Here at Eastway Lock & Key, Inc., we offer rekeying services, which involves modifying locks to function with a new key. Rekeying can be used to render the previous key useless, or it can be used to make the lock accept a second key.
In this article, we’ll go over a few occasions where it is wise to rekey the locks on your property and explain why we encourage you to use this service.
- Rekey After Moving In – First, we encourage you to rekey your locks when you move into a new home or commercial property. The previous tenants of the building may have made several copies of the keys, which means it’s possible someone could use an old copy to access your property. If you want to make sure only you and your household or staff can get into the building, get your locks rekeyed to render the old key useless.
- Rekey After a Security Scare – We also encourage you to rekey the locks on your property if you’ve had a security breach recently. If someone was able to pick your locks, call our team to have us repair them or replace them with superior models. Even if no one has broken in, we still recommend rekeying if there are any copies of the key you can’t account for.
- Rekey for Ease of Maintenance – A third reason to rekey your locks is to make it easier to get into the various rooms or units in your property without sacrificing security. This type of rekeying is used to create a master key that can be used to open all the locks in your building. Maintenance workers will use this key to get into every part of the building for cleaning and repairs.