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You’re not managing a building. You’re protecting people, assets, and your reputation.
When your access control system actually works the way it should, you stop worrying about former employees with active credentials. You stop scrambling when someone loses their keycard for the third time this month. You stop manually tracking who entered which door at what time because your system does it automatically.
Modern door access control systems give you real-time visibility from your phone or computer. Revoke access instantly when someone leaves. Grant temporary credentials to contractors without handing over physical keys. Get alerts when doors are propped open or accessed outside normal hours. That’s not convenience—that’s control you can actually use.
The McCausland family has been doing locksmith work since the late 1800s. Tom and his daughter Chrissy run the largest locksmith operation in the Delaware Valley today, and we’re not interested in selling you things you don’t need.
We’ve been serving Yeadon and the surrounding Delaware County area from our Prospect Park location since 1981. That’s not a van with a phone number—it’s a real shop with real inventory and people who’ve seen every type of access control challenge a business can face.
When you call, you’re talking to people who’ve installed building access control systems in facilities just like yours. We’re Associated Locksmiths of America Certified Master Locksmiths, BBB accredited, and police recommended. But what matters more is that we show up when we say we will, typically within 30 to 60 minutes in Delaware County, and we don’t play games with pricing.
First, we come to your location in Yeadon and actually look at your building. We’re checking door types, existing hardware, how many access points you need to control, and what you’re trying to protect. This isn’t a sales pitch—it’s a real assessment.
Then we talk about what you actually need. Maybe that’s a full commercial access control system with mobile credentials and cloud management. Maybe it’s a simpler door entry system for a single entrance. We’ll tell you what makes sense for your situation and your budget, including whether your existing hardware can integrate or needs replacement.
Once you approve the plan, we schedule the installation around your business hours. Our team handles everything: mounting card readers or biometric scanners, installing electronic strikes or magnetic locks, running necessary wiring, programming the system, and setting up your admin access. We test every door, every credential, every feature before we leave.
You get a walkthrough on how to manage users, run reports, and handle common tasks. We also cover you with a full warranty on parts and labor, so if something goes wrong, we fix it at no charge during the warranty period.
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Your access control system installation includes the hardware—card readers, keypads, biometric scanners, or mobile credential readers depending on what you choose. We install the locking mechanisms too: magnetic locks, electric strikes, or panic bars that integrate with your access control.
The control panel and software are the brains of the operation. You’ll get cloud-based management if you want it, which means you can control your system from anywhere. Or we can set up a local server if you prefer keeping everything on-site. Either way, you’re getting user management tools that let you add or remove people in seconds, set access schedules, and create different permission levels.
For Yeadon businesses, we’re seeing more demand for mobile credentials and biometric options. Employees use their phones instead of carrying another card, or they use a fingerprint reader that can’t be shared or stolen. These systems also create audit trails automatically, which matters if you’re in healthcare, finance, or any industry where you need to prove who accessed what and when.
We also integrate with existing CCTV systems when it makes sense. That means your access logs sync with camera footage, so you’re not just seeing that someone badged in at 2 AM—you’re seeing who it actually was.
The honest answer is that it depends on how many doors you’re controlling and what level of security you need. A basic single-door system with a card reader and electric strike might run a few thousand dollars. A multi-door system for a larger facility with biometric readers, mobile credentials, and cloud management will cost more.
What drives the price is the hardware you choose, the number of access points, and whether your existing doors and frames can support the new system or need upgrades. Sometimes we can work with what you have. Sometimes your hollow-core door or residential-grade frame needs to be replaced with commercial-grade hardware that can actually secure the building.
We give you a real quote after we see your building. No ballpark numbers over the phone that turn into something different when we show up. You’ll know exactly what you’re paying for and why each component matters to your security.
You can absolutely manage it yourself. That’s the whole point of modern business access control systems—they’re designed for you to handle day-to-day user management without calling us every time someone gets hired or leaves.
We’ll train you or your designated admin on how to add users, assign credentials, set access schedules, revoke permissions, and run reports. Most cloud-based systems have interfaces that are pretty straightforward once you’ve been walked through them. You can do most of this from your computer or phone.
Where we come back in is for hardware issues, system expansions, or technical troubleshooting. If a card reader stops working or you want to add doors to the system, that’s when you call us. But the daily management of who can access what? That’s in your hands, and we make sure you’re comfortable with it before we leave.
Most modern door access control systems have fail-safe or fail-secure modes built in. Fail-safe means the door unlocks if power is lost—that’s what you want on exit doors for fire safety. Fail-secure means it stays locked even without power—that’s what you want on sensitive areas. We set this up based on your building codes and security needs.
If the system has a technical failure, you’ve still got options. Many systems include backup power supplies that keep things running during outages. Some also have mechanical override options or backup credentials. We build redundancy into the installation so you’re not completely stuck.
For lockouts or urgent issues, we typically respond within 30 to 60 minutes in Yeadon and Delaware County. Emergency calls often get prioritized even faster. You’re not waiting until tomorrow if someone can’t access the building or a door won’t secure properly.
A single-door system can usually be installed in a few hours if the door and frame are already set up for it. A multi-door system for a larger building might take a full day or more, depending on how much wiring needs to be run and whether we’re replacing hardware.
The timeline also depends on whether we’re working around your business hours. Some clients want us there after hours or on weekends so we’re not disrupting operations. That’s fine—we’ll work with your schedule. Others are okay with us working during the day as long as we’re not blocking access to critical areas.
We’ll give you a realistic timeline during the assessment. If we say it’ll take a day, it takes a day. We’re not the type to start a job and then disappear for a week. We finish what we start, test everything thoroughly, and make sure you’re fully operational before we leave.
In most cases, yes. If you’ve already got CCTV cameras, alarm systems, or even an older access control system, we can usually integrate the new components with what’s already there. That saves you money and keeps everything working together instead of managing multiple separate systems.
The key is whether your existing equipment uses standard protocols that play nicely with modern systems. A lot of newer access control platforms are designed to integrate with major camera brands and alarm systems. If your current setup is really outdated or uses proprietary technology that doesn’t communicate with anything else, we’ll let you know upfront.
We’ve worked with plenty of Yeadon businesses that had partial systems in place—maybe cameras but no access control, or an old keypad system that’s failing. We assess what’s worth keeping and what needs to be replaced, then give you options that make sense financially and functionally.
Yes. Gate access control works on the same principle as door systems—you’re controlling who gets in and tracking when they do it. We install card readers, keypads, or remote systems for parking gates, vehicle barriers, and perimeter access points.
For commercial properties in Yeadon with parking lots or gated areas, this often ties into the same system that controls your building doors. Employees use the same credential to get through the gate and into the building. Visitors get temporary access codes that work for both. Everything logs to the same system so you’ve got one place to manage it all.
The installation process is similar: we assess your gate type, determine what hardware you need, install the readers and controllers, and integrate it with your main access control platform. If you’ve got a gate that’s seen better days or wasn’t designed for automated access, we’ll tell you what needs upgrading to make the system reliable.
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