The buildings and the hardware
The built fabric of houses and buildings affects what the locks look like and how we approach them. Older doors often have full-mortise locks or historic rim hardware that need different parts and deeper pocket work; newer doors usually use bored cylindrical locks and separate deadbolts with standardized backsets. Multi-unit properties bring keyed-alike systems and mailbox clusters; small storefronts and some apartment entries use commercial-grade lever sets and panic hardware that require different tools. That variety means we carry blank cylinders, mortise parts, commercial lever components, longer screws and reinforcing plates so we can repair or replace the fitting hardware rather than force a poor workaround.