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24-hour locksmiths in Barcelona

If you cannot get in, call 605 853 182. Call-outs cover Barcelona at any hour, including late night and public holidays.

Night-time locksmith call-out at a Barcelona doorway, work lamp on the lock, no faces.

This page is the emergency call-out, not the company homepage. The 24-hour line is for a blocked access: flat, portal or shop. It is not the channel to book a security cylinder: that is scheduled in the day.

The night or holiday supplement is inside the night-opening example (€118 + VAT). An extra “call-out” is not added.

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What we diagnose at night

  • A key that is gone or has snapped

    You need to get in and, if the set is lost, change the barrel so old copies no longer work.

  • A cylinder that will not turn with the good key

    Worn pins or debris. Often opened via the barrel and replaced in the same visit.

  • A jammed latch with people outside

    It may be the case or the strike. That is seen at the threshold; “five minutes” is not promised on the phone.

Doors handled as an emergency

  • Wooden or reinforced flat door

    A tenement landing. Time is set by the portal, the lift and the cylinder type.

  • Communal portal

    Only with authorisation from the community or the building manager.

  • Shop shutter or door

    Coordinated with whoever opens the next day. Two mechanisms: shutter and pedestrian door.

What is not a 24-hour emergency

  • A booked security upgrade

    Fitting a Mottura or a security cylinder is scheduled. At night we recover access.

  • Cars, safes, automation

    We do not go out for those. If the fault is the portal motor, it is not mechanical locksmithing.

Mechanisms we see at night

  • TESA, CISA, Yale, ISEO euro-profile

    The most common flat cylinders. A site Yale is replaced; a CISA ASIX is measured first.

  • AZBE and older mortise cases

    In Ciutat Vella and Gràcia the case may not take a modern cylinder without adapting.

Sample quote

Example: late-night opening in Sant Martí

Friday, 1:40 a.m. Flat in Poblenou, lost key, euro-profile cylinder. Opened and a standard barrel left.

Night opening (supplement included)€118
Cylinder-change labour€46
Standard cylinder (3 keys)€32
Travel in BarcelonaIncluded
VAT 21%€41.16

€237.16 incl. VAT

One travel charge. Parts and the change are stated before the new barrel is fitted.

Job photographs

Opening on a landing, locksmith from behind and tools beside the cylinder.
Opening via the barrel, without forcing the frame.
New cylinder beside a ruler and the barrel hole in the door edge.
If the cylinder is beyond use, it is measured and fitted on the same call-out.

How we work

  • A call with area and symptom

    District, door type and what the key does. That starts the call-out.

  • Diagnosis at the threshold

    Cylinder, case and frame are identified. The amount for that route is stated.

  • Opening and closing again

    If the cylinder must change, it is quoted and done when the part is available.

Frequently asked questions

Does 24-hour response include public holidays?

Yes. The night-opening example (€118 + VAT) covers late night, Sunday and public holidays.

Should I wait in the street?

If it is safe, near the access. If the portal is locked, give a point in the same building.

Can you open without breaking the door?

In many cases yes. If forcing is needed, it is explained first.