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Soft metal loops are not key rings – Fairfield Lockout

We attended a callout to an emergency lockout in Fairfield this week.  The cause?  A dodgy keyring with too many keys on it.  Our new client had come home after being out all day, pulled out his keys to open the front door only to realise he was missing several keys off his key ring. […]

A quick lock change – ex on his way to Burwood

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We took a call recently from a pretty frantic young lady who made it clear she needed  locksmith at her house in Burwood within 20 minutes due to a lockout emergency.  She didn’t clarify why on the phone but she seemed scared and sincere so we scrambled a van to her lickety split.  I had […]

Locksmith locked out of Car – Malvern

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This story shows that even locksmiths can get themselves in a spot of bother.  We had a new apprentice start with us in 2014.  Nice young bloke, eager to learn, always on time and keen to get into it.  The sort of kid you hope to get and then you hope he can maintain the […]

Halloween – Locksmith punked by the team in Northcote

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We have a close nit team working at Toplock Locksmiths – sure we are a workplace but we make sure all our crew feel supported and welcome.  It takes a long time to find good people in this industry and when you find them.. you want to do everything in your power to keep them.  […]

Car Lockout in St Kilda – Boot entry required

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We got a call out last week to St Kilda about a car lockout.  Bit of a tricky one. a. Keys were left in the car. b. Car had auto locked itself. c. Park Lights had been left on (the little beeping alarm apparently was broken) d. Most of the car doors had no key […]

Locked out in Richmond – The Flower Thief

We had an emergency locksmith  callout to a man locked out of his house in Richmond this week. His tale of woe has to be one of the funniest we’ve had to date so I felt to share it. I arrived at about 9.30pm on a Friday evening at a Richmond house to find our […]

Auto Electrician in Carlton? No just Toplock to the rescue

This wasn’t a job went top where Toplock was called out to help…. This was more a case of the job itself calling out to us.  One of the Toplock guys heard a car alarm going off near his home in Carlton and he did what most people do when they hear a car alarm. […]

Locked out in St Kilda – a self closing / locking Security Door.

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I turned up to a property in St Kilda late at night last week and though it was not quite as secure as your average crack dealer’s home in downtown LA… security was tight. Obvious surveillance system, well secured doors and windows – I was surprised and more than a little impressed. St Kilda properties […]

Justin featured on MyChildMagazine.Com.au

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Justin Fankhauser has been all over the media lately with his new book Confessions of a Locksmith: An Insider’s Guide to Securing Your House and Business. Surprisingly he has popped up in a few family and parenting websites and magazines. Here you can check out the top 6 home security tips from his book on […]