Since our inception in 2013, our quest has been to provide fast and convenient rekey services for homes and businesses in Southwest Missouri. During this journey, we have encountered a few locksmith “lock-myths” with our customers.  Here are three: 1.  I need to buy all new locks to sync to one key.    Not necessarily.  We recently rekeyed a house with 11 different locks that utilized 7 different keys!  Synchronizing them all to 1 key was possible without purchasing any hardw

Building trust with our customer base is paramount. Since our founding in 2013, 417 Rekey has offered fast and convenient rekey services for homes and businesses.  Our focus is to provide what people need and ask for.  I often joke that we’d starve to death as commission-only salesmen because we eschew manipulating folks into buying goods or services they simply don’t need.  This principle has served us well as the cornerstone of our trust-building customer service.  (And we

Keyless entry locks are handy, as an entry code or your smart phone can replace the need of having a key.     What’s better is you don’t need a “smart” home (or even a smart phone) to have one! If you're considering hopping aboard the “keyless entry” train, where do you start? When shopping for that perfect keypad, here’s a few things to keep in mind before you throw money at it....   1.    The ideal location for a keypad is in the deadbolt position , with a passage function.