Zámečník Bohunice 792 211 333
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Proof, not promises

These aren't photos from the internet. Every one is from a real job here in Brno. I want them to show three things:

Most common: locked out

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Most of my call-outs. The door latched shut with the keys inside — I open it, and the lock and door stay intact.

Open apartment door, entrance to the flat
Apartment door slammed shut. Opened within minutes — lock and hardware undamaged.
Modern security door, ajar
Modern security door — opened without leaving a mark.
Apartment door, ajar
Slammed shut, keys inside. Opened cleanly — no breaking or drilling of the lock.
A door that opens towards you
A door that opens towards you — a matter of moments.
A hand opening an interior door
Opened and handed over — home again.
Apartment security entrance door, ajar
Apartment security entrance door — opened without damaging the frame.
Security door opened at night
Even at night. A late call-out to a plastic house door, opened without damage.
A house's front door opened at night
After midnight — the house's front door open again.
Door ajar, with its handle plate
Even on New Year's Day, in the afternoon.

How I open: without force

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The right method and tools instead of a crowbar. That's why the lock keeps working afterwards — no need to buy a new one.

Door hardware with a cylinder guard
Unlocked without damage (by picking). Through hardware with a cylinder guard like this, forcing it would take a long time and the repair afterwards would be expensive.
Knob and cylinder on a yellow door
The cylinder after opening by picking — not a single scratch on the hardware.
Open yellow door with a multipoint lock
Because of the insulation this door has more layers, and so more rebates around the locking mechanism.
Double-rebated door, ajar
The mechanism is harder to reach, so I chose to pick the cylinder.
Open door with a Winkhaus multipoint lock
A multipoint lock with a Winkhaus cylinder, opened by picking.
Close-up of a cylinder in door hardware
Close-up of the same cylinder — picked without a scratch, but that wasn't enough. Opening it also took a creatively made custom tool.
An older round lock cylinder
An older cylinder opened by picking.
Opening a security cylinder with a pick
A security cylinder opened with a pick — skill, not brute force.
Opening a lock with an electric pick gun
Sometimes the right tool does it (and it isn't a crowbar).

Safes

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I open safes too, and the contents stay untouched. The price depends on the type of safe, usually 800–5,000 CZK.

Open safe with an electronic lock
A safe with an electronic lock, opened — no damage.
Open safe
A safe opened, contents untouched. (I only show what I'm allowed to — clients' privacy comes first.)
Open safe with the lock electronics exposed
Another safe opened and put back into service.

Cars, garages and mailboxes

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Not just apartments. Keys locked in a car, garage doors, cellar and furniture locks — opened without a scratch.

Car with the driver's door open
Keys left in the car. Opened without damage — the driver's door is free again.
Unlocking a car door
Keys locked inside the car. Opened with no damage to the paint or the lock.
Open door of a red car in the street
Unlocking a car on the spot, even in bad weather.
Close-up of a garage lock
A garage lock opened without drilling.
Sectional garage door with a handle
Sectional garage door — unlocked without damage.
Inside an unlocked garage
Garage unlocked.
Cellar lock unlocked at night by torchlight
Cellar / garage lock, night call-out — out comes the torch, and it's open.
Old lock on a metal garden gate
I can handle old locks on garden gates too.
Mailboxes in an apartment building
A mailbox opened by picking — the lock still works.

Broken keys and jammed locks

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Key snapped off in the lock, or it won't turn? I'll get the broken key out and open a jammed lock too — usually without drilling.

Key broken off in a Euro Secure cylinder
A key broken off in the lock. The customer thought it would need drilling…
Open door with the broken key still in the cylinder
No drilling needed — the door opened even with the broken key inside.
Multipoint lock with the bolts extended
A jammed multipoint lock — door opened.

Security testing

For companies that want to know how well they're protected. Always commissioned and agreed in advance.

Server room with racks
We got into the server room without a trace and without setting off the alarm.
Picking a door cylinder
Picking a cylinder during a commissioned security test.

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