Residential Locksmith in Austin, TX

A large share of our installation work in Austin is on new construction and remodels, where a home needs locks on every door or a renovation has left one without working hardware. We install deadbolts and handlesets on the exterior doors, and knobs or levers on the interior ones, matching the grade and finish to the door and the rest of the home. Whether it is one entry deadbolt or a full house of locks, our residential lock installation in Austin, TX comes with hardware from Schlage, Kwikset, and Baldwin matched to your other doors.

For homeowners who want more than a standard lock, we install high-security home locks. High-security cylinders are built to resist drilling, picking, and bumping, and their restricted keys can only be copied by an authorized dealer. We install them most often in Tarrytown and Westlake for homeowners who want to control who can copy a key.

Rekeying is the most common request we get from new homeowners. We reuse your existing locks and re-pin them to a new key, which cancels every key the previous owner, agent, or contractor might still have. A rekey takes only minutes per door and costs far less than replacing the locks, which is why it is often the first security upgrade a new homeowner makes.

Rekeying also makes sense when you have lost a keychain, a roommate has moved out, a tenant has handed back the keys, or a worker had access during a project. We cut new keys on the spot, and if you want, we can bring every lock onto one key or build a master system that opens some doors and not others. For condo and townhome owners, we work within HOA hardware rules where they apply.

Keys break off for a few predictable reasons: a worn key, a stiff cylinder, or too much force on a sticky deadbolt. Whatever the cause, the broken piece stays down in the keyway, and pushing a new key in or prying at it tends to force it in further.

Our technicians lift the broken piece out with the right extraction tools, look the cylinder over for wear or damage, and cut a working key before they leave. Most broken key extraction in Austin, TX wraps up in a single visit, and if the key gave way because it was worn thin, we copy it from a clean original so the next one holds.

A home’s entry points do not stop at the front door. We install and repair garage door locks in Austin, TX, starting with the door between the garage and the house. We also work on the locks for detached garages and backyard workshops, which are common on the larger lots in Circle C and the eastern suburbs. Side gates, back gates, and pool gates are covered too.

There is a longer list of smaller hardware we cover too. If a mailbox key goes missing, we rekey or change the lock. Sliding patio doors and screen doors can be given a lock that actually holds. We also fit peepholes and video door viewers, and we repair or swap any outdoor lock that has rusted, jammed, or come loose.