Flat door, cellar, bike room, bin store: in buildings in the 12th, several doors lock with different keys, and some don’t belong to you alone. We change cylinders and locks, private or communal, 24/7, with a price agreed before we come.
Your cellar door is yours; the bike room or bin store door belongs to the building’s co-owners. Both can be changed, but different people have the say: you decide for the first, the building manager (syndic) for the others.
For a cellar, we replace the padlock or the old lock with a security cylinder, or fit a cellar security door. For a communal room, we work at the request of the building manager or the residents’ council, and provide enough keys for all residents. Depending on the door, the cylinder is euro profile, round or Swiss profile.
| Model | For | Price incl. VAT |
|---|---|---|
| High-security 30 × 30 cylinderEuro profile cylinder, for a single-point lock | Cellar, bike room | from €90 |
| Round cylinder compatible with Vachette V136Also for Iseo City | Communal doors | from €165 |
| Swiss profile cylinderCompatible with Kaba and Keso | Kaba or Keso profile | from €200 |
| L’ÉCO security cellar doorFor a cellar, bike room or storeroom | Complete door, A2P* lock | from €1,250 |
A cellar opened during the night, a bike room key gone with a former tenant, a broken lock on the bin store: in a building, these incidents often come one after another. We first close up whatever needs closing, then offer a lasting solution.
Cellars and communal rooms differ with the age of the building: here is what we find in the arrondissement.
Concrete basements, cellars in wire-mesh cages or behind metal doors, bike rooms secured by key fob or cylinder: we change the cylinders, and fit cellar security doors in units closed by a solid door.
Vaulted cellars in old buildings, wooden doors and padlocks: this is where a cellar security door makes the biggest difference. We check the opening, often irregular, before proposing to fit one.
Large 1930s buildings with a caretaker’s lodge and many cellars and communal rooms: after keys are lost, a building manager can have the cylinders of all the communal doors replaced in one go.
1930s brick buildings along the outer boulevards: rows of cellars and original doors. A security cylinder is a worthwhile replacement for old flat-key locks.
For your flat’s front door, an emergency or a shop shutter, go to the locksmith Paris 12 page.
Tell us whether it is a private or a communal door: the answer is not the same.
The co-owners, since the door is communal: the work is ordered through the building manager (syndic), or by the residents’ council if it has been given that authority. A resident can ask us for a quote, but cannot decide alone.
Yes, the cellar door is private property. But a padlock is easily cut: a security cylinder on a sturdy door, or a cellar security door, holds up far better.
One per household concerned, plus two or three for the caretaker and the building manager. With a protected-key cylinder, copies can only be made on presentation of the card of ownership, kept by the building manager: no one can have keys copied without authorisation.
Over time it can make them seize, especially in vaulted cellars. A regularly lubricated cylinder lasts longer; if it jams, it can be replaced without touching the door.
