Lock Replacement & Installation in Redwood City
Deadbolts, levers, knobs and handlesets fitted to the existing holes from the van, $115 to $309 per door.
$115–$309
Typical price
21 min
Avg. arrival
24/7
Availability
Replacement is the answer when the lock itself is done: a deadbolt whose bolt no longer clears the strike, a mortise knob that spins without moving the latch, a keypad on a rental that has eaten three sets of batteries and now refuses everyone, a side gate in Mount Carmel held by a hasp any hand can lift. Sequoia Lock & Key carries deadbolts, knobs, levers and handlesets on the van, in the finishes that match what the door already wears.
Measuring comes before unscrewing. Door thickness, backset and bore diameter vary more than people expect. A 1926 door in Centennial has a mortise pocket and no bore at all; a 1955 ranch in Woodside Plaza may have a bore a previous owner opened past standard; a 2010 townhome in the Shores may have a hollow metal door that wants through-bolts. Where the preparation fits, a swap takes twenty to thirty minutes per door. Where it does not, the door is bored or filled and you see the fit before the lock goes on. On the old mortise doors a new mortise set can be fitted, or the pocket filled and a modern bore cut, and you choose which. Keys are cut on site and matched to your other doors if you want one key. A lever suits an accessibility need better than a knob, and on a rental it outlasts one.
Fitted, the range is $115 to $309 per lock with hardware included. A Grade 3 residential deadbolt is the $115 end. Grade 2 deadbolts, lever sets, a full handleset with matching deadbolt, or a mortise pocket filled and bored reach $309. The $89 service call is inside the total. Evening work carries $50 and overnight $85, both named before the figure is read back. Restricted cylinders and odd door preparation are quoted at the start, not found at the end.
Tell us the door, with a photograph of the lock face and the door edge. Hear the figure read back, per lock. Watch it fitted: the door is measured, the old lock comes off, the new one goes on, the strike is set, keys are cut, and the bolt is thrown with the door pulled shut against its weatherstrip, since a bolt that works with the door open has proved nothing. Pay what was read, card or tap, with a receipt listing each lock on its own line.
“Our 1926 house has the original mortise lock and I managed to shut the door with the only working key on the kitchen table. The call gave me $139 and a text with a name arrived while I was still standing on the porch. The technician had the door open in a few minutes with the brass untouched, then showed me how the old key was worn and why it had started sticking. $139 on the card, receipt in my email before he reached the van.”
Every job is priced from the list below. The figure is settled on the call, before the van turns its own key, and the receipt shows the same figure.
- Daytime (7am–8pm)standard rates
- Evening (8pm–12am)+$50
- Overnight (12am–7am)+$85
FAQ
Lock Replacement & Installation: quick answers
What grade of deadbolt belongs on a ground-floor door in a downtown building?+
Grade 2 as the floor, and a strike screwed into the stud rather than the trim. Grade 3 hardware is fine inside the flat and thin for a door onto the street or a shared walkway. Grade 1 is worth paying for on a door that has already been forced once.
I bought the lock already. Will you fit it?+
Yes, and the figure for labor alone is read back on the call. Whether it suits your door's preparation is settled from a photograph before the visit, not after the old lock is off. Whatever came in the box, including the spare keys, stays with you.
Our Mount Carmel house has its original mortise hardware. Can new hardware look right?+
Yes. Several current lines make mortise sets and rosettes in the same sizes and the same unlacquered brass and bronze those houses used. Show the technician one of the old knobs to match against. If you would rather keep the old case and renew only the cylinder, that is a smaller job and is quoted as one.
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One call, one figure, settled before the van turns the key
Calls answered 24/7 for Redwood City and the towns beside it. One figure for the visit, the labor and the parts, with the $89 service call inside it, and a receipt that matches it line for line.