The professional lock and key technicians here at SOS Locksmith provide a wide range of services to homes and businesses, including lock change service and lock rekeying service. While lock change service is warranted in some contexts, the quicker more affordable lock rekeying service is a popular and effective way to increase property security. In this blog entry, the rekeying service experts here at SOS Locksmith will detail the top scenarios in which one of our residential or commercial clients can benefit from rekeying service.
Updating Older or Malfunctioning Locks
If your locks are very old, they might be out of date as compared to modern burglary tools – or might simply be more likely to malfunction due to constant use. Even high end locks can degrade over years of regular use. Older locksets have less spins than modern locksets, making them inherently less secure and easier to pick. By updating older locks or locks that regularly stick, grind, or have issues locking, you can vastly and exponentially increase the level of security of your property.
After Keys are Lost
If you’ve lost your keys, SOS Locksmith recommends that you rekey your locks as soon as possible. This is ESPECIALLY the case if your keys have your address in them, or are lost inside a wallet or purse with other items that have your address on them. An unscrupulous individual could easily find your missing key to enter into your property. Consider this a similar action that you’d take when you lose a credit card – you do what you can to contact the credit card company to cancel your card. By contacting a professional lock rekeying team like SOS Locksmith, you ensure that there’s zero risk of anyone finding your lost keys and using them to enter your property.
Moving to a New Property
ALWAYS rekey your locks when moving to a brand new property. Unless you’re the very first tenant in a new property, you have no idea whether someone might be holding onto a copy of your current keys, like previous owners, anyone trusted with the keys previously, or anyone who happened to find a previously used – and lost – set of the property keys. There’s no reason to leave your property so vulnerable – contact SOS Locksmith today for rapid arrival, convenient, and affordable rekeying services that can restore your confidence in the long-lasting security and safety of your property.
