Rekey Locks in Key — Flat Price Per Lock, No Add-Ons

Trusted Rekey Locks for Key Homeowners

Rekey locks in Key typically costs $65 – $120 for a service call plus $15 – $30 per cylinder, and a single home with two or three doors is usually done in under an hour. That’s the honest range for this market, and it’s what you should expect to pay when you hire a locksmith who works by the job, not by the hour with vague billing. At Northfield Lock & Key, we’ve rekeyed everything from 1920s bungalows near the Willamette to newer builds on the west side, and we quote the full price before we dispatch anyone. Call (855) 341-3373 and you’ll get a real number, not a teaser rate. Len Brackett has built this company around one idea: security should fit your actual situation, and a rekey is usually the smartest reset available to a Key homeowner.

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Lock Rekey

Lock rekey is the process of changing the internal pins inside your existing lock cylinder so the old key stops working and a new key operates the same hardware. It’s the standard fix after a move, a tenant change, a divorce, or the slow realization that too many spare keys are floating around Key. We handle it on Schlage, Kwikset, Baldwin, Yale, and the high-security lines most shops won’t touch: Medeco, Mul-T-Lock, Abloy, and Sargent. Rekeying costs a fraction of replacement, and the lock stays on your door, so the finish and fit remain exactly what you bought.

When to Rekey Instead of Replace

If the lock turns smoothly and the hardware is in decent shape, rekeying preserves that investment while resetting security. In Key, we regularly see locks from the 1960s and 70s that are mechanically sound but have keys circulating through three hands. You don’t replace a good deadbolt over a key control problem, you rekey it.

What We Check During a Rekey

Before changing pins, we cycle the lock and feel for wear in the cylinder, tailpiece, and strike alignment. If a cylinder is too worn to hold new pins reliably, we’ll tell you before doing any work. That honesty is standard practice at Northfield Lock & Key.

Locksmith Rekey

Locksmith rekey is the service you call for when you need old keys rendered useless without changing the look of your doors or spending money on new hardware. Northfield Lock & Key performs this work in Key as a standalone service, not as a bundle that requires buying a new lock. A typical rekey runs about $15 – $30 per cylinder on top of the trip charge, and we always price it flat before arriving. We quote the fee on the phone, and that’s the number on the invoice when we leave.

How We Keep It Affordable

Because we rekey so many homes across the Portland metro — including Rekey Locks in Portland — we keep OEM pins and springs stocked for every major brand, which means no waiting on parts and no markup for rush ordering. You pay for bench time and pins, not a parts run. That’s why we can offer rekeying the same day in Key for most standard hardware.

One Call for Any Security Tier

Whether it’s a Kwikset on a rental unit or an Abloy Protec2 on a commercial door, we carry the tooling and training to rekey it correctly. Most locksmiths in this area stop at residential grade; we work both ends of the market, and that matters when you have a mixed property.

Rekey Door Lock

Rekey door lock work covers every lock cylinder on a single door: the deadbolt, the knob or lever, and sometimes a secondary privacy lock. The cost in Key is usually $15 – $30 per cylinder, plus the service fee, and for a standard entry door with a deadbolt and knob that lands around $95 – $180 total depending on the hardware. We do this all year round in Key, and in winter the job moves indoors to the bench so the cold doesn’t affect pin tolerances.

Front Door vs. Back Door

Front doors usually get the most attention, but in Key the back door is often the one with a mismatched lock from a previous owner’s patch job. We routinely find five-pin cylinders on the front and cheap three-pin cylinders on the back. A proper rekey evens both to the same security level.

Storm Damage and Lock Skips

Rekey Locks in West Haven and the broader west side see weather, especially the wind coming through the Coast Range gaps, that can shift door frames just enough that a lock starts to skip. If a rekey is part of a larger fix, we’ll check the strike alignment before we finish and adjust it if it’s keeping the latch from seating cleanly.

Rekey Service

Rekey service from Northfield Lock & Key is a one-visit job that leaves you with new keys, dead old keys, and a written list of which cylinders were changed. We charge a flat trip fee of $65 – $120 for Key, then $15 – $30 per cylinder, and we do not add a call-out surcharge when we arrive. What we quote on the phone before dispatch is the exact price on the invoice. That’s a promise, not a marketing line.

What We Hand You When We Leave

You get the new keys, a labeled set of any duplicates we cut, and a quick walkthrough of which key fits which door if you chose not to key every lock alike. For landlords, we can key each unit separately while giving one key a master path to common areas, provided the cylinders support it.

Rekeying After a Break-In

If someone got in through a door, we treat that cylinder as compromised even if it looks fine. The pins may have been bumped or picked, and a fresh rekey is the minimum response. We’ll also inspect the strike and frame for the kind of damage most break-ins leave behind.

Keyed Alike

Keyed alike means reconfiguring multiple locks so a single key operates all of them, which in Key costs the same per-cylinder rekey rate but saves you from carrying a ring of keys. Most homes in this area have between three and six keyed entry points, and we can usually key a full house alike in one visit. This is the second most popular request we get after a simple single-door rekey, and it works on every brand we service, from Kwikset to Sargent.

One Key for Every Door

The practical upside is obvious: one key for the front door, back door, side door, and garage entry. But the security benefit is quieter. When every lock shares a key, you never hand out a “spare” that opens something unexpected in a year. A single key schedule is easier to track, which means fewer keys wandering around Key.

Master Key Options for Landlords

If you own a duplex or fourplex in Key, we can key each unit uniquely while cutting a master key that opens every unit and the common areas. The cylinder work is more involved than a normal rekey, so we quote it after seeing the hardware, but the per-cylinder price stays in the same range.

Rekey Deadbolt

Rekey deadbolt work focuses specifically on the deadbolt cylinder, the lock that actually resists a kick or pry attempt, and in Key it typically runs $15 – $30 for the deadbolt alone on top of the trip fee. We rekey deadbolts from Schlage B60s to Medeco Maxum units, and we always test the throw length and strike engagement after the new pins go in. A deadbolt that doesn’t fully seat in the strike is doing less than half its rated job, so the test matters.

Single Deadbolt vs. Paired Cylinders

When a door has a deadbolt and a knob or lever, we rekey both to the same new key unless you want them split. A split keying means one key for the deadbolt and another for the knob, which some Key homeowners prefer for giving out access to a dog walker or housekeeper without full control.

High-Security Deadbolts in Key

If your deadbolt is a Medeco or Mul-T-Lock, the rekey requires brand-specific pins, a card system for the key cuts, and a locksmith who’s authorized to cut the replacement keys. We hold that authorization, and we rekey these cylinders regularly for clients who moved into a home and don’t know who previous keyholders were. That’s exactly when the carded key control earns its cost.

Rekey House

Rekey house service covers every keyed lock on the property in one visit, and in Key a typical three-bedroom home runs $150 – $220 for four to six cylinders including the trip fee. We walk the property with you, identify every keyed entry including basement doors and gate padlocks if they’re integrated, and give you one flat quote before work starts. After the rekey, every old key for the house is dead, and you hold the only working copies.

New Homeowner Reset

Buying a house in Key means the previous owner, their realtor, their contractor, and possibly a neighbor have had access to the keys at some point. We rekey closings weekly, often before the moving truck shows up. You cannot trust a lock whose key history you don’t know, and a rekey closes that gap in about forty minutes.

Landlord Turnover

Between tenants, a rekey is the cheapest legal protection you can buy as a landlord in Oregon. We can key all units alike for simplicity or keep per-unit keys separate with a landlord master. We document every cylinder changed, which protects you if a former tenant’s key ever surfaces in a dispute.

Brands We Service

Northfield Lock & Key rekeys eight lock brands, and that range is what lets us match the right lock to the right door instead of pushing whatever we have in the truck. For everyday residential hardware in Key, we work with Schlage and Kwikset constantly. Their five-pin cylinders are fast to rekey and widely used, and we keep OEM pins for both in standard and security pin profiles. Baldwin and Yale show up on higher-end homes across the west side, including our Rekey Locks in Raleigh Hills, and we rekey those without changing the elegant trim or finish.

On the high-security side, we’re authorized to service Medeco, Mul-T-Lock, Abloy, and Sargent. These cylinders use restricted keyways and carded key systems that most Key locksmiths cannot legally duplicate or rekey. If you bought a house with a Medeco deadbolt or an Abloy rim cylinder on an older door, we can rekey it correctly and provide the replacement keys. Whether you have Yale, Baldwin, Mul-T-Lock, Sargent, or any other make, we can help.

Signs You Need a Pro Right Now

• A key just broke off in the lock. This usually means a worn cylinder bound on a failing pin, and forcing the stub out with tweezers often drives broken metal deeper into the keyway. A locksmith can extract it cleanly and rekey at the same time, which in Key is faster and cheaper than replacing the whole lock.
• You moved into a new place in Key. You don’t know who has copies of the current key, and neither does the title company. A rekey before you unpack gives you a clean key schedule, and it’s the single most common reason we’re called by new homeowners in this market.
• A roommate, tenant, or contractor left on bad terms. Even if you got a key back, copies are a dollar at any hardware store. Rekeying the affected doors eliminates the question entirely, and we can do it the same day in Key when it’s urgent.
• Your key works fine in one door but sticks in another. That mismatch usually means a previous owner changed one lock and not the others. You might have three different keys for four doors, and a keyed-alike rekey fixes the whole mess in a single visit.
• You can’t account for every spare key you’ve ever handed out. House keys get copied and forgotten. If you’ve lived in the same Key home for five years and handed keys to a pet sitter, a cleaner, a neighbor, and a contractor, the honest count is unknown. A rekey sets that count to zero.

Our Process, Step by Step

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   You call, we quote a real price. Tell us how many doors and what brand you see on the face of the lock. We give you a flat quote over the phone: trip fee plus per-cylinder rekey cost. That number does not change when we arrive.
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   We arrive and walk the property. We check every keyed entry point, note the brand and cylinder type, and look for wear, misaligned strikes, or evidence of tampering. If we find a problem that changes the scope, we stop and explain it before touching a screwdriver.
3. 3
   We rekey each cylinder to the new key. On the bench or at the door, we remove the cylinder, replace the pins and springs with fresh ones matched to your new key cut, and reassemble. High-security brands get their carded pins installed and documented.
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   We test every lock with the new key and the old key. The new key cycles smoothly in both directions. The old key does not turn. For deadbolts, we check the throw and confirm the strike catches fully. If a door has shifted, we adjust the strike to keep the latch seating cleanly.
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   You get the new keys and a clear record. We hand you the working keys, label any duplicates, and tell you exactly which cylinders were rekeyed and which key fits what. If anything feels wrong in the next week, call us and we’ll come back and make it right.

How Much Does Rekey Locks Cost in Key?

Our Service Area Near Key

We rekey homes across Key and the surrounding west side, including Rekey Locks in Portland, Rekey Locks in Kenton, and Rekey Locks in West Haven-Sylvan, plus West Haven, West Slope, Raleigh Hills, Milwaukie, Garden Home-Whitford, Cedar Hills, Lents, North Portland, and Cedar Mill. Most of these are a short drive from our shop, and same-day service is common for weekend and weekday calls. If you’re in any of these neighborhoods and need a rekey today, call (855) 341-3373 and we’ll tell you exactly when we can be there.

Frequently Asked Questions About Rekey Locks in Key

Schedule Your Rekey Locks Service in Key Today

Call (855) 341-3373 now and we’ll give you a flat, itemized quote for your rekey in Key before anyone is dispatched. That’s the number on the invoice. Same-day appointments are available for most calls, and we cover the entire Key area and nearby neighborhoods. Whether it’s one deadbolt or every lock on the property, you’ll know the exact cost up front, with no surprises on arrival.

Written by Len Brackett, Owner at Northfield Lock & Key, serving Key and the greater Portland area.