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Replacing all of your locks doesn't really fit into the category that I'd call re-keying. It might be the way to go for anyone not at all into DIY, but you can
by gmiller123456 7y ago
Replacing all of your locks doesn't really fit into the category that I'd call re-keying. It might be the way to go for anyone not at all into DIY, but you can buy a Kwikset compatible pin kit on Ebay for under $6 (in the US at least), and it can do several locks.
It looks like the author's total cost was $170, which is probably enough that it would have been worth getting a quote from a locksmith so see if they could have done it cheaper. Especially if you're willing to take the locks off yourself and take them to a hardware store or locksmith.
- setr 7y ago>which is probably enough that it would have been worth getting a quote from a locksmith He mentions basically doing that: > I researched getting a locksmith to come out, it would run hundreds of dollars in their time plus you can only re-key locks to a key made by the same manufacturer > I could save money by bringing the locks to a locksmith’s store, replacing off brands with a single brand and re-installing myself, and there are esoteric expensive kits on Amazon for locksmith-style rekeying, but each brand requires it’s own $80 box of materials plus many hours of practice to master
- dpark 7y agoIt does not take hours to master rekeying a lock. It would take hours to do a whole house but probably an hour at most for the first.