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Safe Opening & Repair – Find a Safe Specialist to Open Your Safe

Safe Opening, Repairs and Servicing - Find a Safe Engineer to Open Your Safe

Do you need a safe opening because you have lost the safe key, forget the combination or lost the code? A Safe engineer can open all types of safes such as digital, combination and key lock safes.

A MLA licensed locksmith offering safe services can help if you require your safe repairing, a safe moving & disposing of or would like a safe installation of a home security safe. Most of our MLA Locksmiths offer than just a lost key and lock service.

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We have over 200 Vetted Safe Engineers across the UK approved UK’s largest locksmith association, If you need a safe opening or repairing our experts can help.

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Safe Opening FAQ’s

Safe Opening – Unlock a Safe Without a Key or Combination

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Are you trying to open a locked safe? or maybe you’ve lost the keys to your safe or forgot the combination and you can’t unlock it, then contact a locksmith to open your safe to see if they can help.

Common Safe Opening Problems a Safe Engineer can help with

  • Open combination safe without knowing the combination – dial and digital locks
  • Open a safe if the keys are locked inside
  • Open a safe without key
  • Open a safe forgot combination or forgot the code
  • Crack open the safe if you have lost the keys
  • Safe key stuck in lock
  • Open key safe without code
  • Open outdoor key safes
  • Open home security safe
  • Open a large underfloor safe
  • Open large vault safe
  • Unlock & open digital and electronic safes

Also, if you need a new key cutting for your safe then due to the nature of safe keys they need to be cut by a professional locksmith.

How Much Does It Cost To Open a Safe?

As there is no governing body for locksmiths there is no price structure that locksmiths have to follow.  There are many factors that will influence the cost, the cost of opening a safe will depend on the security level and time required.

We recommend to get a quote for your local MLA locksmith.

Safe Repairs – Digital + Combination (All Types)

Safe Repair Service - Home Safe being repaired with door open

Maybe your safe has been damaged and the lock is not working or you have a problem with the key, below are safe & vault issues a safe engineer can help with:

  • Repair if the lock on the safe is broken
  • The lock is damaged or faulty
  • Digital safe has locked you out
  • The key is snapped in the safe lock
  • The safe key won’t turn in the lock
  • The safe door won’t open or is sticking

A fully vetted and DBS checked MLA locksmith will be able to help repair your safe.

Types of Safes a locksmith can open or repair

A specialist safe engineer will be able to open and repair all types of safes and cabinets such as:

  • Combination Locks
  • Digital Keypads
  • Traditional key operated safes
  • Key Safes and boxes
  • Floor and Fireproof Safes
  • Hidden Wall Safes
  • Safety Deposit Boxes
  • Key and Gun Cabinets

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Safe Servicing & Maintenance

Safe Servicing and Maintenance Service

If you have a security safe or vault that needs servicing and maintaining, our safe engineer experts can help out.  Whether you have a small home safe or large safe, an MLA safe engineer can service your safe.

Safe engineers that specialize in servicing can help with:

  • Cut a spare key for your safe
  • Key for your safe is difficult to turn
  • Upgrade the combination lock to a safe
  • Change the code on a combination lock safe
  • Reprogramme or reset the digital lock on a safe
  • Safe door adjustment to prevent safe door from sticking
  • Door handle to safe is loose
  • Door won’t open on a dial lock safe

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Installing a Safe

MLA licensed locksmiths who work with safes will be able to specify and install the appropriate safe and size of safe that will be fit for purpose.

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Removing a Safe

Whether you need a safe moving or disposing of from a building/office/property this is a service an MLA locksmith who specialises in safes will be able to help you with.

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Due to the weight of safes, this is not something you should attempt to do yourselves.  Most MLA locksmiths specialising in security safe usually offer a safe removal service.

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We have over 200 Vetted Safe Engineers across the UK that open safes & vaults, all approved by the UK’s largest locksmith association.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Our locksmiths that specialise in safe opening can open all types of security safe and cabinets from home digital code safes, dial combination lock safes, outdoor key safes to old vintage safes.

No matter what type of safe you have, one of our specialist MLA approved locksmiths will be able to open and repair your safe.

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Many safes can be opened none destructively with no damage to the safe, some safes may require a small hole to be used to view the workings of the safe.

An MLA approved safe locksmith will be able to open your safe using a variety of methods from picking or manipulating the lock, wires, making up keys to drilling.

Drilling is a common opening technique in safe opening, which requires expect knowledge as to where to drill a hole to help open the safe.

Yes, digital safes can be opened if you have forgotten the code, the code is not working or the digital safe won’t open.

There are many ways to open digital safes from splicing and re-wiring keypads, to the use of electronics to de-code the lock, although many digital safes may need to be drilled open.

Drilling a digital safe is often the only way to open a good quality digital lock, as the whole point is to slow down the progress of any would be burglar.

Any forced entry by a good safe engineer will leave the safe in full working order once completed.

Yes, if you have forgotten the combination to a dial safe it can be opened by manipulating the lock,

Mechanical combination locks have been in use for well over 100 years, and many can be manipulated given time and the right conditions.

As with all opening techniques, it is often necessary to drill a small hole to use borescopes and other special tools to allow the engineer to view the internal mechanics of the lock.

Again, any forced entry by a good safe engineer will leave the safe in full working order once completed.

Yes, in most cases, a digital safe can be opened if the batteries are dead.  The power system can normally be overridden to open the safe, then change the batteries.

Quite often a digital safe will have a key override which can be picked open to allow access to open the digital safe.

Yes, most of the time an outdoor key safe can be opened if you have forgotten the keypad code or the key safe just won’t open.

An MLA approved safe locksmith will be able to manipulate the combination lock, but sometimes may have to resort to drilling the outdoor safe.

However, we recommend being mindful of the low cost of an outdoor safe against the time involved in trying to actually open the safe. Sometimes buying a new outdoor key safe is cheaper.

An MLA approved safe locksmiths will always attempt to open a safe without damaging using methods such as picking, made up keys, electronic interrogators, power surge, lock wires etc.

In the event of a failure of a component (mechanical or electronic), it may be necessary to carry out a forced open (i.e drill a small hole to investigate the internals) and repair / override the damaged component before being able to open the safe.

Any forced entry by a good safe engineer will leave the safe in full working order once completed.

Yes, absolutely, many of our safe opening locksmiths operate a mobile locksmith service so can visit where the safe is and open the safe.

Whilst unlikely to be possible due to weight and it being fixed to the floor, if you have a small safe and would prefer to take your safe to the locksmith, a number of our locksmiths run and operate locksmith shops.

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Yes, we have over 340 locksmiths in the UK, with over 250 specialising in opening secuirty safes, cabinets & vaults of all sizes.

Our safe opening locksmiths are located across all of England, London, Scotland, Ireland, Northern Ireland and Wales.

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