.
The recommendation in Epping is usually the durable one rather than the expensive one. A serviceable lock repaired well outlasts a cheap replacement, and we would rather tell you that than sell you hardware you did not need. We work all through Epping 3076, from Pacific Epping across to Epping Private Hospital and across the rest of the Whittlesea council area.
What we do in Epping
Each of these has its own page for Epping — what the job involves here specifically, not a general description of locksmithing.
Emergency Lockout in Epping
On a Epping house there is often more than one way back in, and it is worth thirty seconds on the phone to check before we drive: a laundry door, a garage…
Emergency Lockout in EppingResidential Locksmith in Epping
Home locksmithing in Epping is a whole-property job more often than a single-door one. Front, back, laundry, garage side door, gate and shed all count…
Residential Locksmith in EppingCar Key Replacement in Epping
In Epping the car stays where it is. Keys are cut and programmed to the vehicle on site, including transponder and proximity keys, which is the whole…
Car Key Replacement in Epping
Suburbs next to Epping
The same vans cover these, which is why we can usually be at a Epping door quickly.
Locked out in Epping?
Tell us which door you're standing at and we'll tell you where the nearest van is before you commit to anything.
Locksmith questions — Epping
How fast can a locksmith get to Epping?
Honestly, it depends on where the nearest van is when you ring, and anyone who gives you one number for the whole of Melbourne is guessing. At about 20 km from the city, Epping is the kind of suburb that gets promised coverage and does not always get it. We would rather tell you the real travel time up front than turn up an hour after you expected us. Ask on the phone and you will get a real window rather than a marketing one.
Can you rekey every lock on a Epping house to one key?
Usually, yes. Front door, back door, laundry, garage side door and often the gate can be brought onto a single key by rekeying the cylinders rather than buying new locks. The limit is mechanical — different brands and lock types cannot always share a key — so it is worth us seeing the doors before we promise it across the whole property.
Which doors get forgotten most on a Epping property?
The garage side door and the sliding door onto the yard, almost every time. Both are entry points, both are often fitted with whatever the builder supplied, and neither gets thought about because the front door has a deadlock. They are also the cheapest things on a house to improve.
We have just bought in Epping. Should we change the locks?
You should change who can open them, which is not the same thing. Rekeying cancels every key ever cut for those locks while keeping the hardware you paid for in the price of the house. Replacement only makes sense where the locks are worn, mismatched or not to the standard you want — and we will tell you which of those you are looking at.
Do you have a shop in Epping?
No. Fix Mate is fully mobile — there is no counter anywhere, and the machines and stock travel in the van. It means we come to your door in Epping rather than you driving to us, and it is why there is no closing time to work around. The same vans cover Lalor, Thomastown and Mill Park.