Change or rekey
Change or Rekey Locks
Home security is mostly done quietly, in daylight, by the people who live there. Rekey when keys are unaccounted for. Replace a bolt that is short. Add a lock to a door that only has a handle. That quiet work is what this group of pages covers.
Which one do I need?
- The whole key ring went missing somewhere between the grocery store and the bus.Lock Rekeying
- The old deadbolt has grown lazy.Deadbolt Installation
- The lever on the side door droops toward the floor and rattles in your hand.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
- Arthritis has made the small house key hard to grip and turn, especially with gloves on in January.Smart Lock Installation
- The gate to the side yard used to close with a satisfying click.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
Smart locks and user-rekeyable cylinders
Modern hardware gets its own look. Many keypad or app-controlled deadbolts have a conventional override cylinder behind a cover that can be rekeyed to the house key so the backup key is not a stranger on your ring, though some models are key-free and use an external battery backup instead. Some residential cylinders are designed to be reset by the owner with a small tool and a working key; the locksmith checks whether one has been reset correctly and whether it accepts the new key.
Where a smart lock is being kept, codes are reviewed at the same time so a departed keyholder's code goes the way of their key.