Commercial Locksmith Services
Lock installation and repair, master key systems, fire and life safety hardware, and emergency service for businesses across Connecticut.
Learn moreSecuring Connecticut since 1948
How can we help you solve your locksmith & security needs?
Tell us what you are trying to do, in your own words. We will take you straight to the answer — no forms first, no phone tree.
- 78Years in business
- 2Generations, one family
- 1Address since 1948
- Family owned since 1948 Two generations, one address.
- A real counter 58 Connecticut Blvd., East Hartford.
- Factory certified By the brands we install.
- Homes and institutions Banks, schools, town buildings.
What we do
Seven things people call us about
Most jobs start as one of these. If yours does not, it is still worth a call — after 78 years there is very little we have not seen.
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Electronic Access Control
Card, fob, keypad and mobile credentials with audit trails and remote management. Stand-alone or networked, indoors or out.
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Restricted Key Systems
Patented keyways that cannot be copied at a hardware store, so you know exactly how many keys exist and who holds them.
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Door and Security Hardware
Deadbolts, padlocks, exit and panic hardware, closers, retrofit cylinders and key management, specified to suit the door and the code.
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Automatic Doors and ADA Access
Push-plate and automatic operators that make an entrance usable by everyone, with the activation devices and wiring to match.
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Safes: Sales and Service
Safes supplied, delivered, opened, serviced and recombinated, for cash handling, records and valuables.
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Residential Locksmith Services
The same standards we hold on a bank door, applied to a front door. Locks installed, repaired and rekeyed for Connecticut homes.
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Why Whitford
We would rather do it right the first time
That means measuring twice and cutting once. It is an unglamorous way to run a security company and it is the reason financial institutions, school systems, municipal buildings and universities keep calling us back.
Every job is checked against the code that governs it — fire and life safety, ADA, and the manufacturer’s own specification. A door that locks but blocks an exit is not a solution. Neither is one that satisfies an inspector but frustrates the people using it forty times a day.
- Technical training and factory certification direct from the manufacturers
- Code and ADA requirements checked before anything is ordered
- One firm from specification through installation to service
- We stand behind the systems we install and the quality of our work
Since 1948
A Connecticut tradition, still at the same address
Len Whitford started the company in the aftermath of the Second World War, repairing power equipment out of a four-bay garage behind the family homestead on Connecticut Boulevard. His son Lee runs it now.
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The storefront Added to the family homestead on Connecticut Boulevard. -
On the road An early delivery truck, when the work was power equipment. -
The corner shop Later years, by then lettered for locksmithing.
Lawnmower repair gave way to locksmithing, and locksmithing gave way to electronic security. Lee, who holds a bachelor’s degree in physics, started moving the company into electronic access in the 1980s. The first job was hardwired keypads for the Bank of New England.
The address never changed. Seventy-eight years on, the counter is still on Connecticut Boulevard and a person still answers the phone.
Securing Connecticut is more than a slogan. It describes a proud family history of professional service, industry expertise and neighborly commitment.
Where we work
Based in East Hartford, covering all of Connecticut
We cover the whole state from our counter on Connecticut Boulevard. These are the towns closest to it.
- East Hartford
- Hartford
- Manchester
- Glastonbury
- South Windsor
- Wethersfield
- Newington
- West Hartford
- Vernon
- Bloomfield
- Windsor
- Rocky Hill
- Enfield
- Bristol
- New Britain
- Farmington
Talk to somebody who has done this before
Call the counter and you will reach a person who can tell you whether this is a ten-minute job or a specification. That conversation is free.