Mailbox & Cabinet Lock Service in Vancouver
Locked out of your mail, lost the little key to a filing cabinet, or facing a whole community mailbox bank that won’t open? We open, rekey and replace the small locks most locksmiths treat as an afterthought — mailboxes, mailbox-cluster units, cabinets, desks and furniture — anywhere across Greater Vancouver, on a fully mobile van and open 24/7.
Small locks, done properly
Mailbox and cabinet locks are almost all cam locks — a small barrel with a flat metal arm that swings behind the door to hold it shut. They sit on individual house and apartment mailboxes, on the big community mailbox clusters shared by a strata or a street, and on filing cabinets, desks, tool chests, lockers and furniture. When a key is lost, snaps off, or a tenant moves out without returning it, the fix is the same family of work: pop it open without wrecking the box, then either rekey the existing cam lock or swap in a fresh keyed one.
Because these locks are cheap and easy to force, we do them the right way instead of the fast way. We open non-destructively first — picking or bypassing the cam so the door, hinge and surrounding boxes stay intact — and only drill as a last resort, which we quote before we ever touch a bit. For a strata or landlord we can rekey or replace a full bank of mailbox locks in one visit and hand back a clean, labelled set of keys, so you know exactly which key belongs to which unit.
What a mailbox & cabinet job covers
- Non-destructive opening. Picked or bypassed cam locks on mailboxes, clusters, cabinets and desks — no forced door where we can avoid it.
- Lost-key rekeys. The existing cam lock re-pinned to a brand-new key, so an old lost key no longer works.
- New keyed cam locks. Fresh cam locks fitted where the barrel is seized, damaged or missing — sized to your door thickness and cam length.
- Mailbox-cluster banks. Community and strata mailbox units rekeyed or replaced across the whole bank in a single visit.
- Cabinet & furniture locks. Filing cabinets, desks, lockers, tool chests and display cases opened, rekeyed or re-locked.
- Labelled key sets. Extra cut keys and a clearly labelled set for landlords and stratas, so every unit is tracked.
From locked box to working key
Tell us what won’t open
Mailbox, cluster, cabinet or filing lock — a quick photo of the lock face helps us bring the right cam and pins.
Open & price it upfront
We pick or bypass the lock first and agree a fixed price before any work — drilling is only ever a last resort we quote first.
Rekey, replace & hand over
We re-pin or fit a new keyed cam, test it, cut your spares and label the set so you know which key opens what.
A small key that shouldn’t cost you a new mailbox
A lost mailbox key or a jammed cabinet doesn’t need a torn-off door or a replaced box — done right, it needs the correct cam, the correct pinning and a steady hand. Because we open non-destructively first, your mailbox bank keeps its finish and your filing cabinet keeps its drawer front, and a lost or handed-back key stops working the moment we rekey. Every price is fixed and agreed before we start, with no call-out surprises and no after-hours markup, day or night.
Licensed, bonded & insured · BC Security Worker Licence #E106677 · fixed, upfront pricing — agreed before any work.
