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My wife/ I just purchased a" new" (previously owned) house. The
sellers provided us with two copies, of their door entry keys. Indeed, the sellers seem to be most reputable. With an unknown, whom else might still have a key copy of our entrance doors, what do other home buyers recommend - upon initial possesion? I am curious if a locksmith might offer a Low cost option - to merely re-key our three door dead locks (leaving the current handle locks unchanged)? Suggestiuons - dave |
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On 7/17/16 3:29 PM, Dave C wrote:
My wife/ I just purchased a" new" (previously owned) house. The sellers provided us with two copies, of their door entry keys. Indeed, the sellers seem to be most reputable. With an unknown, whom else might still have a key copy of our entrance doors, what do other home buyers recommend - upon initial possesion? I am curious if a locksmith might offer a Low cost option - to merely re-key our three door dead locks (leaving the current handle locks unchanged)? Suggestiuons - dave I'd rekey. They should be able to change the keying of the current ones. How old are the locks? We have some Schlage that you can rekey yourself. |
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On Sun, 17 Jul 2016 15:57:36 -0400, "Kurt V. Ullman"
wrote: On 7/17/16 3:29 PM, Dave C wrote: My wife/ I just purchased a" new" (previously owned) house. The sellers provided us with two copies, of their door entry keys. Indeed, the sellers seem to be most reputable. With an unknown, whom else might still have a key copy of our entrance doors, what do other home buyers recommend - upon initial possesion? I am curious if a locksmith might offer a Low cost option - to merely re-key our three door dead locks (leaving the current handle locks unchanged)? Suggestiuons - dave I'd rekey. They should be able to change the keying of the current ones. How old are the locks? We have some Schlage that you can rekey yourself. I have NO idea how old; ergo when the current house locks were installed?? As we have yet to move in, I am now unaware of the lock manufacturer - ie is it Schlage?? I would like to proceed with your noted option, to rekey myself! An IDEAL solution would be to have our new house and our summer house (Schlage locks), use the same entry key !! I will next search for Schlage; seeking re- key link options. Thanks - for your helpful suggestions ! |
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On 7/17/16 4:09 PM, Dave C wrote:
On Sun, 17 Jul 2016 15:57:36 -0400, "Kurt V. Ullman" wrote: On 7/17/16 3:29 PM, Dave C wrote: My wife/ I just purchased a" new" (previously owned) house. The sellers provided us with two copies, of their door entry keys. Indeed, the sellers seem to be most reputable. With an unknown, whom else might still have a key copy of our entrance doors, what do other home buyers recommend - upon initial possesion? I am curious if a locksmith might offer a Low cost option - to merely re-key our three door dead locks (leaving the current handle locks unchanged)? Suggestiuons - dave I'd rekey. They should be able to change the keying of the current ones. How old are the locks? We have some Schlage that you can rekey yourself. I have NO idea how old; ergo when the current house locks were installed?? As we have yet to move in, I am now unaware of the lock manufacturer - ie is it Schlage?? I would like to proceed with your noted option, to rekey myself! An IDEAL solution would be to have our new house and our summer house (Schlage locks), use the same entry key !! I will next search for Schlage; seeking re- key link options. Thanks - for your helpful suggestions ! If you get the Schlage locks, they should have a code on the side. If you can find enough of them, that is all you need to do because they will have the same key.If you can't just use the key from the code you have the most of, to rekey the rest. I actually did that myself and it was useful when I lost a set of keys and just rekeyed the locks to the other code. It is the Schlage do it yourself rekeying system with Secure Key Technology. We got ours a Menards. |
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when i moved in, i wondered the same thing
replaced the existing with Smartkey Kwikset locks [it allows you to easily rekey the locks yourself, in the future, by just reseting the tumblers, i think] definitely worth a look marc |
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On 7/17/2016 4:41 PM, wrote:
when i moved in, i wondered the same thing replaced the existing with Smartkey Kwikset locks [it allows you to easily rekey the locks yourself, in the future, by just reseting the tumblers, i think] definitely worth a look marc A Youtube search might reveal how (NOT) secure they are. -- .. Christopher A. Young learn more about Jesus .. www.lds.org .. .. |
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On 7/17/2016 3:29 PM, Dave C wrote:
My wife/ I just purchased a" new" (previously owned) house. The sellers provided us with two copies, of their door entry keys. Indeed, the sellers seem to be most reputable. With an unknown, whom else might still have a key copy of our entrance doors, what do other home buyers recommend - upon initial possesion? I am curious if a locksmith might offer a Low cost option - to merely re-key our three door dead locks (leaving the current handle locks unchanged)? Suggestiuons - dave You just made the biggest purchase of your life. Protect it. Unless you know the quality of the locks, call a pro. You can have them re-keyed but the locksmith will also point out any defects in how they were installed and recommend changes if needed. Maybe $200 to protect $300,000 is not a bad deal. |
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On Sun, 17 Jul 2016 16:41:37 -0400, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
On 7/17/2016 3:29 PM, Dave C wrote: My wife/ I just purchased a" new" (previously owned) house. The sellers provided us with two copies, of their door entry keys. Indeed, the sellers seem to be most reputable. With an unknown, whom else might still have a key copy of our entrance doors, what do other home buyers recommend - upon initial possesion? I am curious if a locksmith might offer a Low cost option - to merely re-key our three door dead locks (leaving the current handle locks unchanged)? Suggestiuons - dave You just made the biggest purchase of your life. Protect it. Unless you know the quality of the locks, call a pro. You can have them re-keyed but the locksmith will also point out any defects in how they were installed and recommend changes if needed. Maybe $200 to protect $300,000 is not a bad deal. For $200, you can buy at least 6 *NEW* locks. (and you only need 3 of them). Unless they are some very expensive decorative locks, just replace them. (and you can probably sell the old ones on Craigslist as long as they still work). |
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On Sun, 17 Jul 2016 16:41:37 -0400, Ed Pawlowski wrote
in On 7/17/2016 3:29 PM, Dave C wrote: My wife/ I just purchased a" new" (previously owned) house. The sellers provided us with two copies, of their door entry keys. Indeed, the sellers seem to be most reputable. With an unknown, whom else might still have a key copy of our entrance doors, what do other home buyers recommend - upon initial possesion? I am curious if a locksmith might offer a Low cost option - to merely re-key our three door dead locks (leaving the current handle locks unchanged)? Suggestiuons - dave You just made the biggest purchase of your life. Protect it. Unless you know the quality of the locks, call a pro. You can have them re-keyed but the locksmith will also point out any defects in how they were installed and recommend changes if needed. Maybe $200 to protect $300,000 is not a bad deal. +1 -- Web based forums are like subscribing to 10 different newspapers and having to visit 10 different news stands to pickup each one. Email list-server groups and USENET are like having all of those newspapers delivered to your door every morning. |
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On 7/17/16 3:29 PM, Dave C wrote:
My wife/ I just purchased a" new" (previously owned) house. The sellers provided us with two copies, of their door entry keys. Indeed, the sellers seem to be most reputable. With an unknown, whom else might still have a key copy of our entrance doors, what do other home buyers recommend - upon initial possesion? I am curious if a locksmith might offer a Low cost option - to merely re-key our three door dead locks (leaving the current handle locks unchanged)? Suggestiuons - dave I had to do some key changing for three doors and just pulled the old cylinders out of the locks (all were the same model). I took them to a locksmith store and bought some compatible new ones, all keyed alike, and installed them myself. Not as expensive as a locksmith house call, and needed only a screw driver. -- With all this “gun control” talk, I haven’t heard one politician say how they plan to take guns away from criminals and terrorists— just from law abiding citizens… |
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On Sun, 17 Jul 2016 17:27:21 -0400, Wade Garrett wrote:
I [...] bought some compatible new ones, all keyed alike, and installed them myself. Not as expensive as a locksmith house call, and needed only a screw driver. Yes. This is easy to do. I took it one step further and swapped & filed down a few pins in a lock with a different key so that my house key works also for my garden shed, but this should only be done *within* a transparent plastic bag. If you are not careful, the little springs have a way of shooting pins about. I only bothered because I could not find a 2nd pair (they always sell lock kits in pairs) with the same key code. -- http://mduffy.x10host.com/index.htm |
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On Sunday, July 17, 2016 at 3:29:28 PM UTC-4, Dave C wrote:
My wife/ I just purchased a" new" (previously owned) house. The sellers provided us with two copies, of their door entry keys. Indeed, the sellers seem to be most reputable. With an unknown, whom else might still have a key copy of our entrance doors, what do other home buyers recommend - upon initial possesion? I am curious if a locksmith might offer a Low cost option - to merely re-key our three door dead locks (leaving the current handle locks unchanged)? Suggestiuons - dave Definitely re-key at a minimum. Another option is to replace with electronic locks. My 3 entry doors are battery operated electronic locks and I have a keypad for my GDO. All I carry is my key fob and car key. So much easier. http://www.build.com/kwikset-909/s378246?uid=728038 |
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On Sunday, July 17, 2016 at 6:04:18 PM UTC-4, DerbyDad03 wrote:
On Sunday, July 17, 2016 at 3:29:28 PM UTC-4, Dave C wrote: My wife/ I just purchased a" new" (previously owned) house. The sellers provided us with two copies, of their door entry keys. Indeed, the sellers seem to be most reputable. With an unknown, whom else might still have a key copy of our entrance doors, what do other home buyers recommend - upon initial possesion? I am curious if a locksmith might offer a Low cost option - to merely re-key our three door dead locks (leaving the current handle locks unchanged)? Suggestiuons - dave Definitely re-key at a minimum. Another option is to replace with electronic locks. My 3 entry doors are battery operated electronic locks and I have a keypad for my GDO. All I carry is my key fob and car key. So much easier. http://www.build.com/kwikset-909/s378246?uid=728038 electronic locks are the best upgrade i ever did around here.... my front door is a touchpad, the other doors are standard deadbots, all using the same key. we use thefront door many times a day, the back and side door get very little use. the electronic locks are super convenient |
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On 7/17/16 6:33 PM, bob haller wrote:
On Sunday, July 17, 2016 at 6:04:18 PM UTC-4, DerbyDad03 wrote: On Sunday, July 17, 2016 at 3:29:28 PM UTC-4, Dave C wrote: My wife/ I just purchased a" new" (previously owned) house. The sellers provided us with two copies, of their door entry keys. Indeed, the sellers seem to be most reputable. With an unknown, whom else might still have a key copy of our entrance doors, what do other home buyers recommend - upon initial possesion? I am curious if a locksmith might offer a Low cost option - to merely re-key our three door dead locks (leaving the current handle locks unchanged)? Suggestiuons - dave Definitely re-key at a minimum. Another option is to replace with electronic locks. My 3 entry doors are battery operated electronic locks and I have a keypad for my GDO. All I carry is my key fob and car key. So much easier. http://www.build.com/kwikset-909/s378246?uid=728038 electronic locks are the best upgrade i ever did around here.... my front door is a touchpad, the other doors are standard deadbots, all using the same key. we use thefront door many times a day, the back and side door get very little use. the electronic locks are super convenient Any experience/research/expert evaluation on how secure they are compared to traditional metal key lock? -- Make America great again? Hell, I'd be happy if you just made it America again. - @KelsowFarlander |
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On Sunday, July 17, 2016 at 3:44:33 PM UTC-7, Wade Garrett wrote:
On 7/17/16 6:33 PM, bob haller wrote: On Sunday, July 17, 2016 at 6:04:18 PM UTC-4, DerbyDad03 wrote: On Sunday, July 17, 2016 at 3:29:28 PM UTC-4, Dave C wrote: My wife/ I just purchased a" new" (previously owned) house. The sellers provided us with two copies, of their door entry keys. Indeed, the sellers seem to be most reputable. With an unknown, whom else might still have a key copy of our entrance doors, what do other home buyers recommend - upon initial possesion? I am curious if a locksmith might offer a Low cost option - to merely re-key our three door dead locks (leaving the current handle locks unchanged)? Suggestiuons - dave Definitely re-key at a minimum. Another option is to replace with electronic locks. My 3 entry doors are battery operated electronic locks and I have a keypad for my GDO. All I carry is my key fob and car key. So much easier. http://www.build.com/kwikset-909/s378246?uid=728038 electronic locks are the best upgrade i ever did around here.... my front door is a touchpad, the other doors are standard deadbots, all using the same key. we use thefront door many times a day, the back and side door get very little use. the electronic locks are super convenient Any experience/research/expert evaluation on how secure they are compared to traditional metal key lock? -- Make America great again? Hell, I'd be happy if you just made it America again. - @KelsowFarlander America is great to me, now life is always full of problems change is a constant; look at [our] history marc |
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On Sun, 17 Jul 2016 18:44:28 -0400, Wade Garrett
wrote: On 7/17/16 6:33 PM, bob haller wrote: On Sunday, July 17, 2016 at 6:04:18 PM UTC-4, DerbyDad03 wrote: On Sunday, July 17, 2016 at 3:29:28 PM UTC-4, Dave C wrote: My wife/ I just purchased a" new" (previously owned) house. The sellers provided us with two copies, of their door entry keys. Indeed, the sellers seem to be most reputable. With an unknown, whom else might still have a key copy of our entrance doors, what do other home buyers recommend - upon initial possesion? I am curious if a locksmith might offer a Low cost option - to merely re-key our three door dead locks (leaving the current handle locks unchanged)? Suggestiuons - dave Definitely re-key at a minimum. Another option is to replace with electronic locks. My 3 entry doors are battery operated electronic locks and I have a keypad for my GDO. All I carry is my key fob and car key. So much easier. http://www.build.com/kwikset-909/s378246?uid=728038 electronic locks are the best upgrade i ever did around here.... my front door is a touchpad, the other doors are standard deadbots, all using the same key. we use thefront door many times a day, the back and side door get very little use. the electronic locks are super convenient Any experience/research/expert evaluation on how secure they are compared to traditional metal key lock? I have had a mechanical combination lock on my front door for 45 years (Simplex). It is the dead bolt style and properly installed I think it is secure as just about any lock. At a certain point they will just break a window anyway. My daughter did not have a house key until she went off to college. I haven't had one for 45 years. |
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On 7/17/2016 5:44 PM, Wade Garrett wrote:
On 7/17/16 6:33 PM, bob haller wrote: On Sunday, July 17, 2016 at 6:04:18 PM UTC-4, DerbyDad03 wrote: On Sunday, July 17, 2016 at 3:29:28 PM UTC-4, Dave C wrote: [snip] electronic locks are the best upgrade i ever did around here.... my front door is a touchpad, the other doors are standard deadbots, all using the same key. we use thefront door many times a day, the back and side door get very little use. the electronic locks are super convenient Any experience/research/expert evaluation on how secure they are compared to traditional metal key lock? All of our doors have both deadbolts (two main entry doors (garage and back door) have the Schlage Electronics as well as key in knob. Unless we're on vacation for more than a day or two, the key in knob locks on those are never locked, just the deadbolts. As Bob wrote. . . "Super convenient" Both electronics can also be activated by the regular key. All the house locks are keyed alike. Once past the door, an intruder would have to contend with the alarm system as well so it's pretty secure. Perhaps the nicest thing about them is if we have a repair man coming and we're not home (and trust them) we can give them a one time code that they can use to gain access and it clears itself after it's used. Further, if there's any question that to access code(s) have been compromised, it takes about 2 minutes with each lock to reprogram the codes. |
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On Sun, 17 Jul 2016 15:33:28 -0700 (PDT), bob haller
wrote: electronic locks are the best upgrade i ever did around here.... my front door is a touchpad, the other doors are standard deadbots, al l using the same key. we use thefront door many times a day, the b ack and side door get very little use. the electronic locks are super convenient Until the power goes out and you're locked out of the house in a severe storm.... In my opinion, there are certain things that should NOT be electric. Locks are at the top of the list! |
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On Sunday, July 17, 2016 at 8:35:04 PM UTC-4, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
On 7/17/2016 6:59 PM, wrote: On Sun, 17 Jul 2016 15:33:28 -0700 (PDT), bob haller wrote: the electronic locks are super convenient Until the power goes out and you're locked out of the house in a severe storm.... In my opinion, there are certain things that should NOT be electric. Locks are at the top of the list! You mean in a storm the batteries won't work? Do flashlights go out too? Batteries? They use batteries? You mean I don't need the back-up generator I bought to make sure the dual 20 Amp circuits that I ran to my front door stay powered up so I can get in during a power outage? Man did I waste a lot of Romex! |
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On 7/17/2016 8:34 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
On 7/17/2016 6:59 PM, wrote: In my opinion, there are certain things that should NOT be electric. Locks are at the top of the list! You mean in a storm the batteries won't work? Do flashlights go out too? Mine always have. Most electric locks I've seen run on AA cells. -- .. Christopher A. Young learn more about Jesus .. www.lds.org .. .. |
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On Sunday, July 17, 2016 at 8:00:14 PM UTC-4, wrote:
On Sun, 17 Jul 2016 15:33:28 -0700 (PDT), bob haller wrote: electronic locks are the best upgrade i ever did around here.... my front door is a touchpad, the other doors are standard deadbots, al l using the same key. we use thefront door many times a day, the b ack and side door get very little use. the electronic locks are super convenient Until the power goes out and you're locked out of the house in a severe storm.... In my opinion, there are certain things that should NOT be electric. Locks are at the top of the list! they are battery operated, here the batteries last well over 2 years, and they also use a standard key, which i have one common to the entire house. we rarely use anything except the main front door.... the electronic lock is my favorite upgrade of all time.... super convenent and fast |
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On 7/18/2016 12:18 PM, bob haller wrote:
On Sunday, July 17, 2016 at 8:00:14 PM UTC-4, wrote: On Sun, 17 Jul 2016 15:33:28 -0700 (PDT), bob haller wrote: electronic locks are the best upgrade i ever did around here.... my front door is a touchpad, the other doors are standard deadbots, al l using the same key. we use thefront door many times a day, the b ack and side door get very little use. the electronic locks are super convenient Until the power goes out and you're locked out of the house in a severe storm.... In my opinion, there are certain things that should NOT be electric. Locks are at the top of the list! they are battery operated, here the batteries last well over 2 years, and they also use a standard key, which i have one common to the entire house. which standard key you never carry, and won't have with you when the battery fails! |
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On 7/17/2016 3:29 PM, Dave C wrote:
My wife/ I just purchased a" new" (previously owned) house. The sellers provided us with two copies, of their door entry keys. Indeed, the sellers seem to be most reputable. With an unknown, whom else might still have a key copy of our entrance doors, what do other home buyers recommend - upon initial possesion? I am curious if a locksmith might offer a Low cost option - to merely re-key our three door dead locks (leaving the current handle locks unchanged)? Suggestiuons - dave I'd look in the yellow pages under locks and locksmiths. Call several. Ask about service, and prices. Use the one who makes sense. Most areas have a small town guy or gal who has done this many times before. -- .. Christopher A. Young learn more about Jesus .. www.lds.org .. .. |
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says... My wife/ I just purchased a" new" (previously owned) house. The sellers provided us with two copies, of their door entry keys. Indeed, the sellers seem to be most reputable. With an unknown, whom else might still have a key copy of our entrance doors, what do other home buyers recommend - upon initial possesion? I am curious if a locksmith might offer a Low cost option - to merely re-key our three door dead locks (leaving the current handle locks unchanged)? Suggestiuons - dave I would not even worry about it. If someone wants in that has the key they will not have to break out a window or something to get in. Locks only keep out the honest and makes the insurance companies happy. I have bought 2 houses over the last 40 years and never worried about who has a key for them. Look at your house and see how easy it would be to break a window to get in. --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus |
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On 7/17/2016 12:29 PM, Dave C wrote:
My wife/ I just purchased a" new" (previously owned) house. The sellers provided us with two copies, of their door entry keys. Indeed, the sellers seem to be most reputable. With an unknown, whom else might still have a key copy of our entrance doors, what do other home buyers recommend - upon initial possesion? I am curious if a locksmith might offer a Low cost option - to merely re-key our three door dead locks (leaving the current handle locks unchanged)? Suggestiuons - dave I bought a Schlage lock rekey kit for $20 about 30 years ago. I have used it multiple times on 2 homes. Rekeying is quite easy. All you need is a modified key to match to. I picked up a handful of old schlage keys at a metal recycling place, so I'm covered forever. |
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