Lock Replacement & Installation in Walnut Creek

Replacement suits hardware that is broken, worn past adjustment, or simply the wrong grade for the door: a deadbolt on a Saranap cottage whose bolt no longer clears its strike, a mid-century mortise set in Parkmead that has finally quit after seventy years, a builder handleset on a Northgate front door that has loosened every year since the eighties, a Rossmoor manor moving to lever handles because a round knob has become hard to turn. The van carries deadbolts, knobs, levers, handlesets and a working stock of mortise replacements.

Nothing comes off the door before thickness, backset and bore are measured, because a 1955 ranch door is not prepped like a 2018 one and older builder bores are frequently oversized. Where the prep fits, a door takes twenty to thirty minutes. Where it does not, the door is filled or re-bored and you see the fit before the lock is mounted. Mid-century mortise sets will usually accept a modern case behind the original trim, which keeps the brass you like and gives you a lock that latches. Keys are cut on site and matched to your other doors on request.

Installed figures run $109 to $295 per lock with the hardware included. A Grade 3 residential deadbolt is the $109 end. Grade 2 deadbolts, lever sets, a full handleset with matching deadbolt, and mortise replacements reach $295. The $89 visit is inside the total rather than a line beneath it. Evening fitting carries $40 and overnight carries $75. Restricted cylinders and unusual door prep are figured before the work, never discovered partway through it.

A photograph of the lock face and the door edge is enough to settle the figure while you are still on the call. A name and a window arrive by text. On site: measurement, removal, fitting, strike adjustment, key cutting, and a test of the closed door with the weatherstrip compressed, because a lock that works with the door standing open is not finished. Card or tap, and a receipt itemized per lock with brand, model and finish named for your records or the association’s.