Why Should You Change Your Locks?
Many places have spare keys misplaced somewhere out in the world. If you’ve just moved into a new home or a new apartment you need to seriously think about how many people before you were given the keys. Other tenants, house cleaners, home contractors, neighbours, the last owner’s mother-in-law and many others may still have access to your home – and that doesn’t factor in who they might have given keys to. Every locksmith has heard stories about people coming in to an house with old keys. As you can imagine, lost keys create a LOT of safety issues regarding who has access to your home.
When you rekey the locks you can have one key made for all of the locks. You don’t have to carry around half a pound of keys anymore. That’s right, now you can carry around one key instead of 10! The front door, side door, and even the shed and basement doors can now all be the same key. A simple rekey only takes 15 minutes and it protects your home security and creates convenience in your life!
Re-keying should only be done by a professional locksmith, as they will be able to insure that the new keys and key mechanisms work correctly and are installed properly. All too often a home owner, or even a contractor who is not a locksmith by profession, installs locks in such a way that they seem to work but are not actually providing the protection needed. Often locks are installed by amateurs in such a way that it will only last a short time before failing which could leave you locked out – or locked in – at the worst moment.
Mobile Locksmith St. John’s offers lock changing services in St. John’s NL and the surrounding areas of the Avalon Pennesiula.
