The situation
Picture a Thornhill family whose 1980s house has just come through a six-month renovation: new kitchen, new front door, new patio doors. Over those months, the general contractor, electricians, plumbers, painters and flooring installers all had keys, and copies were made for convenience. Nobody is sure how many.
What changes
The new front door came with its own lock, installed by the door supplier, keyed differently from the older side and garage doors. The new patio door has a multipoint lock with its own key. The family now carries three different keys and still does not know who else holds them.
The work
The technician rekeys the side and garage doors and replaces the new front door's cylinder with one that shares the same key. The patio door's multipoint lock uses a euro-profile cylinder, which is replaced with one keyed alike. Every exterior door now opens with one new key, and every old key, wherever it is, stops working.
A tip for next time
For future projects, a lockbox with a code that is changed at the end of the job is easier than handing out keys.
If this is you
See our lock rekeying page, the Thornhill page, or call (416) 240-0593.