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 Lincoln
Rekeying locks in Lincoln typically runs $25 – $55 per cylinder, and a full exterior rekey for a tract home near Twelve Bridges or Sun City usually lands between $95 and $180. The work means swapping the internal pins inside your existing lock cylinders so old keys stop working, without replacing any hardware. We answer calls live 24/7 and dispatch a background-checked tech to Lincoln addresses with a written price confirmed before anyone leaves the truck. Call (409) 405-4485 and you’ll get a real number on the phone, not a vague “we’ll see when we get there.”
Why Preston Locksmith & Security Is Lincoln’s Preferred Rekey Locks Company
Lincoln homeowners keep our number because we do the opposite of what this trade has become known for. No teaser quotes, no anonymous tech in a rental van, no bill that swells between the estimate and the invoice. Every rekey job in Lincoln gets The Relay Visibility Guarantee: a live-trackable arrival time, before-and-after photos of the actual lock work, and a written price before a single tool leaves the bag. That guarantee is stamped on every repair we do in Lincoln, from downtown infill bungalows off 5th Street to newer builds west of Highway 65.
Kevin Yoon has built this shop around a simple rule: if you can’t see who’s coming and what it costs before they arrive, you shouldn’t have to open the door. Our techs show up in uniform, text you their name and van before they knock, and carry the full 365-Day Done Right Promise with them. If a rekey isn’t done right, we make it right, including a free second visit if a cylinder binds or a key skips within a year. That’s a written guarantee, not a phone promise.
Rekey Deadbolt in Lincoln
Rekey Locks work on deadbolts in Lincoln comes down to this: we pull the cylinder from your existing deadbolt, swap the internal pin and tumbler stacks so the old key no longer turns, and cut new keys that match. A standard deadbolt rekey in Lincoln runs $25 – $40 per cylinder. Most homes here have one deadbolt on the front entry and a second on the garage side door, so a full exterior deadbolt rekey typically lands around $50 – $80 in parts and labor, confirmed in writing before we pull a single tool out.
What We Actually Do
We remove the cylinder, dump the old pins, size new pins to match your new key, and reassemble. Then we test the deadbolt through a full throw and rotation before we call the job done. No lock replacement pushed on you, no “this deadbolt is too old to rekey” line unless the cylinder is genuinely failing, which we’ll show you in a photo before touching anything.
When Lincoln Homeowners Call Us
Most deadbolt rekey calls in Lincoln come after a tenant moves out, a roommate leaves, or a house key goes missing. Renting out a place near Twelve Bridges or off Joiner Parkway? You’ll want every exterior deadbolt rekeyed between tenants, and you’ll want a receipt with the tech’s name on it for your records.
Rekey House in Lincoln
A full Rekey Locks job on a Lincoln house means rekeying every exterior entry so one new key operates every door. On a typical three-door home, that’s a front deadbolt, a garage entry, and a back door, running $95 – $135 total depending on cylinder count. The point of rekeying a whole house, rather than just one lock, is that a single lost key can’t open anything once we’re done.
One Key, Every Door
Your Lincoln house probably has mismatched hardware. That’s normal here. We repin each cylinder so the same new key turns the front Schlage deadbolt, the garage Kwikset knob, and the back door alike, without swapping in new hardware. The original locks stay on your doors. Only the key changes.
Key Control After a Move
If you bought a Lincoln home and don’t know how many copies of the old key are floating around, rekey the whole house. A recent buyer off Del Webb Boulevard called us the day after closing. Two hours later, all three exterior locks were repinned and the old keys were nothing but brass souvenirs. That’s the standard.
Trusted Brands We Service in Lincoln
Our techs work on Schlage, Kwikset, and Medeco hardware every day in Lincoln. We stock pin kits and cylinder parts for those three brands on the truck, which means the rekey you book is the rekey we finish, no second trip to a supply house. If your Lincoln home has a mix of builder-grade Kwikset knobs and older Schlage deadbolts, we can match the pin heights across both so one key works everything. Medeco is a different animal entirely and we handle that too, from our Residential Locksmith in Lincoln to small commercial storefronts around the Lincoln downtown core.
Common Rekey Locks Problems We See in Lincoln Homes
- Mismatched Kwikset and Schlage hardware on the same house. Late-1990s tract homes around Lakeside often got Kwikset knobs from the builder, then someone upgraded the front door to a Schlage deadbolt later. A lazy rekey treats each lock separately, but we repin them together so one key works both.
- Over-pinned or under-pinned cylinders from a previous quick rekey. We’ve pulled cylinders in Lincoln where a previous tech used the wrong pin heights and the new key bound within a month. That’s why we test every cylinder through a full rotation before we leave, and why the 365-Day Done Right Promise exists.
- Downstairs tenant entries near Twelve Bridges. If you rent a room or a floor separately, rekeying between tenants is cheap compared to the alternative. We’ll rekey every exterior and interior entry the old tenant could have opened, and document it.
- Old Schlage cylinders on garage entries stuck in place. Lincoln’s dry heat doesn’t rust hardware the way coastal air does, but the dust from the foothills gets into locks on detached garages. We clean the cylinder bore and repin in one pass, and if the cylinder is too worn to rekey reliably, we’ll show you the photo before recommending a replacement.
Pricing for Rekey Locks in Lincoln, CA
Here’s the straight pricing for rekey work in Lincoln. A single cylinder rekey runs $25 – $40. Most exterior deadbolts land at $25 – $35 each. A full house rekey with three exterior doors runs $95 – $135. If you have four or more cylinders, the per-cylinder price drops slightly because we’re already on site. The quote you get on the phone is the price on the invoice. We don’t add a call-out fee on arrival, and we don’t upsell replacement deadbolts just because your Lincoln home has mixed Kwikset and Schlage hardware. Unlike some Lincoln Commercial Locksmith outfits, we won’t push unnecessary hardware swaps. That’s the whole point of quoting per cylinder before dispatch: the number on the truck matches the number on your invoice. Call (409) 405-4485 for an exact quote, free.
We Also Serve Cities Near Lincoln
Our Lincoln rekey service covers the city, plus the surrounding spots where Lincoln homeowners and landlords often need locks changed between tenants: Penryn, Rocklin, Newcastle, and Sheridan. Same written-price rule, same background-checked techs, same 365-Day Done Right Promise on every job, no matter which side of the Placer County line your door is on.
Serving Lincoln, CA - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Lincoln 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 Lincoln
We rekey on the spot, at your Lincoln address. Our techs carry pin kits and cylinder parts on the truck, so the work is done at your door. The only time a lock leaves your property is if the cylinder is too worn to rekey reliably, and we’ll show you a photo before making that call. Call (409) 405-4485 and we’ll give you a written price before dispatch.
Yes. We repin both Kwikset and Schlage cylinders to match the same key cut, which is standard practice for the mixed hardware common in Lincoln tract homes and older infill alike. The pin and tumbler stacks are different between the two brands, but we size the pins properly so one key operates every door. That’s the job, and we test every cylinder through a full rotation before we leave.
A typical three-door house rekey in Lincoln takes 45 to 90 minutes on site. A single deadbolt rekey is usually 20 to 30 minutes. If we’re rekeying five or six cylinders or working on a Medeco deadbolt, plan for 90 minutes to two hours. You’ll get a live arrival time when you book, so you’re not sitting through a four-hour window.
No. Rekeying replaces the internal pins inside the cylinder, not the lock body or the deadbolt itself. Your existing hardware stays on the door. The only wear we introduce is normal and minimal, and we test the deadbolt through a full throw and rotation before we call the job done. If a deadbolt is already too worn to rekey cleanly, we’ll show you a photo first.
We text you the tech’s name and van before they arrive, and they show up in uniform with a Preston Locksmith & Security ID. That’s part of The Relay Visibility Guarantee. You’ll also get before-and-after photos of the lock work and a digital invoice with a pay link, so there’s a paper trail of who handled your key control. Kevin Yoon’s whole shop runs on that standard. Call (409) 405-4485 if you want to book a rekey and see it in action.
Written by Kevin Yoon, Owner at Preston Locksmith & Security, serving Lincoln, CA.