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 Windsor
Rekeying a lock in Windsor typically costs $65 – $95 for the first cylinder and $18 – $30 per additional cylinder when all keyed alike, with most homes done in under an hour. If you’ve just bought a house near Old Redwood Highway, lost a key, or had a tenant move out, a rekey is the fastest way to restore security without replacing your hardware. Our Rekey Locks team serves Windsor every day with written pricing before we dispatch. Call (956) 275-7388 and you’ll get a live person, a straight answer, and a real quote.
Why Ridley Locksmith & Security Is Windsor’s Preferred Rekey Locks Company
Windsor homeowners call us because they want to know exactly who’s coming through the door and what the work will cost before the van leaves. Ridley Locksmith & Security is part of the Garrison Partners family, operating under The Garrison Standard since 2007. That means every technician is background-checked, uniformed, and dispatched from our Bay Area office to jobs in Windsor with a written price already in hand. The person who knocks is the person you expected, working under a written code of conduct, not an unknown crew from a call center.
Drew Kowalski leads our operation, and he’s built the Windsor book on one principle: a written price before any work starts and a written guarantee on every repair. The 365-Day Done Right Promise isn’t a slogan. If the rekey fails within one full year, we come back and fix it at no charge. Windsor customers see that guarantee in writing, in their hand, before we touch a cylinder. That’s what separates us from a dispatch shop that names one number on the phone and a different one in the driveway.
Rekey Door Lock in Windsor
Rekey Door Lock work in Windsor is the most common call we run, and the reason is specific to this town: the housing stock. Much of Windsor is tract-built 1980s – 2000s subdivision homes along the Old Redwood Highway corridor, and those homes still carry their original Schlage or Kwikset builder-grade knobs and deadbolts. That means most Windsor rekeys are first-ever rekeys on builder hardware, not a swap on an aftermarket lock. Builders often keyed whole blocks to a single construction key, so we routinely show up to a house on Jensen Lane or near Keiser Park where the new owner discovers the neighbor’s old key still fits the front door. A rekey changes the internal pins so old keys are useless, without replacing the hardware.
Moving into a Windsor home
When you close on a Windsor property, the previous owner, their agent, their contractors, their dog walker, and whoever else had a copy could all still carry working keys. A rekey flips that. We repin the cylinder to a fresh keyway, hand you new keys, and every old key dies on the spot. Most single-cylinder rekeys run $65 – $85 in Windsor, and we stock pins for Kwikset and Schlage on the truck.
Lost keys and hidden copies
A lost house key in Windsor means you can’t be sure who found it. Rekeying costs less than new hardware and gives you the same result: control over every key that opens your door. We can key all your entry doors to one key while we’re there, so the front knob, deadbolt, and garage entry all work off the same fresh cut.
Rekey Service in Windsor
A Rekey Service call in Windsor covers more than a single cylinder. Homeowners along Old Redwood Highway, in the Vineyard Crest area, and around Windsor Town Green call us when they want every exterior lock keyed alike, or when a new key set needs to be matched across multiple doors. The labor and pins are the same as a single rekey, but we price the job before we arrive: first cylinder $65 – $95, each additional cylinder $18 – $30 if keyed alike. That’s the number on your invoice, not a teaser that inflates when the van pulls up.
Keying multiple doors alike
Windsor homes frequently mix original builder knobs with later-added smart locks or keypad entry hardware. The keyway on a 1992 Kwikset knob doesn’t match a 2016 Schlage deadbolt, so a single rekey won’t cover the whole house. We’ll assess which cylinders can be keyed alike and tell you plainly if a lock needs to be replaced instead. No surprises.
Master key systems for Windsor rentals
If you operate a Windsor rental or manage a small multi-unit building near Bell Road, a rekey between tenants is standard practice after every move-out. We can also set up a simple master key system so you carry one key and tenants carry individual keys. The written quote covers the full scope before we start.
Trusted Brands We Service in Windsor
Our trucks carry pin kits and common parts for the hardware Windsor homes actually have on the door. That’s mostly Schlage and Kwikset residential cylinders, plus Medeco high-security cylinders for Windsor properties that upgraded after construction. We also service Abloy hardware for commercial accounts. If you have a builder-grade Kwikset knob that’s still working fine, we rekey it. If you have a Schlage deadbolt that should be an ANSI Grade 1 and isn’t, we’ll tell you before we take your money for a rekey on a lock that should be replaced. That’s the honest answer, and it’s part of working under The Garrison Standard.
Common Rekey Locks Problems We See in Windsor Homes
- Block-wide construction keying on tract lots. Windsor subdivisions built in the 1980s and 1990s were often keyed alike at build-out. We arrive and demonstrate that the old contractor key from three doors down still turns the deadbolt. Rekeying is the fix.
- Builder-grade cylinders that are worn past rekeying. A 30-year-old Kwikset knob with loose pins won’t hold a clean rekey. We’ll tell you if replacement is the better move, and the written quote will show the difference before work begins.
- Mixed hardware with mismatched keyways. One Windsor home might have a Schlage deadbolt on the front, a Kwikset knob on the garage entry, and a Schlage smart lock on the back. That’s three different keys. We can rekey the traditional cylinders and set a plan for the smart lock so the whole house works on fewer keys.
- Dispatch quotes that inflate on arrival. The typical complaint we hear from Windsor homeowners: a phone quote of $29 that becomes $189 once trip fees, labor, and ‘hardware charges’ hit the invoice. We quote a written price before dispatch. That’s the price you pay.
Pricing for Rekey Locks in Windsor, CA
A single cylinder rekey in Windsor runs $65 – $95. Additional cylinders keyed alike on the same visit run $18 – $30 each. If you have a deadbolt and a knob on the same door, expect roughly $83 – $125 total for the pair. High-security cylinders like Medeco run higher, typically $35 – $55 per cylinder for the rekey itself because the pin kits are proprietary. We never advertise a teaser number. The written price we quote on the phone is the price on the invoice. There is no dispatch fee added when the technician arrives, no fuel surcharge, no surprise labor charge. You’ll get the number before the van is dispatched, and that number holds.
We Also Serve Cities Near Windsor
Our Windsor team runs rekey calls daily in Healdsburg, Forestville, Santa Rosa, and Sebastopol. If you’re just outside Windsor on Foothill Drive or out toward Shiloh, give us a call and we’ll confirm coverage and a written quote while you’re still on the phone.
Serving Windsor, CA - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Windsor 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 Windsor
You’ll get a written quote from a live person on the phone in our Bay Area office before dispatch, and the technician who arrives will be a background-checked, uniformed Ridley employee working under The Garrison Standard, not a subcontracted crew. Drew Kowalski’s name is on the company. Call (956) 275-7388 and ask for the technician’s name before the van rolls; we’ll give it to you.
Most single-cylinder rekeys in Windsor take 15 – 20 minutes on site. A full door set with knob and deadbolt keyed alike takes about 25 – 35 minutes. We got a call from a homeowner on Windsor River Road whose new purchase still opened to the seller’s contractor’s key; our tech pulled the builder-grade Kwikset deadbolt, repinned the cylinder with a fresh keyway, and handed over two new keys, old ones dead on arrival. Same visit we rekeyed the matching entry knob so the whole door set was on one key, no new hardware needed. Total on-site time: about 25 minutes for the pair.
Yes, rekeying changes the internal pins so the old keys stop working entirely, without replacing the hardware. As long as the lock is in serviceable condition, we rekey it on the spot. If the lock is too worn to hold a clean rekey, we’ll tell you plainly and show you the written price for replacement before any work begins. Call (956) 275-7388 for a free estimate.
They can’t be keyed to the same key because Kwikset and Schlage use different keyways, but we can rekey each cylinder so they at least work off fresh, secure keys, or we can replace one cylinder so the whole door works on a single key. We’ll give you the written price for both options and you decide. Most Windsor homeowners choose to rekey both cylinders fresh and carry two keys until they upgrade.
Yes, we rekey builder-grade Schlage and Kwikset hardware every day in Windsor, and we can also upgrade weak cylinders to ANSI Grade 1 deadbolts or high-security Medeco cylinders during the same visit. The written quote shows both scopes, so you’re not paying for a rekey on a lock that should be replaced. We carry a range of hardware on the truck and can have most Windsor jobs done in a single trip.
Call Ridley Locksmith & Security for Rekey Locks in Windsor
You don’t need new hardware, and you don’t need to wait all day. You need a written price, a real person who answers the phone, and a background-checked technician who does the job once and does it right. That’s what we do in Windsor, every day. One full year of coverage on every rekey, in writing. If the work fails inside that year, we return at no charge. Call (956) 275-7388 now for a free estimate, a live answer, and a written price before anyone is dispatched.
Written by Drew Kowalski, Owner at Ridley Locksmith & Security, serving Windsor under The Garrison Standard.