Non-destructive entry first, always - and we re-key Schlage, Kwikset, and Baldwin locks on the spot while you watch
You get a price before we start. It does not change when we arrive. No surprises.
Fast, Reliable Rekey Locks Across Mentone
Rekeying a lock in Mentone typically costs $18 – $35 per cylinder for labor when we’re already on-site, with most single-family homes running $65 – $130 total for two to four locks. The full price is quoted and confirmed in writing before we dispatch anyone to your door. If you’re near Mentone Boulevard, around the 92359 zip, or tucked into one of the older citrus-era streets off Highway 38, we know the housing well: a mix of mid-century ranch homes, newer builds, and original hardware that’s been turning keys for 40-plus years. Call (409) 405-4485 and a live person answers. No voicemail tree, no callback queue.
Why Preston Locksmith & Security Is Mentone’s Preferred Rekey Locks Company
The biggest reason Mentone homeowners call us first is simple: we quote the full job before the truck moves. Not a teaser. Not an hourly range with “fees may apply.” A written price. Our techs are background-checked, uniformed, and dispatched from our Inland Empire office, which means response to Mentone neighborhoods off Wabash Avenue or along Crafton Avenue is consistently under 45 minutes during normal hours. Kevin Yoon, who leads our team, set the standard in 2008: show up looking like someone you’d want at your door, name the price, do the work, hand over the keys.
Every rekey in Mentone carries the 365-Day Done Right Promise. If the new pins slip, if a key sticks, if the cylinder fails within the year, we come back free. That’s not a verbal promise. It’s printed on your invoice. The Relay Visibility Guarantee backs the whole visit: live trackable arrival, before-and-after photos of every cylinder, and a digital invoice with a pay link before we leave the driveway.
Rekey Door Lock in Mentone
Rekey Door Lock work in Mentone means swapping the internal pins and springs inside your existing cylinder so the old keys stop working and a new key takes over. The hardware stays on the door. Nothing is replaced unless it needs to be. For a typical Mentone home, rekeying a front deadbolt and a back knob runs $55 – $85 with labor included, and we confirm that price before dispatching. This is the fastest, least expensive way to revoke access from a previous tenant, an ex, a contractor, or anyone who’s had a key long enough that you’ve lost track.
The Difference Between Rekeying and Replacing
An older Mentone home often has a Schlage deadbolt on the front and an entry knob on the side door that are two different brands. Rekeying lets you keep that mismatched hardware but put both on one key, assuming they accept the same keyway. We check cylinder condition first. If the core is pitted or the springs are shot, a rekey won’t hold properly, and we’ll tell you before doing work that’s just going to fail again.
When to Do It Now
You’ve bought a house in Mentone. You’ve ended a relationship. You’ve fired a house cleaner or a caregiver who returned their key but might have copied it. You’ve had a break-in attempt or a lost purse with keys and an address attached. None of these are situations that improve with waiting. A rekey takes under an hour on most Mentone properties. The risk doesn’t.
Rekey Service in Mentone
Rekey Service in Mentone means a locksmith arrives, disassembles each cylinder, installs new pins to match a new key, reassembles, tests, and photographs the result. We quote the full job before dispatch, so there’s no conversation at the door about “extra labor” or “specialty parts” after the work is done. For a two-door house near Crafton Hills or off Greenspot Road, the whole visit typically runs 30 – 45 minutes from arrival to new keys in your hand.
Keyed Alike on the Same Visit
Many Mentone homeowners want every exterior door on the same key. We can rekey Schlage and Kwikset cylinders independently and cut fresh keys all on one service call. The price per cylinder stays the same, and we test every lock in front of you before we leave. One key for the front, back, garage door, and side gate is entirely possible if the keyways match.
First-Time Homeowner Priority
Mentone’s starter homes along the rail corridor and across from Mentone Elementary are turning over constantly. If you just closed, you don’t know who has copies. The seller’s agent, the staging company, the seller’s brother-in-law. Rekeying on closing day is one of the cheapest forms of control you’ll ever buy, and we schedule it around your move-in time, not our convenience.
Trusted Brands We Service in Mentone
Our techs train on premium hardware from Medeco, Mul-T-Lock, Abloy, Baldwin, and Sargent, but most Mentone doors we open run on workhorse brands: Schlage deadbolts on the front, Kwikset knobs on the back and side doors, Yale on a handful of mid-century originals and some commercial storefronts along Mentone Boulevard. We stock pins and cylinders for all three locally, so there’s no waiting on a parts order from Redlands when the job is in Mentone. If you’ve got a Medeco high-security keyway, we handle that too, with notice.
Common Rekey Locks Problems We See in Mentone Homes
- Builder-grade Kwikset cylinders from the 1960s and 70s. These are everywhere in Mentone’s older ranch homes. The pins wear down over decades, the springs lose tension, and a rekey on a cylinder that past its useful life won’t last. We’ll show you the wear before recommending a replacement.
- Side door ignored for years. The front door gets rekeyed, the laundry room door off the driveway does not. It has a different key, maybe a worn knob, and it’s the door a burglar actually tries. We rekey every exterior cylinder in one visit, not just the one you see from the road.
- Mortise locks on citrus-era properties. Homes along and just off Mentone Boulevard built in the 1930s and 40s often have original mortise lock bodies. Rekeying those cylinders is a different job than pin-and-tumbler hardware. We can do it on-site, but it takes longer and we quote accordingly.
- New homeowner with no rekey after closing. A Mentone house near the 92359 post office changed hands, the new owner kept the existing locks, and six months later a set of keys went missing. We’ve seen it repeatedly. Rekeying on day one costs less than one service call after a break-in.
Pricing for Rekey Locks in Mentone, CA
Here are real numbers for the Mentone market. Rekeying a standard pin-and-tumbler cylinder runs $18 – $35 per cylinder in labor when we’re on-site for multiple locks. A single-cylinder visit, which includes the service call to a Mentone address, runs $65 – $90. A full home with three or four exterior doors, keyed alike, lands between $90 and $130 most days. Mortise cylinders on older homes run higher, $35 – $55 per cylinder, because the body has to be pulled, opened, and reinstalled. If a cylinder is too worn to rekey, a new Kwikset or Schlage cylinder runs $25 – $45 per lock plus installation, confirmed before we touch it. Call (409) 405-4485 and we’ll quote your exact address over the phone. That quote is the invoice price. Always.
We Also Serve Cities Near Mentone
Our Rekey Locks team dispatches to Mentone daily and covers the surrounding foothill communities too. If you’re across the line in Mentone‘s neighboring cities, we serve Redlands, Yucaipa, Highland, and Calimesa with the same upfront pricing and live arrival tracking. Same crew, same written guarantee, same phone number.
Serving Mentone, CA - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Mentone area and know this community well. Use the map below to see our service coverage - if you’re nearby, we can almost certainly help.
FAQs About Rekey Locks in Mentone
No separate trip fee is added when you call for a rekey in Mentone. The total service call and labor price is quoted in writing before we dispatch, and that’s what appears on your invoice. If we recommend a cylinder replacement after inspecting the lock, we quote that replacement before doing the work, not after.
Yes. Mortise cylinders on homes off Mentone Boulevard and the older streets near the post office take longer than standard pin-and-tumbler work, and we quote them at $35 – $55 per cylinder before starting. The lock body stays in the door. We pull the cylinder, rekey it on-site, and reinstall it with the same keyway.
Thirty to forty-five minutes for two to four standard exterior doors. Add time if you have a mortise lock, a high-security keyway, or if we’re keying multiple cylinders alike and testing every one. You’ll have new keys in hand before we leave.
A proper rekey does not damage the lock and does not void a Schlage, Kwikset, or Yale manufacturer warranty. The process simply replaces the pins inside the cylinder, which is a normal maintenance procedure. If your lock is already failing internally, we’ll tell you before we work on it, because rekeying a worn-out cylinder is wasted money.
Because we send you a text with a live trackable arrival link before the tech arrives, and you’ll see the tech’s name and photo in that message. They arrive in uniform with a Preston Locksmith & Security ID. When they ring the bell, you already know exactly who is standing there. Call (409) 405-4485 and we’ll schedule it now.
Written by Kevin Yoon, Owner at Preston Locksmith & Security, serving Mentone since 2008.