Residential Locksmith in White Rock

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 30-45 minutes from our Vancouver shop, and Ocean Park, Crescent Beach and the rest of South Surrey are on the same run at the same prices. Everything is on the price list before we dispatch.

Everywhere else this is a straight question about who holds a key. In White Rock the weather gets a vote.

Rekey when the hardware is sound and only the key holders have changed: a purchase, a tenant leaving, a lost keyring on the promenade, a renovation where trades held a key. Re-pinning is $25-$45 per cylinder and takes about twenty minutes a door. See lock rekeying.

Replace when the hardware has failed, and near the water it fails earlier than the manufacturer intended. A plug that has corroded so the pins no longer return, a bolt that no longer throws fully, a plated finish that has bubbled and split. That is $80-$160 installed, and on a west-facing door it is worth specifying a coastal-rated cylinder rather than the cheapest thing that fits, because like-for-like just resets the clock. See lock changes.

West Beach and East Beach cottages

Small, old, and taking weather straight off the water. Doors swell and stop meeting the strike in a wet winter, which is a strike and hinge adjustment rather than a new lock, and cylinders corrode faster than anywhere else we work.

Uptown, Hillcrest and Centennial Park

Detached houses and low-rise strata up the slope. Turnover rekeys, deadbolt upgrades on knob-only entry doors, and keyed-alike sets so the front door, back door, garage side door and gate run on one key.

Ocean Park, Crescent Beach and Sunnyside

Same coastal exposure at Crescent Beach, quieter streets inland. A lot of detached garages and garden studios living on locks fitted with the house.

Morgan Creek and Grandview Heights

Newer, larger-lot housing. Smart-lock retrofits, keypad entries on garage side doors and gate hardware on long driveways. Smart locks are fitted with a mechanical backup key cut, which matters in January; see smart lock installation.