A re-keying guide by your local York Locksmith
This article will help our customers decide whether their locks should be replaced or re-keyed. And while it is impossible to cover every aspect of lock re-keying, hopefully, after reading this guide, consumers will have the knowledge necessary to determine if lock replacement or lock re-keying is appropriate for their needs.
What is lock re-keying? Simply put lock re-keying is changing the internal pins, discs or wafers so that a new key will operate an existing lock. This new key will have a different biting (cut pattern) then the old key. Once re-keyed the old key will no longer work in the lock. It is necessary to replace the lock cylinder (the small part that the key actually fits into) when re-keying dis-similar locks, i.e. you can not re-key a Kwik Set lock and a Schlage lock so that one key will work both locks without changing the keyway cylinder because the new key has to be able to fit into both locks.
The following factors list when re-keying is appropriate and when is it not:
The drawbacks of re-keying:
A re-keying guide by your local York Locksmith
This article will help our customers decide whether their locks should be replaced or re-keyed. And while it is impossible to cover every aspect of lock re-keying, hopefully, after reading this guide, consumers will have the knowledge necessary to determine if lock replacement or lock re-keying is appropriate for their needs.
What is lock re-keying? Simply put lock re-keying is changing the internal pins, discs or wafers so that a new key will operate an existing lock. This new key will have a different biting (cut pattern) then the old key. Once re-keyed the old key will no longer work in the lock. It is necessary to replace the lock cylinder (the small part that the key actually fits into) when re-keying dis-similar locks, i.e. you can not re-key a Kwik Set lock and a Schlage lock so that one key will work both locks without changing the keyway cylinder because the new key has to be able to fit into both locks.
The following factors list when re-keying is appropriate and when is it not:
The benefits of re-keying:
The drawbacks of re-keying: