Lock Installation & Replacement in Aurora

Plenty of Aurora front doors still lock the way they did decades ago: original mortise locksets on the Victorians around Town Park, first-generation builder deadbolts on the 2000s streets east of Bayview, and worn keyed knobs on the 1970s Aurora Highlands homes in between.

Swapping to a modern deadbolt is quick on a standard bored door; on an old mortise door it takes more thought to add security without butchering original hardware. Photos of the door edge and existing lock get you a free quote.

Heritage-area doors deserve a plan before a hole saw comes out — we can often fit a discreet auxiliary deadbolt above an original mortise set, keeping the antique hardware working and the door's face intact. New-build owners in Bayview Northeast most often want every exterior door keyed alike, including the man door into the garage, which we handle in the same visit.

Aurora's historic core around Yonge and Wellington — much of it a designated heritage area — holds Victorian and early-1900s homes on tree-lined streets like Kennedy and Catherine, while the town around it grew in rings: 1960s–80s neighbourhoods near the core, the estate lots of Aurora Estates to the south, and the large 2000s-era subdivisions of Bayview Northeast and the newer streets pushing east toward Leslie. St. Andrew's College and the old radial-railway history give the core its character; the growth areas give the town most of its housing.

More on the local housing stock: handyman services in Aurora.

Rather than a made-up number, here's an honest look at what affects the cost of lock installation & replacement in Aurora:

• The era of the home — Aurora has a wide mix, and a 1960s build and a recent build can need quite different work for the same job.
• Door material — wood drills easily, steel doors need care to avoid tearing the skin, and fibreglass has its own rules; each changes the time per door
• Number of doors — securing a whole house in one visit is far more economical than door-by-door calls, especially keyed alike
• Door and frame condition — a sagging door or chewed strike area needs correcting first, or the new lock inherits the old lock's grinding death
• Hardware grade — residential locks span a wide quality range, and we'll explain what the grades mean for wear and forced-entry resistance before you buy
• Keying preferences — keyed alike, keyed different, or matching an existing key system each affect how the locks are sourced

For the full breakdown of what lock installation & replacement involves, see our Lock Installation & Replacement guide, or read how handyman pricing works in the GTA — then request a free Aurora quote for your actual job.