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What is lock rekeying and how can it save you money?

Very often, we speak with customers who have never heard of lock rekeying and didn’t know that they could have saved a lot of money if they had known, because they had another locksmith company come to change the locks and the technician didn’t know why they wanted the locks changed and didn’t tell them about lock rekeying. These customers could have saved a lot of money by getting their locks rekeyed because lock rekeying is a very cheap locksmith service and lock change has the cost of the hardware, so it costs more. Lock rekeying is a cheap solution if you have locks that you are happy with, you’re happy with the lock’s current security level, but you need to change the key that operates the locks. We’ll go into detail about lock rekeying and how it can help you.

Home Lock Rekeying in Sanford, FL

If you had a domestic dispute, you Airbnb out your home, you had a roommate leave, you just moved in, or you rent out a house and just switched tenants, or have any other reason to suspect an unwanted individual may have a key to your home, you can save money by keeping your locks and only changing the key. How does that work? One of our locksmiths at Mobile Locksmith Sanford will come to your location, remove the locks from the door, open the cylinder and change the internal pins so that the lock only works with the new key. How much does residential lock rekeying cost? It depends on the number of locks and what types, but prices start as low as $15 per cylinder. Can every lock be rekeyed? No, but most can. For example, we can rekey interior door locks, storm door locks, deadbolts, doorknobs, many smart lock styles, and more. If you have no original key for a smart key lock, you may have no choice other than to replace the lock, although in some cases we can reset the lock anyway. If you have an original key, a smart key lock is so easy to rekey, that you can do it yourself with a $5 smart key rekey tool.

Commercial Lock Rekey Services in Sanford, FL

Business lock rekey can be a little more complex and so prices are usually higher than residential. There are actually two types of commercial lock rekey; one is regular cylinder rekey and one is master rekey. Master rekey is when the lock uses two different keys, so the lock needs to either be rekeyed to only a new master key or both keys. That’s obviously far more complex, so it does cost more than regular lock rekey. With that information in mind, commercial lock rekey prices start a bit higher than residential with a starting price around $30 per cylinder. We can rekey most types of commercial locks including office door lock rekey, commercial smart lock rekey, commercial deadbolt lock rekey, mortise lock rekey, panic bar rekey, filing cabinet rekey, and much more.