Gateman Digital Lock
Gateman believe that all the digital lock must be keyless and refuse to add in the mechanical key features.
In Korea, there are digital lock shop everywhere providing break lock service at low cost and the price is pretty competitive as 98% of the houses uses digital lock
Therefore, most of the Gateman Lock in Singapore that are in Korea version do not have a Singapore distributor. Hence, such break lock services are bear among consumers and parallel importers whom bring in the lock
To destroy such lock will take 1.5 hour and 30 minutees to replace.
No Warranty or 24 Hours Support in Singapore (Local Agent)
Those warranty are covered by the respective parallel importers who sold you the lock
You can consult them what type of services they could provide for the locksmith services. If they promise to do it for free, remember to ask them to record down in the invoice, because such break lock services cost $250-300 in the market
TOP 2 GATEMAN Digital Lock, You Should not Even Consider
This is the parallel import model of Yale YDG 313 Glass digital lock
The parallel import do not have the special tools to destroy such lock. Therefore, when your lock is faulty. None of the companies in Singapore can destroy the digital lock without destroying the glass door
As we couldn't do heavy or any light drilling onto the glass as it will crack or damage it. None of the installers will take the risk
You can consult any parallel importers and see whether they could destroy this lock.
The answer is No. They can promise or come up with a lot of fantastic stories but any drilling onto the glass 99% will crack
TOP Gateman Digital Lock, You Should not Even Consider
The hook lock can be used on sliding and swing door. This lock is different from the rest of the Korea Rim Lock.
The lock strike down through the 2 hook in order to lock it.
Therefore, when it happen to break down, even if we drilled and destroyed the lock, the hook will still be in position
The Gateman Hook lock is one of the most difficult lock to destroy.
The only way to unlock your door is to destroy your door. Majority of the locksmith in Singapore will not service such locks unless you give them permission to destroy the door
Note: when you destroy the door, most probably the frame will be terribly damage. Changing of frame is extremely expensive and headache because you need to prepare floor titles to replace and cement your wall.
Lastly, paint the wall after you cement the wall and change the frame. Estimate cost to replace a door and frame is $1400-1800