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 Tiburon
A rekey in Tiburon means changing the internal pins inside your existing lock cylinders so that every old key stops working, usually for $95 to $180 per cylinder depending on whether the hardware is a standard Schlage or Kwikset deadbolt or an original mortise lock from a 1920s cottage. You keep the hardware. You get new keys. Anyone holding an old key is locked out. That’s the whole job.
Ridley Locksmith & Security has a live person answering calls 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and crews are dispatched from our San Francisco Bay Area office to serve Tiburon homes directly. You will know the written price before anyone is dispatched, and that price is the price on the invoice. No call-out surcharge added on arrival. Call (956) 275-7388 and you will get a human being, not a voicemail.
We work the flats, the hillside view streets off Tiburon Boulevard, and the older cottages between Main Street and the water. When you call, the person on the phone schedules a background-checked, uniformed technician who arrives in a marked vehicle. Not a subcontractor. Not an unknown crew from a call center.
Why Ridley Locksmith & Security Is Tiburon’s Preferred Rekey Locks Company
Ridley Locksmith & Security has been part of the Garrison Partners family since 2007, and every technician works under The Garrison Standard: a written price before any work begins, a written guarantee on every job, and accountability that does not dissolve at the doorstep. That structure matters in Tiburon, where homeowners have reasons to be particular about who they hand a key to. The town sits at the end of a peninsula. There is one way in by road, and it is a long way back if you change your mind.
Our Rekey Locks team answers to Drew Kowalski, who runs the operation. That name matters because it means there is a person responsible for the work, not a rotating cast of unknown technicians. Every technician arrives in uniform, background-checked, and prepared to name the price in writing before touching a lock. Tiburon homeowners tell us that is the difference between calling a locksmith and gambling on one.
When you live on a street like Mar West or anywhere up the hill from downtown, response time is a legitimate question. We know the route over the Richardson Bay Bridge or up 131, and we know the difference between a flat cottage near the old rail line and a hillside view home with a steep driveway. That local familiarity is not marketing. It is logistics, and it keeps the job moving when a tenant has already left with the keys and the new renter moves in tomorrow.
Rekey Deadbolt in Tiburon
A rekey deadbolt job in Tiburon addresses the lock most people actually use every day: the exterior deadbolt, whether it is a Schlage B60, a Kwikset 980, or an older mortise setup on an original door. The job involves pulling the cylinder, removing the old pins and springs, and installing a fresh pin set cut to a new key. The old key dies on the spot. The deadbolt stays in the door, aligned and operating as it did before.
In Tiburon, this work runs $95 to $140 for a standard single-cylinder deadbolt on a modern door. An ANSI Grade 1 deadbolt or a high-security line like Medeco or Abloy adds cost because the pin work is more precise and the parts are specialized. We stock common pin kits and key blanks for Schlage and Kwikset in the field, which means most deadbolt rekeys on the peninsula are done in one visit.
Deadbolt Rekey vs. Replacement
When a deadbolt cylinder is intact and the key still turns, rekeying is nearly always the right call. You keep the existing hardware, the finish, and the alignment, and you spend a fraction of what replacement costs. We only recommend replacement when the cylinder is worn past reliable operation or the door itself has shifted enough to bind the bolt.
When Tiburon Homeowners Call
The most common call comes after a house changes hands: new owners, former renters, or a departing caretaker who may still have a copy. The second most common is a lost key on a shared entry. Either way, the fix is the same: retire every old key at once, same day, with a written price before the first screw comes out.
Rekey House in Tiburon
A rekey house job in Tiburon means addressing every exterior entry at once: front door, back door, side door, detached garage, and any gate or basement lock that takes a house key. The goal is one new key that works everywhere, with the old keys rendered useless across the entire property. It is the right move after any change in occupancy, and it is also the clearest way to close a security gap when you do not know how many old keys are floating around.
A full-house rekey in Tiburon typically runs $165 to $320, depending on how many cylinders are involved and whether the hardware is all modern or includes original mortise locks on older doors. We give the full price on the phone before anyone is dispatched, and that includes the trip, the labor, and the keys. The price is the price. There is no adjustment at the door.
Tiburon’s housing stock splits between 1920s – 50s cottages on the flats and hillside view homes off the Belvedere-Tiburon corridor, and the older doors often carry original mortise lock bodies whose cylinders take standardized pin and tumbler pins. That means a rekey can usually keep the antique brass hardware while retiring every old key, rather than swapping in a modern deadbolt. We have done exactly that on more than one Mar West Street property, and the look of the original door is untouched when we leave.
Rental Turnover Rekey
When a tenant leaves, every key they ever held is a potential access point. We rekey all exterior locks to a new key set and hand the property owner a single key that opens everything. The old tenant’s keys are dead before the new one signs the lease.
New Homeowner Rekey
Buying a home in Tiburon means inheriting every key the previous owner, their family, their dog walker, and their contractor ever made. Rekeying the whole house resets that history. One visit, one new key, one written guarantee covering the work for a full year.
Trusted Brands We Service in Tiburon
Our technicians are trained on the full spectrum of lock hardware: everyday residential brands like Schlage and Kwikset, plus high-security lines including Medeco and Abloy. We stock common key blanks and pin kits in the field so a standard rekey on a Tiburon door does not wait on a parts run back to the shop. For high-security cylinders, we cut and program keys in the vehicle, same visit. That is the operating rhythm of a crew that serves the peninsula regularly, not a crew learning the roads as it goes. You own a Baldwin mortise lock on a 1940s front door? We will pin it. You put a Kwikset smart lock on the back door? We will rekey the cylinder and leave the electronics alone.
Common Rekey Locks Problems We See in Tiburon Homes
- Swollen wood doors on hillside homes. Seasonal moisture moves the door frame, and a deadbolt that bound all winter suddenly works in summer. The symptom looks like a lock failure but it is a door-fit problem. We rekey the cylinder and tell you plainly whether the real issue is a door that needs planing.
- Missing cylinders on multi-door properties. Someone hands over one key for a house with three entry doors and a detached garage, but only one cylinder gets quoted. We walk the full perimeter before any work starts so the written price covers the actual scope, not a surprise add-on after the first lock is open.
- Old mortise locks that no one wants to touch. The hardware looks fragile, and a big-box locksmith will push replacement. We pull the cylinder, change the pins, and keep the original brass body. The old key dies; the door looks the same as it did in 1948.
- Teaser pricing from call centers. A property manager calls after the tenant has already left with the keys and wants a price on the phone. The real cost depends on whether the old mortise lock body and cylinder can be re-pinned in place or must be pulled. We give the honest range up front, and the written price reflects the job as it actually exists, not the job as it was described by someone in a different state.
Pricing for Rekey Locks in Tiburon, CA
A deadbolt rekey in Tiburon typically runs $95 to $140 per cylinder. A full-house rekey usually runs $165 to $320 for a property with three to five exterior locks. Original mortise locks on 1920s and 1930s cottages fall at the higher end of that range, especially when the cylinder must be pulled from an aged brass body without damaging the finish. High-security brands like Medeco or Abloy involve more precise pin work and specialized blanks, and we quote those by the cylinder on the phone before dispatch.
What you will not see is a $19 service call that balloons after the lock is open. The price we agree on before anyone leaves the office is the price on the invoice. That is not a promise we make lightly; it is the written standard that gets enforced on every job.
Call (956) 275-7388 for a free estimate. You will speak to a person. That person will give you a real price range for your specific doors, your specific hardware, and your specific address in Tiburon.
We Also Serve Cities Near Tiburon
Ridley Locksmith & Security handles rekey work throughout the Bay Area and beyond. In addition to Rekey Locks in Tiburon, our crews cover Los Angeles, San Diego, San Jose, and San Francisco with the same written price and written guarantee on every job.
Serving Tiburon, CA - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Tiburon 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 Tiburon
You will see a marked vehicle, a uniform with the Ridley name, and a technician who introduces themselves before any work begins. Technicians are background-checked and dispatched directly by our office, not subcontracted out to an unknown crew. If you want to confirm, call (956) 275-7388 while the technician is on site and the live person who answers will verify the dispatch. That verification is part of how we operate in Tiburon.
Rekeying is a job you should only hand to someone you can identify. It gives a new set of keys complete access to your home. We take that responsibility seriously enough to make sure you know exactly who is at your door. Call (956) 275-7388 for a free estimate.
The technician removes each lock cylinder, replaces the internal pins and springs with a fresh set cut to a new key, reinstalls the cylinder, and tests the lock with both the new key and an old one to confirm the old key is dead. No drilling. No hardware replacement unless something is actually broken. On a standard three-lock Tiburon house, the whole job takes 45 to 90 minutes on site.
For older mortise locks common on Tiburon’s 1920s cottages, the cylinder gets pulled with care so the brass body stays in place. The pin work happens on the tailgate, and the finished lock looks exactly as it did before, minus every old key that used to work. Call (956) 275-7388 for a free estimate.
Usually not. The original mortise lock bodies on many of Tiburon’s older homes take standardized pin and tumbler cylinders, which means we can re-pin the existing cylinder and keep the aged brass hardware in the door. We only recommend replacement when the lock body is cracked, the cylinder is too worn to hold a reliable pin set, or the door itself has failed to the point where any lock would bind.
We got a call from a homeowner on Mar West Street whose rental turnover was the next morning: three exterior doors, two Schlage deadbolts and one original mortise lock on the front entry. We pulled the lock cylinders, changed the pins and tumbler stacks to a fresh set, cut new keys, and left the aged brass bodies in place. Old tenant keys dead, no drilling, no hardware replaced, price agreed before we drove over the bridge. Call (956) 275-7388 for a free estimate.
Schlage, Kwikset, Yale, Baldwin, Medeco, Mul-T-Lock, Abloy, and Sargent. For smart locks, we rekey the mechanical cylinder while leaving the electronics and programming intact. For high-security lines like Medeco and Abloy, the pin work is more precise and the key blanks are restricted, so we match the existing keyway and pin the cylinder to a new key cut on site.
The brand dictates the pin kit and the key blank, not whether we can do the work. We carry the most common Tiburon kits in the field, and we will tell you on the phone if your hardware needs anything special. Call (956) 275-7388 for a free estimate.
A single deadbolt rekey in Tiburon takes 20 to 30 minutes on site and runs $95 to $140. A full-house rekey with three to five cylinders takes 45 to 90 minutes and runs $165 to $320. Mortise locks and high-security cylinders can add time and cost, and we give that range on the phone before anyone is dispatched.
The trip from our Bay Area dispatch office to Tiburon is built into the price. There is no separate call-out fee added when the technician arrives. The written price you get on the phone is the price on the invoice. Call (956) 275-7388 for a free estimate.
Written by Drew Kowalski, Owner at Ridley Locksmith & Security, serving Tiburon and the Bay Area. Ridley Locksmith & Security has been part of the Garrison Partners family since 2007, and every job is held to The Garrison Standard.