Change or rekey
Change or Rekey Locks
Residential locksmithing means looking at how a household comes and goes, then making the locks match. Sometimes that is a single fresh cylinder; sometimes it is matched deadbolts on every door and a keypad for the one used most.
Which one do I need?
- Every copy of your house key seems to work a little differently.Lock Rekeying
- The door from the garage into the kitchen closes on a passage knob with no lock at all.Deadbolt Installation
- Every morning the front door key needs the same little dance: push in, lift, wiggle, turn.Lock Replacement & Upgrade
- The old skeleton key still fits the keyhole, but it now needs a jiggle, a lean on the door and a little luck before the bolt moves.Vintage Mortise Lock Service
- You have just taken possession of the house and the previous owners handed over a keypad deadbolt with a code nobody wrote down and an app account you cannot get into.Smart Lock Installation
- The driveway gate drags a groove into the gravel every time it swings, and the latch stopped catching weeks ago.Gate & Building Entry Locks
Change or Rekey Locks
New keys for the locks you have, or new locks where the hardware has worn out: rekeying, replacement, deadbolts, smart locks and older mortise hardware.
Lock Rekeying
Walking every door that should be included
Before a single cylinder comes out, the locksmith walks the property with you and lists each opening: the front door, the back and side doors, the door from the garage into the house, a walkout basement, a gate with a keyed latch, a shed, a mailbox, and any interior door you want on a key. It is surprising how often the garage's side door or the storm door is forgotten and left on the old key. The list becomes the plan for the visit and, at the end, the record of what was done.
A door that is not on the list is not rekeyed, so the walk is worth two careful minutes.