Change or rekey
Change or Rekey Locks
Homeowners come to us with small questions that turn out to matter: why does the door rattle, why does the key stick, should the patio door have more than that little latch? The residential pages answer them one at a time.
Which one do I need?
- The builder handed over your new home with a stack of identical keys, and you know the framing crew, the painters and the flooring installers all used a construction key during the build.Lock Rekeying
- The front door has a handsome lever and a keyed knob, and that is all.Deadbolt Installation
- The lever on the side door droops toward the floor and rattles in your hand.Lock Replacement & Upgrade
- You bought a house with its original hardware and a bag of loose keys.Vintage Mortise Lock Service
- Half the evenings someone asks whether the back door got locked, and nobody is sure.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.