Faubourg Saint-Antoine workshops converted into lofts, apartment buildings on boulevard Voltaire, the bars of Oberkampf and rue de Lappe: the 11th is one of the most densely populated arrondissements in Paris, and its doors date from every era. Our locksmiths cover it 24/7, with the price agreed on the phone before they set off: expect €119 incl. VAT for a door that has simply slammed shut.
Prices incl. VAT, call-out included within Paris, confirmed by phone before the locksmith sets off.
Keys left on the table while you took the rubbish down, a door slamming behind you as you come home from a concert, a cylinder jammed on a Monday morning: wherever you are in the 11th, from rue du Faubourg-du-Temple to place de la Nation, a locksmith calls you back and sets off.
On the phone, tell us the floor, the door code for the building’s street entrance and, if you know it, the make of the lock. You are given the price incl. VAT before the locksmith leaves, and you receive a detailed invoice at the end of the job.
After 8 pm, the daytime rate goes up by 30% until midnight, then by 50% until morning. On Saturdays and Sundays during the day, the weekday rate still applies.
From the landing, it takes a few seconds to photograph the lock: we recognise the model and give you the price incl. VAT before we set off.
Hello, door slammed shut with my keys inside, rue Oberkampf. Can you come?
Hello! It’s a surface-mounted lock and the door is only slammed shut: €119 incl. VAT during the day. A locksmith is setting off right away and will call you when he arrives.
Thanks, I’ll wait in the building’s entrance hall.
In the small buildings of the faubourg and the courtyards off rue de Charonne, many doors still close with a single-point lock, sometimes backed up by a surface-mounted deadbolt. A three-point lock secures the door at the top, middle and bottom: it holds out much better against a jemmy.
Depending on the thickness and condition of the door, we fit a three-point lock, surface-mounted or mortice, with a security cylinder. Models, prices and the points to check before choosing are all on our lock change in Paris 11 page.
| Model | Certification | Price incl. VAT |
|---|---|---|
| Picard KléopsLock with 3 locking points | from €1,090 | |
| Fichet Primlock3-point lock, Fichet 787.Z cylinder | from €1,180 | |
| Picard Sérénis 700Lock with 5 locking points | from €1,120 | |
| High-security 30 × 30 cylinderEuro profile cylinder, for a single-point lock | from €90 |
Folie-Méricourt, Saint-Ambroise, Roquette and Sainte-Marguerite: from the covered canal beneath boulevard Richard-Lenoir to the area around Nation, we work at every address in 75011, whether homes, workshops or shops.
Around rue Jean-Pierre-Timbaud and avenue Parmentier, modest old working-class buildings stand alongside grander ones near place de la République. Homes here are often small, up narrow staircases; when keys are lost, a new cylinder is enough in most cases.
The church of Saint-Ambroise marks the centre of the neighbourhood, between boulevard Voltaire and boulevard Richard-Lenoir, where the marché Popincourt is held. Its period apartment buildings have handsome wooden front doors: door reinforcement strengthens them without changing how they look from the stairwell.
Rue de Lappe, cour Damoye, passage Thiéré: a stone’s throw from the Bastille, courtyards and passages are home to workshops, bars and flats, often at ground level. Further up, rue de la Roquette climbs towards place Léon-Blum and the town hall of the 11th. For doors that open onto a courtyard, see our security door in Paris 11 page.
Along the faubourg Saint-Antoine, the cour de l’Étoile-d’Or and the passage de la Main-d’Or recall the cabinetmakers who worked there. Their workshops have become lofts, design studios and homes, with non-standard doors that we open, secure or replace with made-to-measure ones, right up to the area around Nation.
Shopkeepers on Oberkampf or rue de Charonne: for a jammed shutter or a dented slat, see the metal shutter repair in Paris 11 page.
A ground-level home on a courtyard is barely visible from the street, but a door under attack there is also out of sight: it has to hold. Depending on its condition, we reinforce it on site or fit an A2P-certified security door, made to measure for workshop openings.
We also look at what surrounds the door: the frame, the threshold, the hinges on the courtyard side. Our free, detailed quote compares the two options.
| Model | Certification | Price incl. VAT |
|---|---|---|
| Door reinforcementOn your existing door, with an A2P multipoint lock | from €2,690 | |
| Picard Diamant 2082 mm thick, 7 or 9 locking points | A2P BP2 | from €3,950 |
| Fichet Spheris HiS80 mm thick, 7 or 9 locking points | A2P BP2 | from €5,130 |
| Tordjman Métal RmeticMade-to-measure door, Muel or Reelax lock | BP1 or BP3 | from €3,950 |
Prices incl. VAT published in advance, the same across Paris. For a lock, door reinforcement or a security door, the quote is free.
The final amount depends on the door, the lock and the options chosen.
Another question? Ask us on the phone, at any hour.
€119 incl. VAT during the day, weekends included. If the door is locked, expect €135, or €149 for a security door. In the evening and at night, you are told the surcharge before we set off.
Not necessarily: if the door and its frame are sound, door reinforcement with a multipoint lock already gives real protection. A security door makes sense when the door is damaged, or when the opening is a non-standard size, as in many former workshops.
Not necessarily. A three-point lock often replaces both, with a single key to lock everything. If you want to keep the deadbolt, we can key both cylinders alike so that one key opens them.
Yes: back door, stockroom lock or metal shutter, we come after closing time if that suits you best. For shutters, see the metal shutters in Paris 11 page.
From our office, in the west of Paris, which is not open to the public. They come to you, anywhere in 75011, from République to Nation.
Yes, provided you have the card of ownership supplied with the lock: without it, most manufacturers refuse to make a copy. Duplicates can be ordered on our key copying page.
