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Fast, Reliable Lock Installation & Rekey Across Arlington
Lock installation and rekeying in Arlington, TX typically runs $85 to $225 per lock for rekeying and $150 to $450 per lock for new hardware installation, hardware included. We quote a firm price on the phone before anyone is dispatched, and that price is the price on the invoice. No call-out surcharge added when the technician arrives. If you need a lock installed or rekeyed today, call (331) 310-8471 and you’ll speak to a live person, not a queue.
Arlington is a city we know well. The mix of 1970s and 1980s brick ranch homes, acreage properties east and south of Lake Arlington, and garden apartments around UTA means no two jobs look the same. We’ve been doing this work long enough to know that a deadbolt that sticks on a west-facing door in July isn’t a fluke. It’s the frame swelling. And a gate latch that won’t throw after a hard freeze is the weather, not the lock. Daniel Novak built this company in 2002 on a single rule: the price quoted on the phone is the price on the invoice. That rule still holds on every Arlington job.
Why Novak Lock & Security Is Arlington’s Preferred Lock Installation & Rekey Company
We’re a Lock Installation & Rekey company that works from a written price, not an estimate you hope holds. Haven Standard Clause 1: the price on the phone is the price on the invoice. That’s not a slogan. It’s a contractual rule our technicians can’t override at the doorstep.
Our Arlington customers regularly tell us the same thing: they called because another company gave a low teaser price and then doubled it on arrival. We don’t do that. Every job starts with a written scope and a firm number. Every job ends with a documented photo record left with the customer. That’s not an upgrade. It’s standard.
Our technicians are background-checked, uniformed, and working under The Haven Standard, the quality framework shared across all ten Haven brands. Dispatch is coordinated from our Dallas-Fort Worth office, which means we can route a technician to Arlington neighborhoods like Dalworthington Gardens, Interlochen, or the stadium district without the delays that come from a distant call center.
Our Lock Installation & Rekey Services in Arlington
Most Arlington homeowners call us for one of four things: a smart lock install on the front door, keypads for gates and outbuildings, rekeying after a key loss, or key duplication for family and service workers. Here’s how each works in Arlington’s specific housing stock.
Smart Lock Installation
A smart lock on a 1980s brick ranch front door usually means drilling a wider bore for the new deadbolt, which is straightforward but worth doing carefully on older doors where the wood around the original bore has dried and can splinter. We install Schlage Encode, Yale Assure, and other models that work with your existing Wi-Fi or Z-Wave setup. In Arlington, we also fit a lot of smart locks on detached workshops and garage entry doors, where running a wire for a keypad isn’t practical and a battery-powered lock with a key override makes more sense.
Keyless Entry and Keypad Lock Installation
Keypad entry is popular on Arlington acreage properties where owners want to give a ranch hand, pool service, or house sitter access without cutting extra keys. A typical keypad deadbolt install on a gate or detached outbuilding runs $180 to $320 including the lock and labor. We recommend models rated for outdoor exposure, because Arlington’s summer heat and occasional hard freezes will kill a cheap indoor-rated keypad within a year or two. Medeco and Schlage make outdoor-rated keypad deadbolts that hold up.
Biometric Lock Installation
Biometric locks, which read a fingerprint instead of a key, make sense for owners who want to eliminate keys entirely on a garage side door or a workshop. In Arlington, we typically install biometric locks on interior garage entry doors first, where the temperature swing is less extreme than a south-facing front door. The fingerprint modules struggle after repeated 100°F-plus days in direct sun. A fingerprint lock on a shaded rear entry or a conditioned interior door works reliably for years.
Electronic Lock Installation
Electronic locks encompass everything from basic keypad deadbolts to full smart deadbolts with remote access. On Arlington garden-style apartment buildings, we often install electronic locks on common-area doors, laundry rooms, and individual units during tenant turnover. That’s steady work in a college town, especially around August and January.
Key Duplication
We duplicate standard keys, high-security Medeco and Mul-T-Lock keys, and automotive transponder keys. If you have a high-security keyway, bring the card that came with your lock. Without it, duplication requires proof of ownership and a bit more time. Standard house keys we can duplicate on the spot.
What happens when you call
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A real person answersNo phone trees - you reach a local pro.
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You get an upfront price rangeHonest numbers before anyone is dispatched.
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A background-checked tech heads outLicensed & insured, dispatched right away.
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You approve before work beginsNothing starts until you say go.
Trusted Brands We Service in Arlington
We do factory-authorized work on Medeco, Mul-T-Lock, Abloy, Baldwin, and Schlage, plus entry-grade Kwikset and Yale. For Arlington’s older tract homes, a lot of what we touch is original builder-grade Kwikset. For acreage gates and detached workshops, we see more Baldwin mortise locks and Schlage commercial-grade deadbolts. Because we stock a wide range of cylinders, tailpieces, and latch hardware, we can usually complete a rekey or lock install in one visit without a second trip for parts. If we do need to order something uncommon, we tell you the timeline before we leave.
Common Lock Installation & Rekey Problems We See in Arlington Homes
- Swollen door frames in July and August. South- and west-facing wood doors on 1970s-1990s ranches absorb heat all afternoon. The frame swells, the strike plate moves a few millimeters, and the deadbolt won’t throw. Rekeying won’t fix this. The fix is alignment, and sometimes a larger strike plate or a reamed frame.
- Seized outdoor padlocks after a hard freeze. The February 2021 event froze padlocks on acreage gates and workshop doors across Arlington. Locks not rated for sub-zero conditions fill with ice, the cylinder won’t turn, and forcing the key shears it off inside. We replace these with freeze-resistant padlocks and graphite-lubricated cylinders when we rekey.
- Worn builder-grade Kwikset knobs on original tract housing. Many Arlington homes still have the original single-cylinder deadbolts and knob locks installed when the house was built. After 30 or 40 years, the pins and springs are so worn that rekeying alone won’t restore smooth operation. In those cases, we recommend new cylinders or upgraded hardware, and we show you why with the old parts in hand.
- Gate and outbuilding locks that were never keyed alike. Acreage owners east and south of Lake Arlington often have a house key, a different workshop key, a third key for the gate, and a fourth for the barn. We key all of them alike in one visit, even across different brands, with the right cylinder conversions. One key, every door and gate.
Last July we got a call from a ranch off Kelly Elliott Road near Lake Arlington. A wood gate post on a west-facing acreage entrance had swollen in 104°F heat and thrown the Schlage deadbolt out of alignment with the strike plate. Our tech reamed the post, reset the latch, then keyed alike the gate, a detached workshop with a Baldwin mortise lock, and the back door of the 1980s brick ranch. All in one visit. The owner didn’t have to book three separate appointments.
Pricing for Lock Installation & Rekey in Arlington, TX
Here are the ranges we quote on the phone for Arlington work:
| Service | Typical Arlington Price Range |
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| Rekey per cylinder | $85-$150 |
| Key alike multiple locks (house + gate + workshop) | $120-$280 depending on cylinder count |
| Deadbolt installation (standard Schlage or Kwikset) | $150-$275 including hardware |
| Smart lock installation (Schlage Encode, Yale Assure) | $220-$450 including hardware |
| Keypad lock on gate or outbuilding | $180-$320 including hardware |
| High-security cylinder installation (Medeco, Mul-T-Lock) | $200-$400 per cylinder |
| Key duplication (standard) | $3-$8 per key |
These are the numbers we quote before anyone leaves our office. The price you hear on the phone is the price on the invoice. That’s Haven Standard Clause 1, and we’ve worked that way since 2002. If you have a written estimate from another company, bring it to us. We’ll review it at no charge and give you a straight comparison.
Arlington’s Stadium District Creates a Lockout Surge No Neighboring City Experiences
Arlington is one of the largest U.S. cities without a public transit system. Every Cowboys game, Rangers game, concert, and Six Flags visit means tens of thousands of people arriving by car. AT&T Stadium and Globe Life Field sit within the same entertainment district, and the surface lots and parking structures around them fill and empty like clockwork. In the two hours after a game ends, the call volume for automotive lockouts from those lots matches what we’d normally see across an entire weekday.
And a lot of those drivers go home and realize their house keys are gone too. Left on a stadium seat, dropped between rows, lost in the scramble. That’s why we see a secondary spike in Arlington rekeying requests in the 48 hours after a big event. Someone gets home at midnight, realizes their key ring is missing, and wants the house rekeyed before morning. We run a technician near the Collins Street corridor and the stadium district on game evenings specifically for this, because the demand is that predictable.
We Also Serve Cities Near Arlington
Our Lock Installation & Rekey in Arlington coverage extends into the surrounding area, including Mansfield, Burleson, Cedar Hill, and Grand Prairie. The same written pricing rule applies in every city. The same 365-Day Done Right Promise backs every job.
Serving Arlington, TX - Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Arlington area and know this community well. Use the map below to see our service coverage - if you’re nearby, we can almost certainly help.
FAQs - Lock Installation & Rekey in Arlington
Yes. We convert cylinders across brands using the right tailpieces and cylinder housings so that one key operates your house, gate, workshop, barn, or outbuilding. Cross-brand keying is common on Arlington acreage properties where the house might have a Kwikset deadbolt, the gate a Schlage, and the workshop a Baldwin mortise lock. We can do it in one visit. Call (331) 310-8471 for a firm quote on keying alike.
Yes, and it’s almost always the door frame, not the lock. South- and west-facing wood frames swell in sustained 100°F-plus heat, shifting the strike plate out of alignment with the deadbolt. The fix is realigning the strike plate, reaming the frame, or installing a larger plate, not replacing the lock. We see it every July and August across Arlington’s 1970s-1990s ranch homes. If your deadbolt is sticking, call before it fails entirely. A stuck deadbolt at night is a much bigger problem.
On game days, we stage a technician near the stadium district, usually along the Collins Street corridor, precisely because the post-game lockout volume is so high. Typical response to AT&T Stadium or Globe Life Field parking areas is 20 to 40 minutes on event nights. Call (331) 310-8471 and the dispatcher will give you a straight answer on current response time, because it varies with game traffic.
If the knobs and deadbolts still turn smoothly and the latch retracts without slop, rekeying is usually enough. If the lock feels gritty, the knob wobbles, or you have to jiggle the key to get it to turn, the pins and springs are worn past the point where rekeying alone makes sense. In those cases we recommend replacing the cylinders or the hardware. We’ll show you the worn parts before we replace anything. The price difference between a rekey and a hardware upgrade is $100 to $250 per door, and on a 40-year-old lock, replacement is often the honest answer.
Yes. For detached outbuildings and gates, we install keypad deadbolts rated for outdoor exposure. Arlington’s summer heat and periodic hard freezes will destroy an indoor-rated keypad quickly, so we spec locks with weather-sealed keypads and metal internals. A typical outdoor keypad install on a workshop or gate runs $180 to $320 including the lock. You still get a physical key override as backup. We quote the full price on the phone before anyone is dispatched.
Contact Novak Lock & Security in Arlington
Lock installation and rekeying in Arlington doesn’t have to start with uncertainty. You’ll get a firm price on the phone, a written scope before work begins, and a photo record when the job is done. Every job is backed by the 365-Day Done Right Promise: if it’s not done right, we make it right. Call (331) 310-8471 now for a free estimate on any lock installation, rekey, keypad, or smart lock in Arlington.
Written by Daniel Novak, Owner at Novak Lock & Security, serving Arlington since 2002.