Change or rekey
Change or Rekey Locks
Older homes carry mortise locks with warded keys, brass knobs and strike plates fixed with tiny screws. We service the original hardware where it can be kept, and where it cannot we fit a replacement that suits the door instead of fighting it.
Which one do I need?
- Your basement tenant has given notice, and a new one arrives on the first.Lock Rekeying
- The front door has a handsome lever and a keyed knob, and that is all.Deadbolt Installation
- The keys the seller handed over came in a sandwich bag: six unlabelled copies for two locks of different makes from different decades.Lock Replacement & Upgrade
- You bought a house with its original hardware and a bag of loose keys.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
- Between the front gate, the side gate and the one behind the shed, there are three different padlocks, three different keys, and a growing pile of duplicates in a kitchen drawer that nobody can match to the right lock anymore.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
The condition of every cylinder
A cylinder about to be pinned to a new key should be worth pinning. The locksmith turns the existing key in each lock and feels for a plug that drags, soft springs, a wobbling cam or a keyway packed with grit and old oil. A cylinder in good order is rekeyed as it is.
A worn one is cleaned and given fresh springs while it is apart, and one that has truly worn out is pointed out so you can choose a replacement rather than have new pins dropped into a tired lock. A bolt that binds against its strike gets noticed here too, so the strike can be adjusted while the locksmith is at the door.