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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Rekeying a lock in Mountain View typically runs $95 – $160 for the first cylinder and $20 – $35 per additional cylinder when all the locks are on the same keyway. Most residential rekeys in Mountain View are finished in under an hour, often same day, and you get a written price before we dispatch anyone. That matters here because Mountain View housing swings hard between 1950s downtown bungalows on Castro Street and 1990s-2000s condos over by North Whisman and Whisman Station, and the two take different pin kits, different cylinder work, and a tech who actually knows what they’re walking into. Call us at (956) 275-7388, tell us what you’ve got on the door, and we’ll quote the whole job before a truck rolls.
Why Ridley Locksmith & Security Is Mountain View’s Preferred Rekey Locks Company
Ridley Locksmith & Security is part of the Garrison Partners family, independently owned and operated under The Garrison Standard since 2007. That structure matters in a city like Mountain View, where a lot of the rekey calls we run come from people who got burned once already, either by a no-show or by a price that changed between the phone call and the doorstep. The Garrison Standard means every tech is background-checked and uniformed, every job gets a written price before work starts, and every repair carries a written guarantee covering the work for one full year. If the rekey fails inside that year, we come back and fix it at no charge. That’s the 365-Day Done Right Promise, and it’s non-negotiable.
Drew Kowalski runs our Mountain View operations, and he’s the name on the line when a Castro Street rekey or a Whisman Station condos job comes in. We live in the same Bay Area traffic you do, which means we quote real response times to Mountain View neighborhoods, not some call-center guess. A live person answers the phone 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. When you call (956) 275-7388, you’re talking to someone who can actually answer a question about mortise cylinders and Schlage pin kits, not a dispatcher reading a script.
Rekey Service in Mountain View
Rekey Service in Mountain View means changing the internal pins inside your existing lock cylinder so the old key stops working and a new key takes over. The hardware stays on the door. Nothing gets replaced unless it’s actually worn out. It’s the fastest, lowest-cost way to control who has access to a property, and it’s the service we run most often across Mountain View, from El Camino Real down to Shoreline Boulevard.
For a Mountain View homeowner, this comes up after closing on a house, after a roommate or tenant moves out, after a contractor returns the keys, or after a cleaning person or dog walker stops working for you. You don’t know how many copies of the old key exist. You don’t need new locks, you need the old key erased from existence. That’s a rekey.
Mortise-Lock Rekeying on Older Bungalows
Downtown Mountain View and the streets around Castro Street have a deep stock of pre-1960 bungalows, plenty of them still running original mortise-lock cylinders. These aren’t the Kwikset cylinders a tech bangs out in ten minutes. Mortise cylinders pull out of the lock body, get re-pinned on the bench, and go back in. Our techs carry mortise pin kits and mortise followers on every Mountain View truck because we know a call off El Camino Real could be a 1948 front door, not a 2005 condo door.
ANSI Grade 1 Deadbolt Rekeys
In the newer North Whisman and Whisman Station condo buildings, we see a lot of ANSI Grade 1 deadbolts, Schlage primarily, sometimes Baldwin. These rekey clean, but the cylinders are tighter, the pins are different, and a tech who’s never worked high-security keyways can bungle a perfectly good deadbolt. We’re trained across the full spectrum, standard residential brands through to Medeco, Mul-T-Lock, and Sargent. Same one-hour timeline, same written price, no bait on the phone.
Keyed Alike in Mountain View
Keyed Alike in Mountain View is what we do when you want one key to turn every lock on the property: front door, back door, garage door, side gate, mailbox, storage room. We re-pin all those cylinders to match a single key, so you stop carrying a ring that looks like a janitor’s challenge. We rekeyed a 1950s bungalow on Castro Street where the homeowners had bought the house with a single unknown key turning a worn mortise-lock cylinder; once we pulled the cylinder and re-pinned it, their old key and the seller’s key both quit dead. Down the road in the Whisman Station condos we rekey newer Schlage deadbolts to a keyed-alike set so one key now runs the front door and the shared mailbox.
Mountain View’s condo HOAs, especially in the North Whisman and Whisman Station corridors, often restrict what hardware can be swapped on the door. If a crew shows up planning to replace deadbolts instead of re-pinning the existing cylinders, they stall out at the HOA rulebook. Our plan is always to key alike the cylinders you already have, preserving the look and the HOA compliance, while giving you one key for everything.
New Homeowner Keyed-Alike Sets
Closing on a house in Mountain View is the single most common reason people call us for keyed alike. You get the keys from the title company or the seller, and you have no idea how many copies are floating around from the previous owner’s dog walkers, cleaners, contractors, and family. One rekey visit, all cylinders re-pinned to one key, and every old copy dies on the spot.
Condo and HOA Approvals
We rekey to the existing hardware, which is what most HOA boards want to hear. If your Mountain View condo association needs a written scope or confirmation that we’re not drilling or swapping hardware, we provide that before work begins. The written price comes first, every time.
Trusted Brands We Service in Mountain View
We rekey Schlage, Kwikset, Yale, Medeco, and the rest of the standard residential and high-security lines you’ll find on Mountain View doors. We stock pin kits, springs, and cylinder parts for Schlage and Kwikset on our trucks so a Mountain View rekey doesn’t grind to a halt because the tech is short a pin size. Medeco and high-security jobs get scheduled with the right keying schedule pulled before we arrive, which matters when one key is supposed to work the front door but not the tenant’s storage room. No lead time games, no “we’ll order the part” three days from now.
Common Rekey Locks Problems We See in Mountain View Homes
- Old mortise-lock cylinders with worn pin stacks. A 1950s Castro Street bungalow will sometimes have a mortise cylinder that’s been in the door since Eisenhower was president. The pins are worn, the keyway is loose, and a tech who only carries Kwikset and Schlage rekey kits can’t finish the job. We carry mortise kits on every Mountain View call.
- HOA restrictions on hardware swaps. North Whisman and Whisman Station condos frequently restrict what can be changed on the door. Replacing a deadbolt instead of re-pinning the existing cylinder violates the HOA’s rules, and a crew that doesn’t know that stalls out mid-job. We rekey to the existing hardware by default.
- Non-standard pin stacks on original hardware. Some pre-1960 Mountain View doors were rekeyed over the decades by handymen using odd pin sizes. What should be a standard five-pin rekey turns into a surprise. We’ve seen it on Evelyn Avenue and off Shoreline Boulevard enough that we expect it on older doors.
- Phone quotes that balloon on arrival. A tech quotes low on the phone, sees the door, and suddenly the rekey is twice the price. We pin the price before anyone is dispatched. The written quote is the invoice price, no on-site renegotiation.
Pricing for Rekey Locks in Mountain View, CA
A standard residential rekey in Mountain View runs $95 – $160 for the first cylinder and $20 – $35 per additional cylinder keyed to the same key. Keyed-alike jobs across a typical front door, back door, and garage run $135 – $225 depending on the cylinder count and whether we’re dealing with standard Schlage/Kwikset or older mortise hardware. High-security cylinders, Medeco or Mul-T-Lock, run higher because the keying is more involved and the parts cost more. Two things affect price here: the type of cylinder on the door, and how many locks you want on one key. You’ll get a written price before we dispatch anyone, and that written price is the price on the invoice. No call-out surcharge sneak in, no “surprise” rekey price when the tech sees the door. Call (956) 275-7388 for a free estimate. Answer-first, honest ranges, no teaser pricing.
We Also Serve Cities Near Mountain View
Our Mountain View crews regularly run rekey and keyed-alike jobs in Los Altos, Sunnyvale, Stanford, and Cupertino. If you’re just over the city line and wondering whether it’s worth a call, it is. We handle Rekey Locks across the whole mid-Peninsula and South Bay. Check our Mountain View service area or call us directly for a written quote.
Serving Mountain View, CA - Our Local Coverage Area
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FAQs About Rekey Locks in Mountain View
Yes. We quote the full price on the phone, before we dispatch anyone, and the written price you receive is the price on the invoice. Tell us what hardware you have, including whether it’s a mortise cylinder on an older door or a standard Schlage/Kwikset deadbolt, and we’ll give you an exact number. Call (956) 275-7388 for a free estimate.
Yes, as long as both cylinders can be pinned to the same keyway. Most mortise cylinders and modern Schlage deadbolts share a compatible five-pin layout, though we’ll confirm the specifics on site before writing the price. If the mortise cylinder has non-standard pin stacks, we carry the pins to correct it on the first visit. We’ve done this exact setup on more Castro Street bungalows than we can count.
Our techs arrive in a marked van, wearing a Ridley uniform and carrying company ID. Background-checked, uniformed, and dispatched by our own office, not a subcontractor. A live person answers the phone 24/7, so if you want to confirm a tech is ours before you open the door, call (956) 275-7388 and we’ll verify it live.
Drilling is a last resort, and it’s almost never necessary on a rekey. We drill only if the cylinder is seized or the key is broken off inside, and we’ll tell you before we do it. The written price covers the rekey; if drilling becomes necessary, you’ll know the added cost before the drill comes out, not after.
No. A rekey changes the internal pins so the old key no longer turns the cylinder. Every key cut to the previous configuration is dead the moment we finish. If you want proof, we’ll hand you the old key and the new key side by side and you can try both in the door before we leave. That’s the whole point of the job.
If you’re in Mountain View and you need locks rekeyed, call (956) 275-7388. We’ll give you a written price before anyone is dispatched, and the price on the invoice will match. That’s The Garrison Standard.
Written by Drew Kowalski, Owner at Ridley Locksmith & Security, serving Mountain View and the surrounding Bay Area.