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.
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AfterFast, Reliable Rekey Locks Across Danville
Rekeying a lock in Danville typically costs $85 – $165 for the first cylinder and $25 – $45 per additional cylinder, with most homes finished in under 90 minutes. That’s the straight answer, and it’s the number you should hear on the phone before anyone gets in a van. Ridley Locksmith & Security has served Danville under The Garrison Standard since 2007, and every job starts with a written price you approve before work begins. Call (956) 275-7388 and we’ll tell you exactly what it costs to retire every old key on your property.
Why Ridley Locksmith & Security Is Danville’s Preferred Rekey Locks Company
Danville homeowners have a specific beef with the locksmith trade: a phone quote of $19 that becomes $190 at the door. We built our reputation in this town by doing the opposite. We quote a real price over the phone, we honor it in writing, and we send a uniformed, background-checked technician whose name you learn before he arrives. That’s The Garrison Code, and it’s not a slogan. It’s the paper you sign before a cylinder gets pulled.
Drew Kowalski leads our Rekey Locks team for the East Bay, and he doesn’t dispatch subcontractors. Every tech who rolls into Danville is an employee held to a written standard. If a rekey fails inside one full year, we return and make it right at no charge. That’s the 365-Day Done Right Promise, in writing on every invoice.
We know Danville’s streets because our techs drive them daily, from Greenbrook to Sycamore to the hills above Diablo Road. When you call, a live person answers. Not a voicemail. Not an answering service. 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Rekey House in Danville
A Rekey House job in Danville means we change the internal pins inside every keyed lock on your property so that every existing key stops working, all in one visit. You keep your hardware; you get new keys. It’s the right move after closing on a home, after a tenant leaves a rental on the east side, or after a contractor, cleaner, or caregiver cycle ends. On a typical Danville tract home with three entry doors and a couple of deadbolts, a full Rekey House runs $150 – $280 including the service call to any Danville zip code.
Single-Key Convenience
If you want one key to open every door, we can key all cylinders alike during the rekey. This is common in Danville homes built in the 1970s and 80s that still carry the original Schlage or Kwikset keyways and mismatched aftermarket cylinders. We re-pin each lock so a single key turns every deadbolt and knob in one motion.
After a Move or a Breakup of Access
When you buy a home in Danville, the seller may have given keys to a gardener, a pool tech, a housekeeper, and a neighbor. You don’t know. You do know you should not sleep in a house where unknown keys float around. A Rekey House eliminates that variable in under two hours on most Danville properties.
Lock Rekey in Danville
A Lock Rekey in Danville is what we recommend when a single door is the problem, whether it’s a side garage door off Camino Ramon, a detached studio above Blackhawk, or the front door after a roommate moves out. We remove the lock cylinder, swap the pin and tumbler set for a new one matched to a fresh key, and reinstall it non-destructively. You don’t replace the hardware. The old key simply stops working. A single Lock Rekey in Danville usually costs $85 – $130, with most jobs done at the door in 20 minutes.
High-Security Cylinders
Danville has a higher-than-average share of Baldwin and Medeco hardware on custom builds along El Pintado and Green Valley Road. These cylinders use brand-specific pins and often need a different pull tool. We stock those kits on the truck, so a Lock Rekey on a Medeco front door doesn’t turn into a two-day wait.
Mortise Lock Rekey
Older Danville homes, especially those built before 1970, often have mortise locks instead of modern bored deadbolts. A mortise rekey takes longer because the cylinder is threaded into a pocket in the door edge, not a simple bore through the face. We handle those without drilling. The written price you get over the phone reflects that extra labor before you commit.
Trusted Brands We Service in Danville
We carry pin kits and key blanks for the hardware Danville actually has: Schlage, Kwikset, Medeco, and Abloy. That last one matters. Abloy cylinders can’t be rekeyed with universal pins; they need proprietary parts, and many locksmiths won’t touch them. We do. We also stock Baldwin and Yale kits because Danville’s custom homes from the 80s and 90s leaned on those brands. When you call, we’ll ask what your lock face says, and we’ll bring the right kit the first time.
Common Rekey Locks Problems We See in Danville Homes
- Worn Kwikset cylinders on 80s tract homes. Danville’s housing boom produced thousands of homes with Kwikset deadbolts that have since seen decades of daily use. Pins wear down, keys get sloppy, and a rekey with a fresh pin kit often makes the lock turn like new again.
- Mixed hardware from decades of handyman fixes. A front door might be Schlage, the back door a no-name import, and the side gate a Baldwin. Each takes a different pin depth and keyway. Rekeying them all to one key requires matching the right kit to each cylinder, not forcing a universal one.
- Bank-owned purchases with unknown key copies. We rekeyed a home off Camino Tassajara where the owner had bought a bank-owned property and had no idea how many contractors still held keys. The back door had an older Kwikset deadbolt with a worn pin and tumbler; we pulled the lock cylinder, swapped in a fresh pin kit, and left a bump-resistant keyway non-destructively, with the whole job done at the kitchen table in under an hour.
- Medeco or Abloy cylinders that scare off generalist locksmiths. Some Danville homeowners have upgraded to high-security hardware that standard pin kits can’t service. We carry the brand-specific kits, so the rekey doesn’t become a replace-the-lock upcharge.
Pricing for Rekey Locks in Danville, CA
A standard Rekey House in Danville on typical Schlage or Kwikset hardware runs $150 – $280 all-in, depending on the number of cylinders and whether your locks are keyed alike. A single Lock Rekey starts at $85 and rarely passes $130 unless you have high-security hardware like Medeco or Abloy, which adds $20 – $45 per cylinder for proprietary pins. Mortise locks add a bit more labor. What you’ll never see is a $19 teaser price that balloons at the door. The written price we quote on the phone is the price on the invoice. Call (956) 275-7388 for a free estimate on your Danville property.
We Also Serve Cities Near Danville
Our crews cover the whole 680 corridor. If you live in San Ramon, Clayton, Alamo, or Dublin, the same written-price policy and the same uniformed techs apply. Visit our Danville page for local specifics, or call (956) 275-7388 and we’ll route you to the nearest available technician.
Serving Danville, CA - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Danville 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 Danville
Every Ridley technician arrives in a marked vehicle, wears a company uniform with a visible ID badge, and is background-checked before they ever run a call in Danville. You’ll get the tech’s name before dispatch, and you can verify it against the badge at the door. We also confirm your identity and ownership of the property before we touch a single cylinder; a legitimate rekey retires old keys, and we won’t do that for someone who can’t prove they belong at the property.
Call (956) 275-7388 and the dispatcher will give you the tech’s name before he leaves for your street.
Yes. We rekey mixed hardware all the time in Danville, where a 1978 front door lock might sit next to a 2015 smart lock on the side door. What changes is time and kit selection. We’ll pull each cylinder, identify the keyway, and pin each lock to match one key, whether it’s a Kwikset from the original build or a modern Schlage deadbolt. High-security brands like Medeco or Abloy need brand-specific pins, and we carry them on the truck.
No. A proper rekey is non-destructive. We remove the cylinder with the correct tool, swap the pins, and reinstall the lock exactly as it was. Drilling only happens when a lock is already seized or the customer has lost every key, and even then we’ll tell you before the drill comes out. In Danville, most rekeys happen at the kitchen table while you watch; nothing gets damaged.
A full Rekey House on a standard Danville tract home takes 60 – 90 minutes from the time the tech arrives. A single Lock Rekey is 15 – 25 minutes. High-security hardware or mortise cylinders add 10 – 20 minutes per lock. We’ll give you a realistic time window when you call, and the written price includes the labor, not just the parts.
Yes, every time. You’ll get a written price before we send a tech to any Danville address, and that price holds when the tech arrives. No call-out surcharge added at the door. If the job turns out to need additional cylinders beyond what you described, the tech will show you the per-cylinder price in writing and get your approval before touching anything. Call (956) 275-7388 for an exact quote; it takes about five minutes.
Written by Drew Kowalski, Owner at Ridley Locksmith & Security, serving Danville under The Garrison Standard since 2007.