Home Lockout Service: questions about the price

By all means check the easy things: another door, a family member with a spare, a neighbour holding a key. Beyond that, it pays to wait. Credit cards bend latches, screwdrivers scar cylinders, and a forced window costs far more than a lockout visit and leaves the house less secure. A locksmith arrives with tools shaped for the exact hardware on your door, and an undisturbed lock is the easiest kind to open cleanly.

Door and frame adjustment

When the lockout was really a swollen or sagging door, fixing the cause means work on hinges, strike plate or weatherstrip. That adjustment is quoted as its own item alongside the opening.

Interior door or exterior door

A bathroom privacy lock or a bedroom door is generally a lighter job than an exterior deadbolt, and an old keyed interior mortise lock sits somewhere between. The quote follows the hardware, not the room.

Any upgrade you choose while the locksmith is there

Some people use the visit to move to a heavier deadbolt, a reinforced strike, a keypad or a lockbox. None of it is required to get you inside; each option is priced as a separate line.