Official Fichet dealer in Mallorca and the Balearics

Who Fichet are

Fichet is a French maker of high-security locks and doors whose history goes back to 1825, when Alexandre Fichet opened his locksmith's workshop in Paris.

In 1829 he patented a lock that could not be picked, and today the brand describes itself as the inventor of the armoured door set: door, frame and lock designed and tested as one unit.

Fichet armoured doors and locks now belong to the Swedish ASSA ABLOY group, through ASSA ABLOY France, and are made to measure at the Oust-Marest factory in Picardy, northern France.

Fichet products carry A2P certification, the French burglary-resistance mark awarded by the independent testing body CNPP, and the door models are also classified under the European standard EN 1627.

Fichet-Bauche safes are now a separate company: this page is about doors, locks and cylinders.

What buying from an official Fichet dealer means

Buying from an official Fichet dealer means your door is made at Oust-Marest to fit your opening and is fitted by people who know the product.

In practice, that gives you four things:

• Genuine product: the door, cylinder and keys come from the manufacturer with their paperwork and certification.
• Made to measure: we measure at your property and the order is built for that opening, not adapted from stock.
• Manufacturer warranty and service: according to its data sheets, Fichet gives a 10-year warranty on the door and 3 years on the cylinder; spare parts are original, and Fichet's warranty terms apply because an authorised dealer did the fitting.
• Key control: Fichet cylinders come with 4 keys and a coded ownership card. Copies are made at the Oust-Marest factory and can only be ordered by presenting that card, through the official network.

The Fichet range we sell in Mallorca

Panys Forts works with seven Fichet armoured door models, all made to measure.

• Protecdoor+: Fichet's entry-level armoured door. Class 3 under EN 1627, 5-point lock certified 1 star by CNPP, 70 mm leaf, 787 Z cylinder and EI2 30 fire resistance. Made to measure at no extra cost with a refurbishment frame, designed to go in without building work.
• Spheris S: A2P BP1 and EN 1627 class 3, A2P 1-star lock with 3 locking points, 66 mm leaf, F3D cylinder and Rw 42 dB acoustic insulation.
• Spheris HiS: steps up to A2P BP2 and class 4, with a 5-point A2P 3-star lock and a device that jams the lock if it detects an attack. A control cylinder is available.
• Foxeo+ S: the new Foxeo+ generation, with an 80 mm leaf, 5-point lock, A2P BP1, class 3 and 30 minutes' fire resistance.
• Foxeo+ HiS: 7 locking points, F3D cylinder, A2P BP2 and class 4, 2 mm steel armour with five reinforcements.
• Foxeo+ XP: the top of the Foxeo+ range. 9 locking points, A2P BP3, A2P 3-star lock, class 4 and the Paratac system, which locks the whole mechanism if someone tries to break in.
• Stylea: perimeter steel tube structure with stiffeners across the whole surface to keep its two steel sheets rigid.

All come in RAL lacquered colours, wood-effect sheets or timber panels, and Fichet can customise the panels to match the look of your building.

Which Fichet model suits you

The right Fichet model depends on how long the property is left empty, how exposed the entrance is and what your insurer requires, not on the brochure.

For a flat in a building with a street door and neighbours, Protecdoor+, Spheris S or Foxeo+ S, all class 3, cover the usual risk comfortably.

For a house that opens straight onto the street, or a holiday home closed up for months, we recommend class 4: Spheris HiS or Foxeo+ HiS.

Foxeo+ XP makes sense when there is something specific to protect inside or the house is very isolated. For an ordinary flat it is usually more door than you need, and we will say so.

Alicea lock: Fichet without changing the door

The Alicea lock is Fichet's answer for when an armoured door is not an option: an A2P-certified multi-point high-security lock fitted to the door you already have.

It comes in two versions. Alicea S, with 3 locking points and 1-star certification. Alicea XP, with 5 locking points, a double central bolt in carbonitrided steel that resists sawing and drilling, and 3-star certification.

It takes Fichet Orio, 787 Z and F3D cylinders, comes with 4 keys and an ownership card, and offers a control cylinder and a semi-automatic door restrictor as options. It is available in lacquered and wood-effect finishes so it sits well on the door.

Safes: not Fichet, and here is what they are

The safes Panys Forts sells are not Fichet-branded. We work with three ranges from other manufacturers, chosen for their certification:

• Olle: 800 and 1000 series, wall-mounted and free-standing, with the Ocluc electronic lock offering time delay and a duress code; and the Series I, certified EN 1143-1 grade I.
• Baussa PR series: built-in and free-standing, certified EN 1143-1 grade III and grade IV.
• Chubbsafes Trident: certified under EN 1143-1 against burglary and explosives, with one hour of fire protection for paper documents.

How to spot a genuine Fichet door

A genuine Fichet door can be recognised by three things: the cylinder, the ownership card and the certification paperwork.

• The cylinder is a Fichet model (F3D, 787 Z, 787M or Orio) and the key carries no visible code that would let someone copy it.
• The door comes with 4 keys and a coded ownership card. If you are handed keys without a card, ask why.
• The model has a name (Protecdoor+, Spheris, Foxeo+, Stylea) and an A2P certification or EN 1627 class that the seller can show you in writing.

If you are buying a property with a "Fichet door", ask the seller for the ownership card. Without it you cannot order copies, and the sensible move is to change the cylinder when you move in.

Servicing and repairing existing Fichet doors

Panys Forts services Fichet doors already installed in Mallorca, even if we did not supply them.

• Cylinder replacement: after keys are lost or stolen, when you buy a property, or when staff who held keys move on. The new cylinder arrives with its own 4 keys and ownership card, and the old keys stop working.
• Key copies: ordered with the ownership card and made at the factory. Without the card they cannot be ordered, and that is precisely the point.
• Adjustments and repairs: Fichet hinges are adjustable, and many doors that rub or are stiff to lock are fixed with an adjustment rather than new parts.
• Upgrades: digital door viewer, door closer, restrictor or control cylinder, depending on what your model accepts.

A straight warning: some upgrades, such as certain digital door viewers, void the door's fire certification. We tell you before fitting them.

Fichet across the Balearics

Panys Forts serves Mallorca, Menorca, Ibiza and Formentera as the official Fichet dealer. In Mallorca we handle the visit, measuring and fitting from Palma, with our own team and partner installers. On the other islands we plan the project remotely; how travel and installation are organised depends on the quote and the type of job, and we set it out in the quote, with a firm lead time once the order is confirmed.

You can see finishes, cylinders and the Alicea lock at our shop at Bisbe Pascual 22 in Palma, or call us on +34 971 246 665. We speak English, Spanish and Catalan.