Emergency Lockout
Picked rather than drilled in most cases: back inside within the hour with the lock you already own.
View service: Emergency Lockout →24/7 · Ickenham & West London
24-Hour Locksmith in Ickenham & West London
Locked out, moving in, or upgrading your locks: one call, a fixed price agreed before we set off, and a DBS-checked engineer at your door in 30–60 minutes.
- Typical response
- 30–60 min
- Availability
- 24/7
- Call-out fee
- £0
- 24/7 cover Any hour, every day
- 30–60 min Typical response
- No call-out fee You pay for the work
- DBS-checked Same engineer, every job
- Insurance-approved BS3621 · TS007 3-star
Open-in Security Services, In One Paragraph
Open-in Security Services is an independent, owner-run locksmith at 87A Long Lane, Ickenham UB10 8QS, trading since 2006 and available 24 hours a day, every day of the year. Kenny, the DBS-checked owner, answers the phone and attends every job himself, reaching addresses within 25 miles across West London, Hertfordshire and South Bucks, typically in 30 to 60 minutes. The work covers emergency lockouts, anti-snap and BS3621 insurance upgrades, commercial master key and access control systems, uPVC multipoint door repairs, rekeying and lock replacement, and mobile key cutting. About 95% of lockouts are opened without damage. There is no call-out fee; every job is given a fixed price on the phone before the van leaves, with daytime entry from £85, evening and night entry from £110, cylinder rekeys from £45 and anti-snap cylinders from £95. The business holds 69 Google reviews with a 5.0 rating.
Established 2006
One Locksmith. His Name Is Kenny.
Ring the number on this page and Kenny answers: the locksmith who has run Open-in Security Services from Long Lane in Ickenham since 2006, and the one who pulls up in the van. There is no booking desk, no subcontractor list, and no "engineer" you have never spoken to.
Twenty years on one patch means most of the work still arrives by recommendation: lockouts, insurance lock upgrades, uPVC repairs and commercial jobs across West London, Hertfordshire and South Bucks.
More about usWhat We Do
Locksmith Services
Six things we do all day: each priced on the phone, each with its own page and guide prices.
Residential Locksmith
The lock your insurer actually asks for, fitted to the door you actually have.
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Commercial Locksmith
Shops, offices and sites: master key suites, exit hardware and out-of-hours lockouts.
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UPVC Door Repair
Floppy handle, or a door that needs a shoulder to lock? Usually a gearbox or alignment, not a new door.
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Lock Rekey & Replacement
New home, or old keys unaccounted for: fresh keys today, often without buying a new lock.
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Mobile Key Cutting
Standard, restricted and patented keys cut from the van, from £6.
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Know Who You're Letting In
Many of the "local locksmiths" in search results are national call centres. They take your call, resell the job, and the price quoted rarely survives contact with your door. A locksmith is someone you let into your home, so it's worth knowing who's coming.
- DBS-checked: the same named engineer on every job
- Fixed price by phone: agreed before dispatch, not renegotiated at your door
- Established 2006: the same base on Long Lane, Ickenham
- £0 call-out fee: you pay for the work, not the journey
Why Open-in Security Services
What You Get When You Call
30–60 Minute Response
Based in Ickenham, covering a 25-mile radius. Most emergency calls reached within the hour, any hour.
Non-Destructive First
95% of doors opened without damage: picking and decoding before drilling is ever on the table.
Fixed Price by Phone
Describe the job, get a price, and that's what you pay. Daytime lockouts from £85. See the price guide.
Insurance-Approved Locks
Ultion, Mul-T-Lock, Yale, ERA, Winkhaus and Fullex: BS3621 and TS007 3-star hardware fitted as standard.
Recent Work
Real Jobs, Photographed on Site
No stock photos and no invented reviews: every job below was documented as it happened.
Pinner · HA5
Ultion Anti-Snap Upgrade
Lost keys; locks replaced with a three-star Ultion system.
Denham · UB9
Container Lockout
Site container opened non-destructively, mortice lock replaced like for like.
Uxbridge · UB8
Emergency Lockout
Mortice lock picked open after lost keys: no damage to door or lock.
Winchmore Hill · N21
BS-Standard Deadlock
Old rim lock replaced with a five-lever deadlock, period look kept.
FAQ
Before You Ring: Straight Answers
Do you cover my postcode?
If you are within about 25 miles of Ickenham (UB10) the answer is almost certainly yes: that takes in the whole of West London, the Harrow and Watford side, and South Buckinghamshire out to Amersham, Beaconsfield and Slough. Say the postcode when you ring and you get an honest arrival estimate for it before you decide.
How can the price be fixed before you have seen the door?
Because the same locksmith has priced the same kinds of doors for twenty years. Describe the door, the lock and what has happened, and the price quoted is the price charged. The only time it changes is if the job on arrival is genuinely different from the one described, and you are told before anything is started.
Will you damage the door to get me in?
Almost never. Around 95% of lockouts are opened by picking or decoding the lock, so the door and the lock stay as they were. Drilling is a last resort for locks that have already failed inside, and it is discussed with you first, never sprung on you afterwards.
Are you a real local locksmith or a national call centre?
A real one. Kenny has run Open-in Security Services from Long Lane in Ickenham since 2006, answers the phone himself and arrives himself. You can check the address and the 69 Google reviews on our Google Business Profile, most of which mention him by name.
Locked Out Right Now?
Call now for a fixed price over the phone, 24 hours a day, every day.