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Spare keys for the house, the gate and the storage room

Falcon Locksmith Pros cuts spare keys on site in Kenner and across both banks of the river: front and back doors, the storage room under a raised house, the side gate, the mailbox and the padlock on the shed. The estimate is free.

One spare is never enough

A spare under the planter is the first place anyone looks, and the copy lent to a cousin during the last storm rarely makes it home. Most households need more keys than they have: one for each person who lives there, one for whoever checks on the place while you travel, and one kept somewhere sensible for the day the main ring goes missing at the terminal.

Copies are cut on site from your own key, for every outside door and the smaller locks around the property. Each one is turned in its lock before it changes hands, so nobody finds out at night that the new copy only opens the door halfway.

If you are not sure how many keys are out there, that is worth sorting before more copies are made. A rekey first, then copies for the people you choose, gives you a count you can trust.

The locks people forget to copy

A raised house has more locks than its front door. The storage room underneath, the stair gate, a shed out back, the side gate and the mailbox each tend to run on a single key that has lived on the same ring for years.

Those are the keys behind the long afternoons: the storage room key only one person carries, or the padlock on the gate that nobody can open while the owner is out of town. A copy of each, kept with the house keys, ends that.

Where those locks can share a key with the house, the rekey that makes it possible is on our rekey page, and the copies come at the end of that visit.

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Keys that have done their time

Damp air is hard on locks, and a lock that turns stiffly wears its key down faster. After enough years a house key is rounded off in exactly the places that matter, and a copy cut from it inherits every one of those worn edges.

When a key reaches that point, a fresh key made to suit the lock is the better starting point, and the copies are cut from it. The technician looks at the key and the lock together and tells you which way it will go before the machine starts.

If the lock is the reason keys keep wearing, the strike, the bolt or the cylinder gets attention on the same visit. New keys in a lock that binds end up looking like the old ones before long.

Keys for the people who look in on the house

Plenty of people here travel for work or get away for part of the summer, and somebody has to water the plants, bring in packages and look the house over after a storm. Each of them needs a key to one door, not the whole ring.

A labeled copy for the back door or the door from the carport, handed to the neighbor or relative who checks in, keeps the main keys at home. When the arrangement ends, the key comes back, or the lock is rekeyed and that copy simply stops working.

Keys handed out during an evacuation are worth the same thought. Once everyone is home again, counting who still holds a copy takes a minute and saves a rekey later.

Original hardware in the older houses

Houses in Rivertown and along the older streets near the river sometimes still carry their original locks, and the keys for those can be harder to match than a modern house key. Many can still be copied on site; a few use key shapes that are no longer common.

When a blank for an older lock is hard to come by, you hear that before anything is cut, along with the options: a copy if one can be made, a rekey onto a common key, or a new lock that keeps the look of the door. Nothing on an older door is changed without your say.

Newer houses near the lake are simpler, since builder locks take standard keys, but they often arrive with a different key for every door. A rekey that puts them on one key makes every future copy easier.

Rentals, small buildings and mailbox keys

Landlords with a handful of units need keys for a new tenant, keys for a shared gate and mailbox keys for a small building. Copies for those locks are cut on site, with the owner's okay wherever the lock belongs to the owner rather than the tenant.

Tenants who want a copy of their own door key can have one. For anything the building controls, such as a shared entry or a restricted key that ordinary blanks will not fit, written permission from the owner or manager comes first.

Getting copies cut

Usually quick, and easy to add to a lockout or rekey call.

Say which keys
House doors, gate, storage room, mailbox, padlock, and how many of each.
The keys are looked over
Worn keys are compared with their locks before cutting.
Free estimate
You hear the plan and approve it first.
Cut and turned
Every copy is tried in its own lock while you watch.

Car keys and fobs

Keys for cars and trucks are cut and then programmed to the vehicle, which makes them a separate job. That work happens wherever the car is parked, airport lots and parking garages included, and it is explained on our car key page.

If the house needs spares and the car needs a key on the same trip, mention both when you call.

Questions about key copies

Can you copy an old, worn house key?

Usually. If it has worn too far, a fresh key made to suit the lock is the better base, and you hear which it will be before any cutting.

Can you cut keys for the storage room under the house?

Yes. Storage room, stair gate and shed locks are copied on site, and they can often be brought onto the same key as the house.

Can you copy the key to an old lock in a historic house?

Often, yes. If the key shape is uncommon and no blank is available, you hear the options first, including a rekey onto a standard key.

Do you copy keys stamped do not duplicate?

Only with written permission from the owner or manager who controls them.

Can a tenant get a copy of their own key?

Yes, for their own door. Keys the building controls need the owner's or manager's okay first.

Can you copy a padlock key?

Most of them, yes. Padlocks can also be keyed to match the house when they are compatible.

We have no working key. What then?

Once ownership is confirmed, the lock can be rekeyed or a key made to fit it, and the copies are cut from that.

Can copies be cut during a rekey visit?

Yes. New keys for everyone in the house are cut at the end of the rekey, before the technician leaves.

Is the estimate free?

Yes, and it comes before any key is cut.

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