Tuesday, September 20, 2011

Buying a new house question about door locks?

The house has 5 exterior doors. 3 of which are deadbolts with a regular lock too. The front entrance door has a deadbolt and a decorative handle. And one door just has a standard door knob. How would I go about changing the locks so that 1 key fits them all? About how much should I be looking to spend?
Buying a new house question about door locks?
First of all see if one of your keys fits into all the locks, (it doesn't need to turn, just fit in) If it can then the locks can be keyed alike.



Then you should contact a locksmith to get them keyed alike. To save yourself some money you can take the locks off the doors and take them to the locksmith, this can save you a call-out fee. (just get someone to mind the house in the meantime)



http://www.rossgalt.co.nz
Buying a new house question about door locks?
You will probably need to either get a locksmith to re-key the locks or special order a set of new hardware. I would call a locksmith company, with the brands of all the various locks, and ask their opinion and for a ballpark price.
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