The buildings and the hardware
Housing in this township means a mix of older wood doors with mortise locks and newer construction with bored cylindrical deadbolts. Many single-family homes still have heavy wooden frames and latch-recesses cut for older hardware, which changes the way we fit new locks: longer screws, reinforcement plates, or retrofitting a latch to match a modern deadbolt. Multi-unit buildings, where present, use keyed-alike cores or master-key systems that require careful cylinder removal and rekeying. Storefronts tend to have rim or mortise exit hardware and aluminum frames, which calls for different fasteners and strike plates. The age and type of door drive the parts and techniques we bring.