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 Dixon
Rekeying a lock in Dixon typically costs $65 to $180 per lock, and a full house rekey usually runs $150 to $350 depending on how many cylinders you have and whether any are mortise-style hardware. Most Dixon jobs take under an hour once our tech arrives. We serve the whole town, from the older streets near South First Street to the newer subdivisions off West A Street. Call (956) 275-7388 and you’ll get a live person, a written price before we dispatch, and a tech in a marked Ridley van who has already passed a background check.
We’re not a call center farming work to whichever subcontractor picks up the phone. We’re part of the Garrison Partners family, operating to The Garrison Standard since 2007, and that means one thing on every Dixon job: the price you’re quoted on the phone is the price on your invoice. Written before work starts. No exceptions.
Why Ridley Locksmith & Security Is Dixon’s Preferred Rekey Locks Company
Dixon is small enough that word travels fast. A bad rekey job on one block of West B Street is known by the next weekend. That’s why we run every call here to a written standard, not to whatever a tech feels like doing that day. The Garrison Code holds every tech accountable: show up in uniform, confirm the price in writing before touching a lock, rekey to the key you agreed on, and prove the old keys don’t work before leaving.
Our Dixon customers call us back when they buy a new place, when a tenant moves out, or when a housekeeper, contractor, or ex-tenant’s key situation changes. The common thread is they want to know exactly who’s coming through the door and exactly what it costs. Drew Kowalski oversees our lock work in Dixon. The phone rings to a live person at 3 a.m. or 1 p.m. It doesn’t matter.
We carry a full set of pins, cylinders, and hardware for the brands Dixon homes actually have: Schlage, Kwikset, and Medeco on residential doors, plus older mortise bodies on the downtown stock. That means we don’t arrive, look at your lock, and drive off to “get parts.” We arrive prepared.
Rekey Deadbolt in Dixon
Rekey deadbolt jobs in Dixon are the bread and butter of what we do here, because so many newer homes off West A Street and around Hall Park were built with builder-grade Kwikset or Schlage deadbolts that all share a construction keyway. A standard rekey deadbolt in Dixon runs $65 to $120 per cylinder, including the new keys, and takes about 20 minutes at the door. If the deadbolt is ANSI Grade 1 or has a high-security cylinder from Medeco, expect that price to land on the higher end.
What we do is pull the cylinder, swap the pins to match a new key, and hand you that key with the old one tested in front of you. The old key turns nothing. That’s the whole point, and we prove it before we leave.
Single-cylinder deadbolts
The standard deadbolt on most Dixon front and back doors. These take a key on the outside and a thumb-turn on the inside. Rekeying one is quick, and if you have three or four in the house, we can key them all alike so one key runs all of them.
Double-cylinder deadbolts
Found on doors with glass panels or sidelights, mainly in older Dixon homes. These need a key on both sides. They rekey the same way, but we always confirm you actually want the double-cylinder setup before we just rekey it, because fire marshals in some jurisdictions flag them on egress doors.
Rekey House in Dixon
Rekey house service in Dixon covers every exterior door and usually the door from the garage into the house, so a single key operates the whole home. Most Dixon houses have three exterior doors, and a full rekey house job here typically lands between $150 and $280, depending on lock count and whether you have a mix of deadbolts, knobs, and mortise hardware. We can also rekey house locks to match an existing Schlage or Kwikset key you already carry, which saves you from carrying a second key.
The most common reason Dixon homeowners call for a rekey house is a recent home purchase. The second is a roommate, tenant, or contractor situation. Either way, the fix is the same: repin every cylinder so every old key is dead, and hand you as many new keys as you want cut on the spot.
Keying all locks alike
If your exterior doors are currently on three different keys, we can pull each cylinder and repin them all to one key. The hardware stays. The key count drops to one. This is the single most requested thing we do in Dixon homes that have been added onto over the years.
Rekeying after a move
You don’t know who has copies of the old keys. The seller, their agent, a contractor, a neighbor who watered plants. Rekeying after a move means you stop wondering. We rekey every exterior cylinder and test each one with the old key before we leave.
Trusted Brands We Service in Dixon
We rekey and carry hardware for Schlage, Kwikset, and Medeco as our primary residential lines in Dixon, along with Baldwin and older mortise brands still holding on in the downtown homes. We stock pins and common cylinder parts on every Dixon call, so a rekey on a Kwikset deadbolt or a Schlage knob doesn’t require a second trip. For Medeco and other high-security cylinders, we carry the specific pins and tools those locks require, and we rekey them to their factory spec, not to whatever a generic pin kit happens to have.
Common Rekey Locks Problems We See in Dixon Homes
- Mortise locks seized from dust and age in downtown Dixon. The old homes near Chestnut Street and South First Street often still have original mortise bodies that haven’t been serviced in decades. The cylinder comes out, but it’s packed with dirt, and the tailpiece is stiff. We clean and lubricate before repinning, and we don’t upsell a replacement unless the body is genuinely shot.
- Builder-grade deadbolts sharing a construction keyway in newer tracts. Homes off West A Street and near Pitt School were often keyed to a contractor’s master or a shared construction key. A rekey that only changes the pins but not the keyway can leave a neighbor’s key working. We cut a new key on a different keyway so that old construction keys are fully out.
- Painted-over or corroded cylinders on older exterior doors. Dixon’s summer heat and the fact that many older homes have had hardware painted over through multiple repaints means cylinders come out stuck. We confirm the cylinder brand and condition before dispatch, so we arrive with the right pins and replacement parts instead of having to reschedule.
- Mismatched hardware from different eras in the same house. Dixon is small, and most houses have had a locksmith visit at some point. That often means a Baldwin knob on the front door, a Kwikset deadbolt on the side, and a Schlage on the back. We rekey all of them to one key without replacing any of them unnecessarily.
Pricing for Rekey Locks in Dixon, CA
A single cylinder rekey in Dixon runs $65 to $120. A full house rekey on a typical three-door Dixon home runs $150 to $280. High-security cylinders from Medeco or Abloy add cost because the pins and labor are more involved. If a lock needs repair beyond a rekey, like a tailpiece replacement or a stripped cylinder, that’s quoted separately in writing before any work starts. You get the full price on the phone before we dispatch. No call-out surcharge shows up on the invoice, and no tech invents a reason your lock “needs” a full replacement when a repin is all it took. Call (956) 275-7388 for an exact quote. Estimates are free, and the price you hear is the price you pay.
We Also Serve Cities Near Dixon
Ridley Locksmith & Security handles rekey work in Dixon and the surrounding towns. If you’re in Davis, Vacaville, Winters, or Woodland, the same written-price standard and live 24/7 phone line apply. Our Rekey Locks team covers the whole area without subcontractors or unmarked vans.
Serving Dixon, CA - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Dixon 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 Dixon
Every tech who arrives at a Dixon address wears a Ridley uniform, drives a marked vehicle, and carries company ID. Before they touch a lock, they’ll confirm the written price you were given on the phone. If the person at your door can’t do those three things, don’t let them in. Call (956) 275-7388 and we’ll confirm who’s dispatched to your address. And no subcontractors: the person we send is the person we can hold to The Garrison Standard.
In most cases we can rekey the existing mortise lock. We pull the cylinder, clean and repin it, and put it back in the same body. Replacement is only needed if the body itself is cracked, the tailpiece is broken, or the internal springs are gone. We’ll show you the condition of the cylinder before we do anything, and the written price covers the rekey, not a surprise hardware sale.
Yes, if we rekey to a new key cut on a different keyway. Simply swapping pins on the same keyway can leave a contractor’s master key or a construction key still working. We cut new keys on a fresh keyway and repin every cylinder to match, then test the old key in front of you. That’s the way to guarantee sole key control on a new Dixon home.
Rekeying changes the internal pins so old keys stop working, and keeps your existing hardware. Replacing swaps the entire lock body and cylinder for new hardware. You need a rekey if the hardware still functions and you just want old keys dead. You need a replacement if the lock is damaged, the finish is destroyed, or you want to upgrade to something like a Medeco high-security cylinder. We’ll tell you which one your lock needs and quote it in writing before we start.
Yes. We pull each cylinder, repin it to a single key, and test every lock before we leave. That includes deadbolts, knobs, and any mortise locks on the property. We’ll leave you as many copies of that one key as you need, cut on the spot. For a typical three-door Dixon house, it’s the same visit as a standard rekey and usually takes under an hour.
Written by Drew Kowalski, Owner at Ridley Locksmith & Security, serving Dixon since 2007.