Break-In Damage Repair & Board-Up in Vancouver
After a break-in or an attempt, the priority is getting your home or premises locked and safe again tonight — not next week. A licensed Vancouver locksmith replaces the forced locks, repairs the damaged door and frame, and boards up whatever can’t be closed yet, so you can leave the property secure. We work any hour and hand you itemised receipts for your insurance claim.
Re-securing a property after a forced entry
A break-in rarely leaves a lock you can simply re-use. Doors get kicked, cylinders get punched or drilled, deadbolts get pried, and frames split around the strike plate. Break-in repair is the emergency job of making the entry solid and lockable again: swapping out the damaged locks, straightening or reinforcing the door and jamb, and, where a door or window is beyond a quick fix, boarding it up so nothing is left open overnight. The goal on the first visit is a property that closes and locks — a proper repair can follow in daylight.
We answer these calls across Greater Vancouver — Downtown, Yaletown, Kitsilano, Mount Pleasant, East Vancouver, Kerrisdale, Dunbar, and out to Burnaby, Richmond, New Westminster and the North Shore — fully mobile, with an average response around twenty minutes. Every price is fixed and agreed with you before we start, so a distressing night doesn’t come with a distressing bill. There are no after-hours markups and no call-out surprises, and we photograph and itemise the damage and the work for your insurer.
What a break-in repair covers
- Emergency lock replacement. Punched, drilled or pried cylinders and deadbolts swapped for new, keyed alike on request.
- Door & frame repair. Split jambs, bent doors and torn-out strike plates realigned and reinforced so the door latches square again.
- Board-up & re-securing. A door or window that can’t be closed is boarded and fastened so the property is sealed until a full repair.
- Non-destructive first. Where a lock still works we pick or bypass rather than drill — drilling is a last resort and quoted before we touch it.
- Itemised insurance receipts. Photos, part numbers and a line-by-line invoice you can hand straight to your insurer’s claim.
- Any hour, any day. Open 24/7 with a roughly twenty-minute average response across the Vancouver neighbourhoods we cover.
From the call to a locked door
Assess & make safe
We arrive, check the whole entry — lock, door, frame and any broken glass — and make it safe to work around before anything else.
Quote before we start
You get a fixed, upfront price covering the replacement locks, repair and any board-up — agreed in writing before a tool comes out.
Secure & document
We fit new locks, repair or board up the door, test that it locks, and leave you an itemised receipt with photos for your claim.
Locked and documented before we leave
A break-in leaves you exposed twice — the property is open, and you don’t yet know who has a working key or how they got in. We close both gaps in one visit: the door locks again with new hardware, and you have a clear, photographed record for your insurer instead of scrambling for one later. Because we quote the whole job upfront and default to non-destructive methods, you’re never surprised by the cost or left with more damage than the break-in caused.
Licensed, bonded & insured · BC Security Worker Licence #E106677 · fixed, upfront pricing with no after-hours markup.
