Guides
Guides for the doors of Aspe, written before you need them
Plain answers about the doors, locks and safes of Aspe and the country round it: the outbuildings of a finca, a house nobody has the keys to, a long August away from home, a nave that will not open. Each one ends with the page to ring from.
Fincas and the countryside
- Keys locked in the car at the La Ofra pine grove
Lunch under the pines on the old Hondón road, and the car keys are on the driver's seat behind a locked door. What to try, what to avoid, and who to ring.
4 min read
- The caseta on a finca: pump room, store and pool house
The house has a proper lock; the little buildings round it often have a bent hasp and a rusty padlock. What each outbuilding of a finca near Aspe really needs.
5 min read
The old centre and the quarters
- A Sagrado Corazón house from 1957: is the lock that old too?
Most of the 1957 Sagrado Corazón houses keep their original layout. How to tell whether your front-door lock dates from then as well, and what replacing it involves.
5 min read
- Inherited a house in the old centre, and nobody has the keys
The family house near the Plaza Mayor is yours now, and the keys vanished years ago. The papers to gather, the neighbours to ask, how the door is opened, and what to do with the lock afterwards.
6 min read
Fiestas and time away
- Away during the August fiestas: locking up before the Traída
Even years bring the Virgen de las Nieves to Aspe and long days out of the house. A short routine for doors, windows and keys before you go.
4 min read
Units and premises
- Locked out of a nave in Tres Hermanas: which door to open
The staff are outside the unit and nobody has a key. Which door is worth opening first, what to have ready, and why the roller door is rarely the answer.
5 min read
Locks, safes and doors
- Front door won't latch in summer: dry heat and wooden doors
A door that closed fine in February now needs a shove, or the key will not turn until you lift the handle. Why heat and dry air do this, what to check, and when it really is the lock.
5 min read
- A home safe with a dead battery and no override key
The keypad is dark, the batteries are hidden somewhere, and the emergency key went missing years ago. What you can safely try, and what to leave alone.
4 min read
- How to measure a euro cylinder before a lock change
Two numbers, measured from the fixing screw outwards, are all a quote needs. How to take them without removing anything, and the mistakes that cost a second trip.
4 min read
- Scratches round the cylinder: has someone tried your lock?
Fresh bright scratches at the keyway, a cylinder that sits proud, a key that suddenly drags. What each sign can mean, and what to do the same day.
5 min read
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