Commercial Locksmith in New Haven, CT

Ninth Square storefronts and upper floors

The Ninth Square Historic District covers the blocks bounded by Church, Court, State and Crown streets, and most of its buildings are late-19th- and early-20th-century commercial blocks. A business there often deals with more than one kind of door: the storefront itself, a street door to the upper floors that other tenants also use, and interior doors to offices and stock rooms. Each can have a different holder of the keys. When asking about work here, say which door it is, who else uses it and whether the building owner has to approve changes.

Industrial space around the old Winchester plant

The former Winchester Repeating Arms plant sits on a 75-acre tract that still holds industrial buildings, and part of it has been run by Science Park at Yale as a business incubator. In incubator and multi-tenant space, businesses move in and out, and each move-out can leave keys to a suite, a shared corridor and an exterior door in circulation.

Keeping control of keys as staff change

• Keep a written record of who holds each key, and collect keys on an employee's last day.
• When a key goes missing or someone leaves on bad terms, rekey every door that key opened rather than waiting to see if it turns up.
• A master key system lets managers open every door while staff keys open only their own area. It takes planning before any keys are cut.
• Restricted keyways, with blanks that ordinary key counters cannot copy, make unauthorized duplicates harder to get.

What to include in a request

Give the address or cross streets, the door type (glass storefront, steel or wood), how many locks and keys are involved, and whether the space is leased. Connecticut Locksmith Pros takes service requests from homes, businesses and drivers in New Haven. More on commercial locksmith work and New Haven.