Residential Locksmith in Richmond

Four jobs cover most Richmond home calls and all four are done at the door in one visit: rekeying, lock changes, lockouts and lock repair.

Rekeying is $25-$45 per cylinder with two fresh keys included, or $60-$120 per cylinder for restricted high-security hardware. A lock change is $80-$160 installed per door. A home lockout is $80-$160 in standard hours. The service call is $75 in standard hours, after-hours labour starts at $150 between 5 and 9 pm and runs $250/hour from 9 pm to 8:30 am. Arrival is 25-35 minutes. The sheet is on the price list.

Rekey when the hardware is sound and only the key holders have changed. A purchase in Terra Nova, a tenant moving out of a Brighouse suite, a lost keyring at Garry Point, a contractor who kept a copy. Re-pinning the existing cylinder makes every old key dead for $25-$45 a door and takes about twenty minutes. See lock rekeying.

Replace when the hardware itself has failed: a bolt that no longer throws fully, a key that has to be jiggled, a knob-only entry door with no deadbolt, or a pitted cylinder on a salt-exposed Steveston porch. That is $80-$160 installed, and it is the right moment to move up a grade instead of fitting the same thing again. See lock changes.

Steveston and London Landing

Heritage cottages with original hardware and newer townhouses beside them. Salt air is the difference: exposed cylinders pit and stiffen, so hardware choice matters more here than anywhere else in the city.

City Centre and Brighouse

Canada Line towers. Suite rekeys after a sale or a tenant change, fob faults on parkade and amenity doors, and the occasional deadlocked euro cylinder. In-suite locks are yours; common-area cylinders go through the strata.

Terra Nova, Seafair, Broadmoor and Blundell

Detached family housing on wide lots. The standard job is front, back, garage side door and gate keyed alike in one visit, plus a proper strike on the lane-facing side door.

Hamilton, East Cambie and Riverport

Newer subdivisions and townhouse complexes. Smart-lock retrofits and keypad entries are common here, fitted with a mechanical backup key cut. See smart lock installation.