The buildings and the hardware
The local building stock tends to put particular demands on hardware. Many homes have original solid-wood doors with mortise hardware or older cylindrical locksets, and those doors can be out of square, which stresses latch alignment and causes premature wear. Where there are small apartment buildings or ground-floor storefronts you see more commercial-grade cylindrical locks, exit devices and surface-mounted closer work. That variety means we carry mortise cylinders, replacement knobs and levers, high-security deadbolts, and strike plate reinforcement parts so we can adapt to older door preparation or retrofit a modern keyed entry without rebuilding the door.
