Commercial rekey · Metro Atlanta
Commercial rekey for offices, stores, restaurants, warehouses and apartment buildings across metro Atlanta: the locks you have, repinned to new keys after staff leave, a tenant moves out or keys go missing. Free written estimate; same-day when the schedule allows.
What we do
Rekeying changes the pins inside a lock's cylinder so a new key works and every old one does not. On a business, the question is rarely one lock: it is which doors, which people, and how many keys exist afterwards.
A manager or employee leaves with a key. We rekey the doors that key opened, cut new keys for the people who stay, and the key that left is useless.
A suite, a store or a building changes hands. Every exterior door and the doors that matter inside are rekeyed the day you take possession, so no previous tenant or contractor still has a way in.
Front door, back door and office on one key. We rekey the cylinders to a single key where the locks share a keyway, and swap the cylinders that do not.
A master for the owner, sub-masters for managers, a change key per door. We rekey to a keying schedule you approve and leave it in writing, so the next lock added fits the system.
Commercial doors use mortise cylinders, rim cylinders on exit devices, and narrow storefront cylinders as well as lever locks. We rekey all of them, so a panic bar's outside cylinder is not the one lock left on the old key.
Where a building uses interchangeable cores, a core is swapped with a control key in seconds. We repin the cores and change them out door by door.
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How we work
Before any cylinder comes out, we walk the building with you: every door that takes a key, the kind of cylinder on it, and who needs to open it. That list becomes the keying plan, and it is what the estimate prices.
Each cylinder is repinned to the new key. A cylinder that is worn, damaged, or on a keyway that cannot join the system is replaced, and that is named in the estimate rather than found on the day.
Every rekeyed door is tried with the new key and with an old one, which must fail. Then we hand over the keys with a count, and the keying schedule for a master system, so you know exactly how many keys exist.
Why homeowners choose us
A rekey is only worth doing if no old key survives it. On every job:
The quote
A commercial rekey is priced by the number of cylinders and the kind of system, not by the building. It usually costs far less than new locks.
Good to know
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Rekey when the locks are in good shape and the problem is the keys. Replace when a lock is worn, damaged, or wrong for the door. Our commercial lock replacement page covers the second case.
Most can: any lock with a standard pin cylinder, which covers nearly all lever locks, mortise locks, deadbolts and the cylinders on panic bars. Two kinds are different. Patented high-security cylinders are repinned only through the brand's authorized dealer. Cylinders too worn or damaged to work reliably with new pins are replaced, and the estimate says which. A keyless lock with no cylinder is not rekeyed; its codes are changed.
Usually. If the locks share a keyway, we rekey them to one key; if some do not, we swap those cylinders. A master key system does more: one key for you, and each door on its own key for everyone else.
Yes. Rim cylinders on exit devices and mortise cylinders on storefront doors are rekeyed with the rest, so no outside cylinder is left on an old key.
It depends on the number of cylinders. A small office or store is usually one visit; a building on a master key system takes longer, and the estimate says how long.
Yes, with a restricted keyway: keys that hardware stores cannot cut, copied only through us. It is the way to know how many keys exist.
Where we work
Based at 3850 Holcomb Bridge Rd, Peachtree Corners, GA 30092, serving the communities below.
Your building is outside these towns? Call anyway: most of metro Atlanta is a short drive from the Peachtree Corners office.
Free estimate
Send the form and we call you back the same business day with a time for a walkthrough or a same-day visit. Every number you get from us is in writing.