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At one point, you may find out that you need to change your locks, it may be that you are moving into a new house, you rent a new office, get divorced or recently sack an employee; all these require that you change your locks. Even if a sacked employee or contractor returns the keys, it is still a good idea to change the locks or rekey it because they might have duplicated your keys. It is the only way you can be absolutely sure that no one else have a duplicate of your key.
Rekeying your lock is a good idea and it is faster and less expensive than changing the entire lock. A reliable local locksmith can rekey your locks at a fraction of cost and time it would take you to choose new locks and replace them. When you feel that someone might have duplicated your key, there is no need to change the entire lock to protect your home, cash, files and properties, instead, you can easily call on a reliable locksmith to help you rekey the locks.
First, both replacing and rekeying locks provide the same level of security unless your current locks have been damaged beyond repair. In fact, there are many advantages that come with rekeying your locks. The number one reason is that there is no need to buy and install new hardware since rekeying involves making use of the existing one, so it makes the whole process cheap. Secondly, rekeying is very fast, you can get it done in couple of minutes and it is much faster than installing new locks. If you hire an experienced locksmith, he can easily rekey the locks of entire house or building in few hours. Moreover, some homeowners and businesses that want to rekey their property end up buying locksets that are not made for the type or style of their doors. In such situation, both your jamb and door will need to be retrofitted so that a locksmith can properly fit a new lock system. Even if you end up buying a lock that matches other hardware in style, color and finish, it can be hard to find an exact match. In a situation where using an exact match is necessary, some homeowners discover that buying the complete set of hardware increases the cost manifold.
When you call a locksmith to help you rekey your locks, he will change the tumblers of the lock cylinder with new tumblers of varying sizes. You can throw away old key once you rekey your lock because you will no longer be able to use it again. Your lock will now require a new key that coincides perfectly with the new lock tumblers. An advantage of this process is that local locksmith can easily rekey locks at a much lower cost than full replacement of locking mechanism. There is no need to replace the entire lock as far as it has ANSI (Grade-1 designation).
Apart from safety purposes, some homeowners rekey their lock for convenience. The best way to avoid confusion and reduce weight of many keys is to have your entire interior or exterior locks rekeyed to use only one key. An experienced locksmith can easily rekey all the keys in your home or place of work to work seamlessly with the same key. It is very important to have one master key open multiple locks in case of rental property owners such as apartment buildings and condominium associations. All the locks in such building will have just a single key that will be able to open the tenant's locks. When you hire a reliable and experienced locksmith, he can be able to perform master rekeying to any configuration in order to meet the requirements of business, homeowners and property owners.
