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 Woodside costs between $95 and $220 per cylinder for most homes, and a full property rekey, covering gate, house, garage, and pool house, typically runs $280 to $680 depending on how many cylinders are involved. Most Woodside jobs are done in a single visit, usually under two hours, because we carry pins for Kwikset, Schlage, Yale, Baldwin, Medeco, and Mul-T-Lock in the van rather than ordering parts. Call (956) 275-7388 for a written price before any work starts. That price is the price on the invoice, no call-out surcharge added at the door.
We know Woodside because we work here. The lots are big, the homes are spread out, and the locks are rarely a single brand or a single keyway. A rekey here is not a front-door job most of the time. It is a property-wide job, and we scope it that way from the first phone call.
Why Ridley Locksmith & Security Is Woodside’s Preferred Rekey Locks Company
Ridley Locksmith & Security is part of the Garrison Partners family, and every technician who steps onto a Woodside property operates under The Garrison Standard. That means a background-checked, uniformed technician, a written price before work begins, and a written guarantee covering the repair for one full year. Not a verbal promise. A document.
Drew Kowalski runs the operation, and the structure matters: independent shops have no accountability above the person holding the drill. National call centers send whoever is closest in an unmarked van. We send a named, uniformed technician whose work is held to a written standard, The Garrison Code, on every single job. If the rekey fails inside the guarantee window, we return at no charge. That is the 365-Day Done Right Promise, and it applies to every lock we touch in Woodside.
Response time to Woodside is typically under 60 minutes for residential calls. The scheduling is coordinated from our San Francisco Bay Area office, and crews serve Woodside locally, so nobody is driving from the Central Valley to hand you a key.
Woodside homeowners tend to ask the same three questions before they let anyone near a lock: who exactly is coming, what will it cost, and what happens if it fails. We answer all three before we dispatch. The technician’s name, the written price, and the written guarantee. Then we show up on time.
Call (956) 275-7388 and a live person answers. 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Not a voicemail, not an answering service.
Lock Rekey in Woodside
Lock rekey in Woodside means changing the internal pins inside an existing lock cylinder so the old keys stop working and a new key operates the same hardware. The lock stays in the door; only the key changes. For a Woodside homeowner this is the right call after keys are lost, after a contractor finishes a remodel, after a tenant moves out, or after a divorce, house sale, or caregiver arrangement changes who has key access.
When Rekeying Makes More Sense Than Replacing
If the hardware is in good shape and you like the finish, rekeying is faster and cheaper than replacing. You keep the Baldwin brass deadbolt or the Schlage handle set, but every old key is rendered useless in about ten minutes per cylinder.
Property-Wide Scope
We count every cylinder: front gate, mudroom door, main entrance, garage side door, pool cabana, wine room. Woodside properties often have six or more keyed openings. We re-pin them all to one key unless you want a keyed-alike system where certain keys open some doors and not others.
Locksmith Rekey in Woodside
Locksmith rekey in Woodside is the same mechanical job as lock rekey, but it is what a homeowner asks for when they want a professional to handle the whole property, verify the hardware, and produce a working key system, not just a single cylinder. A trained locksmith checks the tailpiece, the strike plate, the deadbolt throw, and the keyway before re-pinning, because rekeying a worn cylinder just gives you a new key in a failing lock.
What a Woodside Rekey Actually Involves
The technician removes the cylinder, swaps the pins to match a new key code, reassembles the lock, and tests it with the new key and the old key. The old key should not turn. Then they lube the cylinder and confirm the deadbolt throws fully. That is The Garrison Standard on every door.
Master Key and Keyed-Alike Systems
Woodside homeowners with staff, gardeners, or house sitters often want a master key system: the housekeeper’s key opens the service door and cabana but not the main house or the safe room, and your key opens everything. We cut and pin for that on site, and we walk you through exactly which key opens what before we leave.
Trusted Brands We Service in Woodside
We rekey and service the brands Woodside homes actually have: Kwikset and Schlage on the everyday doors, Yale on the older hardware, Baldwin on the front entries, and Medeco and Mul-T-Lock on the high-security cylinders. We stock pins, springs, and tailpieces for these in the van, which is why most Woodside rekeys are done same-day with no parts run to a supplier in Redwood City. If your gate uses a mortise lock body or your wine room has a high-security cylinder, we carry the pins for those too. One visit, all of it done.
Common Rekey Locks Problems We See in Woodside Homes
- Flat “front door” quotes that do not survive first look at the property. A Woodside property often has a detached garage, a gate controller, and a pool cabana, each with its own lock cylinder. A rekey quoted as one door over the phone is a rekey that gets a surprise second number at the door. We scope the whole property on the call, count the cylinders with you, and write the price before we dispatch.
- Mixed hardware that leaves an old key still working. Older Woodside estate hardware can pair an ANSI Grade 1 deadbolt with an imported mortise lock body. If the technician re-pins only one side, the old key still opens the other cylinder. We check both, every time, and test the old key in every cylinder before we leave.
- Smart locks with an unsynchronized mechanical override. Woodside gates and doors increasingly have keypads or smart locks retrofitted, but the mechanical lock cylinder underneath still accepts the old brass key. A rekey that only handles the smart side leaves that override live. We rekey the cylinder too, so the old key does not work anywhere on the property.
- Worn cylinders from decades of use and coastal-adjacent humidity. Woodside sits up against the fog line off the coastal range, and locks exposed on gates and outbuildings take moisture and temperature swings that dry out pins and springs. We lube and test every cylinder after re-pinning, and we flag any cylinder that is worn enough to fail soon.
Pricing for Rekey Locks in Woodside, CA
Here are honest Woodside numbers. A single front-door cylinder rekey runs $95 to $160. A standard home with two or three common-brand cylinders, say Kwikset or Schlage, runs $140 to $280. An estate property with six or more cylinders, a mix of brands, high-security hardware like Medeco or Mul-T-Lock, or a master key request runs $320 to $680. High-security cylinders cost more because the pin kits are proprietary and the labor is more exacting.
What affects the price: cylinder count, hardware brand, whether you want a master key or keyed-alike system, and any worn hardware we need to repair before re-pinning. We give the full written price on the phone before anyone is dispatched, and that is the price on the invoice. No call-out surcharge added on arrival. Call (956) 275-7388 for a free, exact quote.
We Also Serve Cities Near Woodside
Ridley Locksmith & Security serves Woodside and the surrounding area, including Los Angeles, San Diego, San Jose, and San Francisco. If you own property in more than one of these cities, we can rekey everything to a single key system. For details on our full rekeying service, see our Rekey Locks page. And for specifics on local scheduling and coverage, our Rekey Locks in Woodside page is the best place to start.
Serving Woodside, CA - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Woodside 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 Woodside
We rekey the whole property, because a Woodside property is rarely one door. We count every keyed cylinder on the property during the phone call: front gate, main entrance, mudroom, garage side door, pool cabana, wine room, safe room. The written price covers every one of them, keyed to a single key unless you specify a master key system. Call (956) 275-7388 and we will walk the property with you over the phone and give you the final number.
Yes. If the lock is in working order and you have a key that turns it, rekeying requires no drilling. The cylinder comes out, the pins get swapped, and the cylinder goes back in. The only time drilling enters the conversation is when a lock is seized or all keys are lost, and even then we exhaust non-destructive methods first. A rekey should never leave a scar on the door or the hardware.
We carry pin kits for Kwikset, Schlage, Yale, Baldwin, Medeco, Mul-T-Lock, Abloy, and Sargent in the van. That covers the standard residential hardware on most Woodside homes and the high-security cylinders on gates, wine rooms, and safe rooms. No waiting on a parts order from a supplier. Call (956) 275-7388 if you have an unusual lock and want to confirm before we come out; estimates are free.
A single cylinder takes about ten minutes on the bench. A typical Woodside property with four to six cylinders across gate, house, and outbuildings is done in 60 to 90 minutes on site. Add time if we are cutting a master key system, re-pinning high-security cylinders, or repairing worn hardware. We give you a realistic window when you call, and the written price covers the full job, not the hour.
The technician arrives in a marked van, in uniform, with a company ID that includes their name and photo. They call before arrival, give you the written price you already received on the phone, and show you the written guarantee before any tool comes out. If anything does not match, call (956) 275-7388 and a live person confirms who is at your door. Every technician is background-checked and dispatched by name, not as an anonymous crew.
Written by Drew Kowalski, Owner at Ridley Locksmith & Security, serving Woodside under The Garrison Standard since 2007.