Non-destructive entry first, always - and we re-key Schlage, Kwikset, and Baldwin locks on the spot while you watch
You get a price before we start. It does not change when we arrive. No surprises.
Fast, Reliable Rekey Locks Across Clovis
Rekeying a lock in Clovis typically costs $18 to $35 per lock cylinder when a technician is already on site for other work, and $65 to $120 for a service call that includes one rekeyed cylinder. Most rekey jobs on a Clovis home take 30 to 45 minutes from arrival to new keys in hand. We work in Clovis every day and can usually have a background-checked, uniformed Ridley technician at your door the same day you call. Call (956) 275-7388 for a written price before anyone is dispatched.
Why Ridley Locksmith & Security Is Clovis’s Preferred Rekey Locks Company
Clovis homeowners don’t just want a lock rekeyed. They want to know the person walking up the driveway is who they said they’d be, charging what they said they’d charge, and doing the job without wrecking original hardware in the process. Ridley Locksmith & Security is the locally operated Garrison Partners locksmith, and every technician is held to The Garrison Standard: background-checked, uniformed, and certified on hardware from Schlage and Kwikset to Medeco and Mul-T-Lock. Drew Kowalski leads our team with one rule: a written price before any work starts, every time. No dispatch fee surprises. No “the cylinder seized so now it’s another $120” conversation at the door.
We carry a strong local reputation in Clovis because we show up when we say we will, put the price in writing before touching a lock, and back every repair with a written guarantee for one full year. If the rekey fails inside that year, we return at no charge. That’s the 365-Day Done Right Promise, and it isn’t a verbal assurance. It’s a document.
Locksmith Rekey in Clovis
Locksmith Rekey in Clovis means changing the internal pins and tumbler stack inside your existing lock cylinder so the old key stops turning and a fresh key takes over. You keep the hardware, the finish, and the door. On a 1950s ranch near the Old Town Clovis corridor, the hardware is often original mortise lock bodies in solid-wood doors, and that hardware deserves to stay. Rekeying preserves it. Clovis homeowners call for a rekey after buying a home, after a tenant moves out, after a contractor or cleaner returns keys, or after a set of keys goes missing. The work doesn’t require replacing anything, and that’s the point.
Typical Rekey Locks pricing in Clovis runs $18 to $35 per cylinder plus a visit fee of $29 to $79, depending on where you live and how many locks are involved. A full-house rekey with four to six cylinders usually lands between $110 and $230 total. We give you the exact figure before dispatch.
Keyed-Alike Returns
When a house changes hands, every exterior door should be rekeyed the same day the keys are handed over. We rekey knobs, deadbolts, and even the back gate padlock if it uses a removable cylinder, so one new key works everything.
Mortise Cylinder Work
The mid-century mortise lock bodies common in Clovis’s older core aren’t always easy to find replacements for. We re-pin the existing cylinder instead of drilling or swapping, which keeps the door looking right and costs less than retrofitting modern hardware.
Rekey Door Lock in Clovis
Rekey Door Lock work in Clovis usually starts when someone realizes more keys are floating around than they can account for. A prior owner, a dog walker, an old roommate, a contractor who never returned that copy. Rekeying the door lock changes the internal pin configuration so every prior key is dead, and it takes about ten minutes per cylinder for a trained tech. If you’ve got a Schlage deadbolt, a Kwikset knob, or a Yale mortise body, the process is the same: pull the cylinder, replace the bottom pins and springs to a new code, and cut fresh keys on the spot.
The cost to rekey a door lock in Clovis runs $18 to $35 per cylinder, with most homes needing two to five cylinders done at once. A single door with one deadbolt and one knob typically runs $65 to $105 including the visit. We hand you the new keys and test every cylinder in front of you.
Deadbolt and Knob Matching
We rekey both the deadbolt and the knob to the same key unless you tell us otherwise. Leaving the deadbolt on the old key is a common shortcut in this trade, and we won’t do it. Every door gets every cylinder checked.
After-Hours Rekey in Clovis
A live person answers our phone 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. If you’ve lost keys in the evening or just came home to a situation that doesn’t feel right, we dispatch to Clovis after hours. The written price policy doesn’t change because the sun went down.
Trusted Brands We Service in Clovis
Our techs are trained on the full spectrum of lock hardware, from the Schlage and Kwikset lines you’ll find on most Clovis doors to high-security systems from Medeco and Mul-T-Lock. We stock common pins, springs, and blank keys for these brands on our service vehicles, which means we rarely have to leave a Clovis job to chase a part. If your door has an older Yale or Baldwin set, we handle those too. The rekey is done on your door with your existing hardware, so brand compatibility comes down to having the right pin kit and the right key blanks. We carry both.
Common Rekey Locks Problems We See in Clovis Homes
- Original mortise cylinders in mid-century ranch doors. Homes built in the Old Town Clovis area and along streets like Pollasky Avenue and Bullard often still have their 1950s mortise lock bodies. These cylinders can be re-pinned cleanly by a tech who knows them, but a careless hand will drill first and ask later. We don’t.
- Rekeyed knobs with deadbolts left on the old key. This is the shortcut we fix most often. A previous locksmith rekeyed the knob and skipped the deadbolt, so an old key still opens one door. We rekey every cylinder on every exterior door, every time.
- Freeze-prone cylinders in Clovis winter mornings. Clovis gets cold, dry winter air that can make graphite-filled locks sluggish. We clean the pin chambers out and re-pin with a dry film lubricant that won’t gum up when temperatures drop below freezing overnight.
- Worn keyways from decades of use on original hardware. A 60-year-old cylinder that has turned thousands of keys can feel loose. Re-pinning with fresh springs and pins brings the cylinder back to a firm, consistent turn without replacing the mortise body.
Pricing for Rekey Locks in Clovis, CA
A straightforward rekey on a Clovis home costs $18 to $35 per cylinder. A standard three-door house with two cylinders per door lands between $140 and $220 including the visit fee. A single door with a deadbolt and knob rekeyed runs $65 to $105. If the cylinder needs to be removed from a mortise body or the keyway is worn enough to require replacement pins beyond the standard kit, we quote that before doing it, not after. The price we give you on the phone before a technician is dispatched is the price on the invoice. Estimates are free, and the written quote covers parts, labor, and fresh keys. There’s no call-out surcharge added on arrival.
We Also Serve Cities Near Clovis
From our Central Valley dispatch office in Fresno, our techs cover Clovis and the surrounding area daily. We regularly rekey homes and businesses in Sanger, Fowler, and Madera as well. If you’re anywhere in the central Valley and need a written price before work starts, call us.
Serving Clovis, CA - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Clovis area and know this community well. Use the map below to see our service coverage - if you’re nearby, we can almost certainly help.
FAQs About Rekey Locks in Clovis
Yes. Every Ridley customer receives a written price before any work starts, and that includes the initial phone conversation before dispatch. We ask how many doors you have, what type of locks they are, and whether they’re knob sets, deadbolts, or mortise bodies. Then we give you a firm figure. That figure is the price on the invoice. No teaser rate, no “we’ll see when we get there.” Call (956) 275-7388 to get your exact quote now.
You can rekey them, and in most cases you should. The original mortise lock bodies on 1950s Clovis ranch homes were built well, and re-pinning the cylinder takes a technician about ten minutes per lock. Replacement mortise bodies are hard to source in matching finishes, and Clovis’s older core enforces strict exterior-alteration review. Rekeying keeps the original hardware intact and stays significantly cheaper than replacement. If a lock is genuinely worn beyond service, we’ll show you why and quote replacement before doing anything.
For a standard three-door Clovis home with knob and deadbolt cylinders, the work takes 30 to 45 minutes on site. If we’re rekeying five or six cylinders, plan on an hour. Older mortise locks take a few minutes longer per cylinder because the cylinder has to be removed from the door and reinserted. Most Clovis customers are back to their day inside an hour of our arrival. We’ll give you a time window when you call, and we keep it.
Every Ridley technician arrives in uniform with company identification and drives a marked vehicle. We tell you the tech’s name before they arrive. No subcontractors, no unmarked vans, no third-party crew. If the person at your door doesn’t match the name we gave you on the phone and isn’t in a Ridley uniform, don’t open the door. Call us back at (956) 275-7388 and we’ll confirm. This is The Garrison Standard: you know exactly who is walking up your driveway.
For a single home where you want one key to operate every door, that’s keying alike, and it’s part of a standard rekey. We pin every cylinder to the same code, and one key works the front door, back door, side door, and any padlock with a removable cylinder. A master key system is a different thing: it uses multiple key levels so a landlord key opens every unit while tenant keys open only their own. That applies to multi-unit properties and commercial buildings, and we design those systems with the same written-price policy. If you’re not sure which you need, describe your doors and we’ll tell you straight.
If you need a lock rekeyed in Clovis, call (956) 275-7388. We’ll give you a written price before anyone is dispatched, and the tech who shows up will be in uniform, background-checked, and ready to finish the job the same day.
Written by Drew Kowalski, Owner at Ridley Locksmith & Security, serving Clovis since 2007.







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