Emergency Exit Device Installation
Panic bars and exit hardware installed to code — keep occupants safe and your business compliant.
- 24/7 emergency
- Fast, damage-free
- Licensed, bonded & insured
- Top-rated local service
Step by step
How it works
What happens between your call and your door opening.
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You call
Tell us what's locked, what kind of door or vehicle, and where you are.
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You hear the price
We quote the job on the phone. Nothing is dispatched until you say go.
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We come to you
The nearest available locksmith heads out with the tools and parts for your job.
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Done right
Damage-free, licensed, bonded & insured, and guaranteed.
What's included
Emergency Exit Device Installation: what we handle
Real customers
Trusted across Hudson County
Installed panic bars and emergency exit hardware for our Secaucus retail location. Professional installation and great safety improvement.
Installed electronic push-bar exit devices for our Secaucus warehouse. Professional installation and excellent safety upgrade.
Installed panic hardware for emergency exits in our Union City school. Professional installation and critical safety improvement.
Good to know
Frequently asked questions
Are panic bars required by law for my business?
For most commercial occupancies, yes — fire and building codes require panic hardware on designated egress doors, with specifics depending on occupancy type and capacity. If you're unsure whether a door needs one, we can look at the space and tell you what the code requires before an inspector does.
Can an exit door be locked from the inside after hours?
No — a required egress door must open with a single push whenever the building is occupied. Chaining or blocking one is a serious violation with real liability attached. The lawful alternative is hardware that solves the underlying worry: exit alarms, delayed-egress devices where codes permit, and exterior trim that keeps the door locked against entry.
My panic bar pushes but the door doesn't open. Can you fix it?
Yes — that's typically a latch that isn't retracting, a failed dogging mechanism, or vertical rods out of alignment on a settled door. Some devices we rebuild on the spot; badly worn ones we replace. Either way it's urgent: a non-functioning exit device is a code violation and a genuine hazard, so we prioritize these calls.
Can a panic bar work with keyed entry or access control?
Yes. The exit side always opens with one push — that's non-negotiable — while the entry side can carry keyed trim, lever trim, or an access-control reader with an electric strike. Locked hard against entry, always free for exit: that combination is standard and fully code-compliant when installed correctly.
How often should exit devices be checked?
Test them yourself monthly — one firm push, door swings clear, latch re-engages when it closes. Have them professionally inspected at least annually, and immediately after any sticking, sagging, or hard closing appears. Exit hardware fails gradually and quietly, and the failure only announces itself when the door is needed most.
Details
More about emergency exit device installation
A panic bar has one job: when people push toward a door in an emergency, it opens. No key, no knob, no thinking — pressure on the bar releases the latch. That simplicity is why fire codes require exit devices on the egress doors of most commercial buildings, and why the hardware has to work every single time, including the day nobody hoped would come.
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For the restaurants, bars, shops, and venues packed along Hudson County's commercial strips, this is a compliance issue with real teeth. Fire inspectors check exit hardware, and a failed device — or worse, an exit door chained shut because the panic bar broke and the back alley made someone nervous — means violations, fines, and in a serious incident, liability that no business survives intact. Keeping the hardware working is dramatically cheaper than any of those outcomes.
We install every standard configuration. Rim devices — the familiar surface-mounted bar — for single doors. Mortise exit devices where the door's lock body calls for them. Surface and concealed vertical-rod devices for double doors that latch top and bottom. On the outside face, we pair devices with the trim your operation needs: keyed entry, lever trim, or blank plates on doors that should only ever open outward.
Security and egress aren't in conflict when the hardware is chosen right. Exit alarms deter the back-door foot traffic that makes owners want to chain doors. Alarmed and delayed-egress devices, where codes permit them, protect stockrooms without trapping anyone. Integration with access control lets a door be locked hard against entry while remaining a free exit — which is exactly what the code demands.
Repairs are half our exit-device work. Bars that push but don't retract the latch, dogging mechanisms that no longer hold, rods that miss the top strike on a settled door, devices rusted from propped-open years. Some of these are quick rebuilds; some mean replacement. Either way, an exit device that doesn't latch is both a security hole and a code violation, so we treat these calls with urgency.
We serve the full commercial range across Hudson County — restaurants and bars, retail, offices, schools, churches, and the warehouse corridor in Secaucus — anywhere an egress door has to answer to both a fire code and a security concern at the same time.
If you're opening a space, fitting out a new door, or fixing what an inspector flagged, call (201) 748-2070. We'll install to code, test the door through its full swing, and leave your egress doing both of its jobs: letting everyone out and keeping the wrong people from strolling in.
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Before you book
Wondering what this will cost? Our upfront pricing policy explains how we quote emergency exit device installation before any work starts. If you'd rather read how other Hudson County customers describe the job, see what our customers say. Still have a question? The locksmith FAQ covers ID and proof-of-ownership, what we bring, and how we work — or readwho we are and how we operate. When you're ready, get in touch orbook a visit online.
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