What is a half-cylinder? Half-cylinders explained simply!
7. January 2023In contrast to the double cylinder, a half cylinder can only be locked from one side. While a double cylinder is used in particular for house and apartment doors, a half cylinder is used, for example, for garage doors, cabinets / cabinet doors, alarm system locks, window handles, or lockable safes.

Like double cylinders, half cylinders are available in a wide variety of lengths in specialist stores. However, the basic length is 30 mm. Thus, most gates, doors, locks, and co. are also aligned to this basic length.
Half cylinders with a thumbturn are also available on the market (also called thumbturn cylinders). A special feature of this cylinder type is that there is no key here. Thus, the half cylinder with a thumbturn is particularly suitable where the door should only be able to be unlocked and locked from the inside, without requiring a key for the opening or closing process.
Do You Need a New Half Cylinder and Its Professional Installation?
Do you need a new, higher-quality half cylinder for your lock, your cabinet door, your window handle, your garage door, or your safe, and are you also looking for a competent locksmith who can install this half cylinder properly and professionally? Then you have come to exactly the right place with Locksmith Munich – Mario Pichelmaier. Because of our wealth of experience and our many years of activity as an unlocking service, we are very well versed in lock cylinders of any kind, no matter whether double cylinders or half cylinders.
So please feel free to contact us and describe in detail what we can do for you. Already on the phone, we can assess your situation very well and can therefore quote you a binding fixed price for the task to be completed. This fixed price is also guaranteed to be adhered to in the end. Cost traps? Fantasy fees? Nasty surprises? Not with Locksmith Munich – Mario Pichelmaier.
Since our business policy is geared towards achieving the highest possible customer satisfaction, we enjoy an exceedingly good reputation as a locksmith service in the greater Munich area. Thus, we receive many orders not only from private customers, but in particular also from public authorities and offices of any kind. For example, we take care of door openings when a municipality calls us because it urgently needs a door opening because a chimney sweep is not let into the house, even though he has to check the chimney and the heating system in it. As a Locksmith Munich, we therefore also have a function in terms of fire protection in a municipality or in a city district, so to speak.
We assist customs authorities, tax offices, and police stations with a door opening when there is a certain suspicion and things need to be checked. Furthermore, we receive a particularly large number of orders from district courts and bailiff offices.
If you would like to hire a conscientious, renowned, and customer-friendly locksmith service for the installation of your new half cylinder, then you have come to exactly the right place with us.
Find the Right Half Cylinder with Us!
Contact us now and let us advise you competently and individually. We are perfectly familiar with half cylinders and double cylinders. And, of course, we will also help you find the right half cylinder or double cylinder.