Locksmith
Where to start
Choosing a service is easier when you know what each one actually changes. Rekeying changes the key, replacement changes the hardware, repair keeps what you have working, and installation adds something new. The sections below sort our work along those lines.
Lockout Services
Doors that have been kicked, pried or drilled rarely lock cleanly afterwards.
Home Lockout ServiceSomeone pushed the privacy button on the bathroom door and pulled it shut behind them, leaving the room locked and empty.
Business Lockout ServiceA cook stepped into the alley with the recycling and the rear door swung shut behind him.
Broken Key ExtractionA roommate tried to help with tweezers, then by gluing the other half to it.
Break-In Damage Lock RepairThe patio slider is sitting crooked on its track.
Seized & Jammed Lock OpeningEvery time you pull the key out of the side door it comes away gritty.
Lost Keys — Same-Visit RekeyYour purse was taken from the back of a chair at a restaurant.
Change or Rekey Locks
Smart locks are a good fit for some households and an irritation for others.
Lock RekeyingOne key for the front door, another for the back, a third for the side door into the garage, and a fourth for the shed.
Deadbolt InstallationThe front door has a handsome lever and a keyed knob, and that is all.
Lock Replacement & UpgradeEvery morning the front door key needs the same little dance: push in, lift, wiggle, turn.
Vintage Mortise Lock ServiceThe interior bedroom doors on the second floor have the original mortise latches, and none of them close any more.
Smart Lock InstallationArthritis has made the small house key hard to grip and turn, especially with gloves on in January.
Gate & Building Entry LocksEvery time the courtyard gate closes, it slams hard enough to rattle the fence panels, and the deadlatch never quite drops into the keeper before the spring yanks it the rest of the way.
Mailbox Lock ReplacementThe key still turns, but lately it spins a half-circle further than it used to before the little door lets go, and some mornings it takes a second try.
High Security Locks
Controlling the keys is the part of high security that costs nothing to understand and everything to ignore.
Safe Opening & Combination ChangeA software update reset the clinic's small safe overnight, and the receptionist's usual code now does nothing on a keypad that lights up but goes no further.
Safe Installation & ServicingThe office is moving three blocks over, and the old commercial safe that has sat bolted to the concrete for fifteen years now needs to come out, travel across town, and go back down just as solidly.
High Security LocksAfter the attempted break-in the police officer pointed at your door and said the strike plate was held by two short screws.
Commercial Locks
A master key system lets the owner open every door with one key while each employee's key opens only what they need.
Commercial RekeyingTwo people left over the summer and the keys they handed back came up one short.
Master Key System DesignAfter a busy shift the manager counts the keys coming back in and loses track of who still has one.
Access Control InstallationDeliveries arrive before anyone is scheduled to be there, which right now means either propping the loading dock open at dawn or handing a key to a driver you have never met.
Panic & Exit HardwareTwo doors used to swing as a pair at the community hall entrance, but one leaf has started closing before the other, catching the astragal and leaving a gap wide enough to worry the caretaker.
Commercial-Grade Lock ReplacementA new tenant moved into the unit next door, and the property manager just found three different cylinders on three doors, none of them cut to the same key.
Car Keys
The automotive pages cover what drivers actually call about: replacement and spare keys, fobs and remotes that stopped pairing, transponders that no longer start the engine, ignitions that resist the key, door locks that have quit and keys broken off inside them.
Car Lockout ServiceIt is a January morning, minus twenty with the wind, and the key will not enter the door cylinder.
Car Key ReplacementThe engine cranks, catches for a second and dies, and a small key-shaped light keeps blinking on the dash.
Spare Car Key DuplicationA lockout last month ended with a locksmith opening the door and going home, and the same single key has been carried ever since with nothing behind it.
Key Fob ProgrammingA new driver has joined the household, and the one existing fob is the only key anyone has ever had cut for this vehicle.
Transponder Key ProgrammingThe remote fob has gone silent, the doors won't unlock with a button press, and the little emergency blade tucked inside it has not been used since the day the car was bought.
Ignition Lock RepairThe new key from the hardware counter fits the door but stops halfway into the ignition slot, no matter how it is angled or how gently it is pushed.
Vehicle Lock RepairThe car came with a second key that grinds and catches in the rear door, unlike the smooth key you use every day on the front two.
Motorcycle & Scooter KeysTwo keys came with the scooter: one for the ignition and steering, an entirely different one for the seat and the storage compartment underneath it, so opening the seat means carrying twice the metal.