Household Safes

0800 0 187 187

Timpson Locksmiths sell safes and provide a full range of safe services.

If you have lost keys to your safe or forgotten the safe combination code Timpson Locksmiths can help. Call our 24-hour emergency hotline: 0800 0 187 187 - we will get a safe engineer to you fast.

Safe Services

Timpson Locksmiths provide a full range of safe services for most safe makes and models found in the UK today. These include:

Supplying, fitting or installing safes

Opening safes

Safe maintainance

Re-keying safes

Moving safes

Cutting additional safe keys

Cutting safe keys to code

Safe Opening

When opening safes our safe engineers would look to use picking or manipulation methods if possible to minimise damage and allow the continual use of the safe. If it is necessary to drill the safe our safe engineers would adhere to the industry’s code of practise (BS7582), as you would expect, for the reconditioning and repair of used safes.

In our experience the most common problems experienced with safes, resulting in our call out, include:

Lost or misplaced safe keys

Integral fault within the safes door or lock

A snapped key or part of the key has broken off in the safes lock

The detachable part of the safe key is missing or has come off in the safe

The key will not go into the safe

The key goes into the safe but does not turn or only turns so far

The safe key is difficult to turn

Lost safe codes or combinations

The safes electronic lock has locked the user out

The safe batteries are flat

Something inside the safe is jamming the operation

The safes door closes but the bolts will not throw

The safes door will not close or is binding

An under floor safe and lock has seized

Buying a Safe

At Timpson Locksmiths we deal with most popular safe manufactures in the UK and can advise on the most suitable safe for your needs.

Safes are usually bought as a stipulated requirement of your insurance company, though you may simply be realistic and see a safe purchase as a necessity in keeping valuables, such as jewellery, documents or backed up electronic data, secure.

If your insurance company has required that you purchase a safe they will have given you a minimum cash rating for your safe needs. These cash ratings are a grading system applied to the level of security offered by different safes and will allow us to help you identify the correct safe for your needs.

The things to consider when buying a safe include:

What will be kept in the safe and the associated financial value

Insurance company requirements – the cash rating (if applicalbe)

Your prefered locking option: key lock, combination dial, code lock, biometric readers or electronic keypads, which may be multi user and programmed for timed operation

The safe location: freestanding, under the floor, wall mounted, etc.

Fire Safes and Data Safes

Fire Safes
Paper and documents are known to deteriorate at temperatures above 177 degees Centigrade. As a result Fire Safes have been designed to a higher specification to protect the safes contents from a fire for several hours, depending on the grade.

Data Safes
The loss of data, as a direct result of a fire, can in many cases be enough to cause a business to fail. (Electronic) Data is far more vulnerable to excessive heat, dust, humidity and magnetic fields than traditional paper based documents. Temperatures over 55 degrees centigrade will destroy data so something as simple as a hot cup of tea could strip your business of vital information. Data safes are generally a step up from Fire safes in terms of providing a safes contents with protection from heat.

Safe Testing Standards

At Timpson Locksmiths we adhere to the recognised testing standards of A.B.I.S., the Association of Burglary Insurance Surveyors. Timpson Locksmiths also supply safes recognised by A.B.I., the Association of British Insurers, who require safes to have a recognised cash rating.

We also supply safes adhering to the following testing standards: Sold Secures
Set up by the Police with the help of the Home Office. This is a certification scheme administered by the Master Locksmith Association who work closely with the Police and insurance companies.

Raid Control
Safe & security products that come under a new crime prevention initiative between the police & BSIA (British Security Industry Association) aiming to raise awareness of suitable security products in retail premises.

Delivery & Installations

Due to the variation in weights and sizes, the cost of having a safe delivered and installed can vary significantly. Please call us on 0800 0 187 187 for further information.

Refunds or Returns
Following delivery, refunds are subject to a 30% restocking charge. The safe must be returned without damage and in its original packaging. The original delivery charge is non-refundable.

Contact Us
For further information or advice please contact Chris Marchbank-Smith on 0800 0 187 187 or via email.

Tel. 0800 0 187 187

e-mail: callcentre@timpsonlocksmiths.co.uk