Change or rekey
Change or Rekey Locks
A house is a working machine of doors, and each one has a job. This group of services covers the locks that do those jobs: keeping the entry secure, letting the family in without fuss, giving a teenager a key that only opens one door.
Which one do I need?
- Three months of renovation are finally done.Lock Rekeying
- The front door has a handsome lever and a keyed knob, and that is all.Deadbolt Installation
- The century home's original mortise lock takes a key the size of a spoon, sticks in humid weather and has worn its strike to a groove.Lock Replacement & Upgrade
- The interior bedroom doors on the second floor have the original mortise latches, and none of them close any more.Vintage Mortise Lock Service
- The rental turns over every few months and each time you drive across town to swap keys, then wonder whether copies were made.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.