Magnetic Lock & Electric Strike Installation in Altadena, CA.

This page covers magnetic lock & electric strike installation in Altadena, from what is included to what to have ready.

Electrified door hardware is what lets a receptionist buzz someone in, an intercom release the lobby door, or a card reader control a suite. We install maglocks, electric strikes and electrified mortise and lever locks, wire them to a power supply and whatever releases them, and add the exit sensors and manual releases that code requires on the way out. Choosing the right device for the door and its exit role is most of the job.

The technician comes to your address in Altadena, in the San Gabriel Valley. The dispatch line at (888) 492-0666 is answered around the clock, and the dispatcher confirms the details and an ETA before anyone is sent.

• Door and frame survey: material, how the door currently latches, swing direction, whether it is on a required exit path, and where power can come from
• Electric strike installation in wood, hollow metal or aluminum frames, cut to the strike's template and matched to the existing latch (cylindrical, mortise or rim exit device)
• Maglock installation on single doors, pairs and all-glass doors with the correct bracket, plus a bond sensor where you want the door monitored
• Electrified mortise or lever locks and electrified exit-device trim where a strike or maglock is not suitable for the opening
• Power supply, request-to-exit sensor or button, door position switch and emergency release wired and tested
• Fail-safe or fail-secure behavior set to what the door's code role requires, then tested by cutting power
• Connection to the release source: intercom, keypad, card reader, desk button or access-control panel

• Authorization from the business owner or property manager, and landlord approval for wiring and frame modification in a leased building
• Photos of the door from both sides, the frame at the strike, and any existing intercom, keypad, reader or power supply
• What should release the door: a desk button, an intercom, a keypad, a card reader, or a phone app
• Whether people must be able to leave through this door in an emergency (if in doubt, assume yes)
• Your fire alarm company's contact if a maglock is going on an exit door, since the release has to tie in

Typically 90-180 minutes for an electric strike or maglock on one door, including the frame cut or bracket, power supply, exit sensor and a wired connection to a nearby release. Long cable runs, doors with no accessible power, pairs of doors, glass-door maglock kits, and fire alarm interface wiring extend that, and multi-door jobs are scheduled as a project.

• The release source sets the limits. An old intercom with no dry-contact output, a controller with no spare relay, or an undocumented panel may need replacing before the door can be controlled
• Maglocks on an exit door must release on fire alarm activation and on loss of power, need a request-to-exit sensor plus a marked manual release button, and in some occupancies need inspector approval. We do not install a maglock on an exit door without the egress releases
• Fire-rated doors must stay latched. A maglock does not provide a latch, and a surface-mounted strike may not be listed for the opening, so rated doors usually need a fail-secure listed strike or an electrified lock
• Electric strikes are latch specific: a rim exit device, a mortise lock with a deadbolt, and a cylindrical lever each take a different strike, and a thrown deadbolt defeats any strike
• Fail-safe hardware unlocks on power loss, which is right for egress and wrong for security; fail-secure is the reverse. The door's role decides, not preference
• Low-voltage cabling through finished ceilings and across floors may involve a low-voltage contractor; we confirm scope and who does what before quoting

Device type (strike, maglock, electrified lock), frame and door material, power supply and cable run, exit sensor and release hardware, fire alarm interface, and the release source we are connecting to determine the price. A frame that needs cutting for a strike or a glass door that needs a bracket kit is quoted after the survey.

The dispatcher gives you a range on the phone, and the technician confirms a written quote before any work starts.

Payment is by Cash, Credit Card, Debit Card, Apple Pay and Google Pay, and you receive an itemized receipt listing what was done.

• HES 1006, 5000, 8300 and 9600 series electric strikes
• Adams Rite 7100 and 7400 series strikes for aluminum frames
• Von Duprin 6000 series strikes for rim exit devices
• Securitron M32 and M62 maglocks, Schlage Electronics M450 and M490 maglocks
• Von Duprin EL and QEL electrified exit devices, Schlage L9080EL electrified mortise
• Altronix and Securitron BPS power supplies with battery backup
• Bosch and Seco-Larm request-to-exit sensors, Securitron EEB emergency release buttons
• GRI and Sentrol door position switches

Altadena is served as part of greater Los Angeles. ZIP codes covered: 91001, 91003. Addresses just over the line in Pasadena and La Cañada Flintridge are dispatched the same way. Give the dispatcher the cross street if the address is hard to find.

For magnetic lock & electric strike installation in Altadena, tell the dispatcher your address and what is wrong. You get an ETA before anyone is sent, a written quote before any work starts and a receipt when it is done. The line is answered around the clock.

One & Only Locksmith is bonded and insured; a certificate of insurance is available on request.