Residential Locksmith Services in St. Johns, FL
Whether you require a residential lockout service, lock rekeying, repair, installation, or safe opening, The Keys Maker mobile locksmith service can assist you with everything in St. Johns, Florida. Regardless of whether you are facing one of these lock-related emergencies, our fully equipped van will be able to resolve any issue right at your premises. If you are locked out right now, give us a call at (904) 827-7496. To request any other service or receive an estimate and appointment for a non-emergency, give us a ring at the same number.
There are many different kinds of houses in St. Johns, from old houses built along State Road 13 in Fruit Cove and Switzerland to recently constructed houses in RiverTown, Shearwater, and Beachwalk and two-story houses scattered around Julington Creek Plantation, Durbin Crossing, and Aberdeen. With such variety of houses and their age, different kinds of locks could potentially present a problem to you. However, since we offer mobile locksmithing, the issue will be resolved in one visit thanks to a fully equipped locksmith van.
Home Lockout Services
The quickest way to deal with a home lockout is to arrange a visit of a locksmith who will unlock a door, and that is exactly what we do. Using the professional picks and lock bypass equipment matched with your door’s lock type, we are capable of opening a standard pin tumbler knob and deadbolt lock, as well as a high security cylinder lock, and even a keypad unit with dead batteries.
Non-destructive entry is a default method of opening a lock, which means that the existing key will still work. We drill a lock only in case it cannot be unlocked by bypass techniques and we inform you before doing it.
Please make sure that you have your ID document handy which would prove your connection with the residence — driver’s license, utility bill, lease, and others. Verification helps protecting the entire neighborhood of homeowners.
Lock Rekeying: The Optimal Way of Resolving Lock Issues for Most Households
Changing locks and rekeying are solutions for different lock issues, and distinguishing between them will help you to save money on unnecessary work. During rekeying we keep your existing locks mounted on a door and change pins inside so that the old keys won’t be able to open the lock while the new key will open it. This way you don’t have to purchase new hardware.
Rekeying is the solution for most of the cases that St. Johns’ homeowners deal with. Have you just purchased a new house in RiverTown or Shearwater? Builders, contractors, realtors, and former owners have probably already made a copy of the key — and rekeying will set the key number back to zero. Your roommate moved out, your key was lost in Julington Creek pool, or a cleaning company changed hands? Again, the same solution applies. A whole house can usually be rekeyed in one visit, and all doors can be keyed alike, so that one key can be used to open your front door, garage entry, and back slider hardware.
Lock Change and Hardware Upgrades
Changing locks makes sense if you have damaged or worn-out locks or you need to upgrade your existing locks. Lock change is also how you replace old-grade locks with Grade 1 or Grade 2 deadbolts or install a keypad or smart deadbolt.
The Keys Maker offers installation and maintenance services for a wide range of residential locks and brands, including single- and double-cylinder deadbolts, handle sets, keypad locks, and smart deadbolts which can be used with a smartphone. For busy parents in Durbin Crossing and Aberdeen struggling with school pickup times and teenagers misplacing keys, the most practical upgrade is often a keypad deadbolt. You can use codes for the family, give a temporary code to a pet sitter, and have no keys to misplace.
One more tip: a lock located on a west-facing door in coastal climate is subject to rust and corrosion. Replacing such lock with a weather-resistant hardware can help to prevent this problem in the future.
Lock Repair
Sometimes a problem with a lock doesn’t require lock change. If a deadbolt can’t be thrown if the door isn’t pulled towards you, then usually the reason is that the strike plate was dismounted, or the door itself settled, and the problem should be solved by readjusting the strike plate. Hard key turning is usually the result of a dirty and dry cylinder inside the lock. A latch that won’t retract indicates either worn spring or loose set screw inside the mechanism.
The Keys Maker offers repairs when it makes sense: realignment of the strike plates, tightening and rebuilding of the knobs and levers, replacement of a worn-out cylinder in otherwise functional hardware, and fixing of sliding door and garage entry latch mechanisms. You’ll be advised about whether repairing or changing the lock is better for you, and you’ll know both the prices for these procedures before we start working.
Safe Installation and Safe Lockout
If a safe isn’t installed correctly, then it will not protect its contents. Unfortunately, a safe placed freely in a closet can be easily carried away with the valuables locked inside. The Keys Maker offers safe installation services which include anchoring the safe in the concrete slab or frame following manufacturer instructions. We can also offer advice on the placement of your safe that will balance security, easy access, and fire protection needs. Only with anchoring procedure a metal box becomes a secure safe.
Being locked out of your safe is something that happens to more people than you can imagine: forgotten combination, dead keypad batteries without any override key, inheriting safe without a combination, and failure of an electronic lock. The Keys Maker offers safe opening by manipulating and drilling methods according to the model. Whenever possible, we choose a method that will allow to reuse the safe afterwards. Proof of ownership is required, just like in the case of residential lockout. After opening a safe it will be possible to reset its lock or fix/replace it so that the safe can function again.
Residential Mobile Locksmithing in St. Johns
We cover all of St. Johns and its areas — Fruit Cove, Switzerland, Julington Creek, Durbin Crossing, Aberdeen, RiverTown, Shearwater, Beachwalk, and the surroundings of SR 13, CR 210, Longleaf Pine Parkway, and Veterans Parkway. Evening and weekend appointments are common, since lock problems can occur any day of the week.
Do you need to be unlocked right now? Give us a call at 904) 827-7496 to get our locksmith services immediately delivered to your door. Do you need some kind of lock services other than unlocking or a safe installation? Call the same number to receive your estimate and set an appointment convenient for you.
