Break-In Repair in Scarborough
We attend break-in repair & emergency security calls throughout Scarborough 7 days a week, across Agincourt, Malvern, Guildwood and West Hill, and the surrounding City of Toronto area. Same-day repair and re-securing after a forced entry — doors, frames, locks and hardware, with documentation for your insurance claim.
One of the largest concentrations of 1960s–80s bungalows, backsplits and sidesplits in Ontario, many with side and rear entrances added later, plus extensive post-war apartment towers. That housing and building stock is what determines how forced entries here actually succeed, and it is what the repair has to address if the same method is not going to work twice.
The split-level and bungalow stock here is the reason Scarborough generates so much break-in repair work: side and rear doors added in the 1970s often sit in softwood jambs with a 1/2-inch strike screw, which a single kick defeats regardless of how good the deadbolt is. The fix that actually holds is a full-length security strike with 3-inch screws driven into the stud — hardware that costs very little and changes the outcome completely. Rear service doors on the Kennedy and Markham Road plazas take the same treatment.
We quote before dispatching to Scarborough, not after arriving. The figure you are given on the phone is the figure on the invoice, barring something we could not have known about.
Typical range: $275–$4500 CAD. Ranges are typical for the GTA and depend on the door, the hardware and the time of day. We confirm the price before dispatching.
Where we work in Scarborough
We cover the whole municipality for break-in repair & emergency security, including Agincourt, Malvern, Guildwood, West Hill, Birch Cliff, Cliffside, Woburn, Rouge, Highland Creek, Dorset Park and Bendale — across the M1B, M1C, M1E, M1G, M1H and M1J postal areas. The main corridors we work are Kennedy Road, Markham Road, Lawrence Avenue East, Eglinton Avenue East, Sheppard Avenue East, Midland Avenue and Danforth Road.
What to do first — before anyone touches the door
Call the police and get an occurrence number. Your insurer will require it, and getting it afterwards is considerably harder than getting it at the time.
Photograph the damage before any repair begins. Wide shots showing the door in context, then close-ups of the damage, the broken hardware and the point of entry. This is the single most useful thing you can do for your claim, and it takes two minutes.
Do not tidy up, and do not throw away broken hardware. A snapped cylinder or a torn strike plate is evidence of forced entry, and adjusters do ask. We keep removed components and hand them to you bagged.
Then make it secure. We can attend and either repair properly the same visit or close the opening temporarily until parts arrive.
How forced entries actually happen
In the overwhelming majority of the jobs we attend, the lock was not picked and was not defeated by any kind of skill. The frame split, the glass next to the door was broken, the cylinder was snapped, or the door was simply kicked until the jamb gave way. Forced entry is a strength problem, not a lock-sophistication problem.
That matters for what you do next. Replacing a lock like-for-like after a break-in that succeeded through the frame leaves you exactly as vulnerable as you were the day before. The repair should address the method that worked.
What we repair
- Split, kicked-in and torn-out door jambs, with structural reinforcement rather than filler
- Racked and bent steel frames
- Snapped, drilled and punched lock cylinders
- Torn-out strike plates and keepers
- Damaged and sprung hinges, and hinge-side jamb repair
- Pried aluminium storefront doors and damaged corner assemblies
- Broken exit devices and damaged panic hardware
- Temporary board-up and secure closure where a door or glazing cannot be repaired the same day
- Full door and frame replacement where repair is not viable
This page covers break-in repair & emergency security specifically in Scarborough. For the full technical detail — every option, every fault mode and the complete FAQ — see our main break-in repair & emergency security page.
Break-In Repair in Scarborough — questions
Do you cover all of Scarborough?
Yes — the whole municipality, including Agincourt, Malvern, Guildwood, West Hill and Birch Cliff, across the M1B, M1C, M1E and M1G postal areas and the rest. We also cover the surrounding City of Toronto area and the neighbouring municipalities, so a job that sits on a boundary is not a problem.
How quickly can you get to Scarborough?
It depends on the time of day, where in Scarborough you are, and what is already in progress. We give you a realistic window when you call rather than an optimistic one, and we would rather tell you ninety minutes and arrive in seventy. We take emergency calls 7 days a week, 8 AM to 11 PM — after that, leave your number and we call you at 8 AM.
Can you secure the building tonight and repair it properly later?
Yes, and that is frequently the sensible sequence. Making the opening secure is the urgent part; matching an extrusion, sourcing a frame section or ordering a specific door is not something to rush. We will secure it now and schedule the permanent repair once parts are in hand.
Do I need to replace all my locks after a break-in?
Usually not all of them. Replace what was damaged, and rekey anything where keys may have been taken — if keys went missing in the burglary, every lock those keys operate should be rekeyed. What matters more than wholesale replacement is fixing the weakness that was exploited, which is generally the frame rather than the lock.
They broke the window, not the door. Do I still need a locksmith?
For the glazing itself you need a glazier, and we can board the opening the same night so the building is secure until glass is available. Where we add value is the reason they chose the glass: it was the weakest point. Laminated security film on the remaining glazing and a review of the door hardware addresses the next attempt, which on commercial premises is a genuine risk after a first incident.