Lock Rekeying in Santa Rosa
Your existing lock, a fresh key, $19 to $34 per cylinder.
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$19–$34 per cylinder
Typical price
22 min
Avg. arrival
24/7
Availability
Rekeying is what most Santa Rosa homeowners mean when they ask for the locks to be changed. The tech takes each cylinder apart, replaces the pin stack to fit a new key, and puts the same lock back on the door. It is the standard move after closing on a Montgomery Village bungalow, after a tenant moves out of a Roseland fourplex, and between guests at a vacation cottage in Healdsburg when the cleaner reports a key missing.
Kwikset, Schlage, Weiser, Baldwin and most builder-grade brands rekey in a few minutes each; older Yale and Corbin mortise cylinders on Bennett Valley ranch houses take a little longer. Locks that share a keyway can be keyed alike so one key runs the house. Mechanical cylinders on smart deadbolts rekey at the same rate. Old keys stop working before the tech leaves, and new ones are cut on the van.
Tell the number of doors and, if you know it, the brand stamped on the key. The price is sealed on the call. At the house the tech counts the cylinders, confirms keyways, and says which doors can share a key and which cannot without a swap. Every rekeyed lock is tested with the new key and the old one. A wine cellar door or a gate lock can be added to the same key if the hardware allows.
Rekeying costs $19 to $34 per cylinder, plus the $89 service call, which is applied toward the work. A three-door home with four cylinders typically totals about $165 to $225 with two new keys per lock. Restricted keyways and cylinders that need pins of an unusual size are the top of the range. Evening visits add $30 and overnight visits $60; most rekeys are booked in daylight anyway.
“Ranch house at the end of a long driveway with a detached garage and a shop. Rekeyed nine cylinders including the old rim lock on the back porch, $287 all in. A shop in town had quoted me $430 for the same nine doors. Two hours on a Sunday afternoon and every door opens with one key. He filed the rim lock blank by hand to get it to seat.”
“Tenants moved out and didn't leave the keys. Four cylinders rekeyed to one key in half an hour, receipt emailed before the van left.”
Every job is quoted from the ranges below. The number you hear on the call is sealed there, written on the work order and repeated on the receipt.
- Daytime (7am–8pm)standard rates
- Evening (8pm–12am)+$30
- Overnight (12am–7am)+$60
FAQ
Lock Rekeying: quick answers
Rekey or replace after buying a rebuilt house in Coffey Park?+
Rekey. The builder-grade locks on most 2018 to 2020 rebuilds are sound. The problem is that the contractor, the painter and the inspector all had keys. Repinning ends every one of those copies for a fraction of the cost of new hardware. The tech will say if any lock is worn enough to swap.
I run a guest cottage in Sebastopol. How often should it be rekeyed?+
Whenever a physical key goes unaccounted for, and once a year as a habit. Many hosts move the guest door to a keypad lock and keep a rekeyed mechanical cylinder as backup, so a lost key never costs a booking.
Can the garage entry door and the front door use the same key?+
If they share a keyway, yes. Two Schlage cylinders match. A Schlage and a Kwikset do not. When there is a mix, one option is to replace the odd cylinder so a single key covers everything. Both prices are named before the work starts.
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Calls answered 24/7. The number named on the call is the number on your card receipt, with the $89 service call applied toward the work.