Not every business needs to install new locks to gain control of its keys especially if the old hardware functions well, commercial lock rekey can be a good choice if not the best to update your locks.

New York Commercial Locksmith provides lock rekey and controlled key duplication services for offices, retail stores, apartments, restaurants, warehouses, property managers and other commercial customers.

What Does Rekey Mean?

In lock rekey procedure, the internal mechanism of the cylinder is being altered and if being done properly the old key won’t open the lock anymore, but the new ones will.

Lock hardware stays the same in most cases. This process is unlike lock replacement.

Lock rekeying is possible in many commercial cylinders provided that hardware is in good condition and suitable for a new key system.

Why Would a Business Rekey Their Locks?

Commercial rekeying is advisable in situations where there have been:

• Moving into a preoccupied facility

• Loss of control over the existing key

• Turnover of employees and contractors

• Leaving tenant or changing the management

• Theft and suspicious activities

• Unapproved key duplication

• Change in employee access level

When all known keys are surrendered back, the management cannot be sure of additional duplicates made.

Rekeying Several Doors to a Single Key

Many businesses acquire unrelated locks over time and thus end up holding large number of keys and having difficulties keeping track of keys issuance.

When hardware conditions are suitable, more than one lock can be modified to use the same key. This procedure is referred to as keying alike.

When more than one level of access is required, master keying would be beneficial since the individual would be able to access only his designated doors while management would have access to the whole property.

Commercial Key Duplication

Duplication of a commercial key should be done using a perfect copy of a commercial key in order to avoid errors in copying and in most cases, duplicating an already worn key creates problems.

Keys that are meant for commercial purposes also need to be authorized before being duplicated, especially when such keys use patented keyways.

Key duplication control program can help keep track of who got a key and which doors it accesses and also when it needs to be returned.

Organizing Key Distribution

In order to successfully carry out a lock rekeying, a good key management program needs to be in place so that each key can be identified as being owned by particular employee, tenant, manager or contractor.

We can rekey your commercial doors, entire properties or multi level master key system and provide you with accurately cut keys for authorized personnel.