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Locksmith in Beaverton, OR

Rekey Locks is the service Beaverton homeowners and property managers call Commodore Locksmith for most often, and the reason is written into the city’s housing stock. A 1960s ranch near downtown Beaverton with original builder-grade Kwikset hardware sits two streets over from a 2005 subdivision with Schlage deadbolts, and a mile away a 1980s apartment complex turns over units every 14 months. Add Oregon’s wet season, which swells wood doors and corrodes exterior cylinders, and you get a market where rekeying beats replacement almost every time. Call (855) 473-5097 and we will tell you exactly what your job costs before anyone rolls a truck.

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Why Beaverton Homes Are Different

Walk the blocks south of Canyon Road near downtown Beaverton and you will find 1950s and 60s single-story ranches and split-levels, many of them still carrying the original mortise locksets or first-generation Kwikset and Schlage knob-and-deadbolt sets installed when the house was built. Those locks have been through 60 Oregon rain seasons. Cylinders corrode from the inside, keys get stiff, and the wood around the strike plate swells every October and stays swollen until June. A deadbolt that threw cleanly in August can refuse to engage by November, and the fix is usually realignment and a rekey on fresh pins, not a new lockset.

East and south, in the 97006 and 97007 ZIP codes near the tech employment campuses, the picture flips. Those neighborhoods are dense with 1990s and 2000s townhomes, apartment complexes, and rental communities where turnover drives the work. Managers need units rekeyed between tenants, yesterday. Transient tech workers lose keys, get locked out, and need car key replacements on a schedule that does not wait for business hours. Commodore Locksmith has served Beaverton since 2012, and we stock pins, cylinders, and key blanks across the brand spectrum because we know a single Beaverton day can jump from a 1962 Baldwin mortise to a 2021 apartment master-key system.

One more thing Beaverton throws at locksmiths: rain-swollen doors. This is not a dry-climate problem. When a wood door absorbs moisture for six straight months, the latch and strike plate drift out of alignment by fractions of an inch, and fractions are all it takes. We re-align, re-pin, and tune more doors in the fall rains than any other season.

Our Main Beaverton Services

Two services dominate the phones in Beaverton: emergency lockouts and car key replacement. Here is what each one looks like in this city.

Car Key Replacement in Beaverton

Beaverton drivers commute, and a lost car key at 7 a.m. on a workday turns into a full stop. We cut and program replacement keys for most makes and models on-site, which means you do not tow the car to a dealership and you do not wait on a mail-order blank. The rental-heavy 97006 and 97007 corridors produce a steady flow of transponder and fob jobs, and our techs carry the programming tools to handle them in driveways, apartment lots, and office parking garages around Beaverton. For details on what we cover and what it costs, see our full Car Key Replacement in Beaverton page.

Emergency Locksmith in Beaverton

A lockout in Beaverton on a rainy November night is a different animal than a lockout in Phoenix. You are not just locked out, you are locked out in the cold and wet, and a door that has swelled shut can turn a simple entry into a fight. Our emergency service handles residential lockouts, rekeys after a break-in or lost key, and vehicle entries at any hour, with a clear price quoted before dispatch. The Emergency Locksmith in Beaverton page explains exactly what to expect when you call.

Rekey Locks in Beaverton

Rekey Locks in Beaverton is the most cost-effective security reset we do. When a tenant moves out of a 97007 apartment, a homeowner buys a 1960s ranch near downtown, or a set of keys goes missing, the hardware is almost always fine – it just needs new pins so the old key stops working. We rekey the cylinders on-site, key all doors alike if wanted, and you keep the hardware you already have. For a complete breakdown of the service and its options, visit our Rekey Locks hub page.

Lock Rekey

Signs you need it

You have a key that still turns the lock but no longer trust who holds a copy, or you just moved in and have no idea how many keys are floating around Beaverton.

What it costs in Beaverton

Rekeying a lock in Beaverton typically costs $20 – $35 per cylinder, and we key all the locks in the house alike at no extra charge beyond the per-cylinder labor.

How we do it

We pull the cylinder, swap the pins to a new key code, reassemble, test the new key, and make sure the old key is dead.

Rekey Door Lock

Signs you need it

You have a front door, back door, and side door all on different keys and want one key to open them all, or one of those doors has started sticking in Beaverton’s wet months and you want the cylinder serviced while it is open.

What it costs in Beaverton

Rekeying a standard door lock in Beaverton generally runs $25 – $60 per lockset depending on the brand, with high-security cylinders like Medeco or Baldwin priced at the top of that range.

How we do it

We remove the lock from the door, disassemble the cylinder, re-pin it, lubricate and clean the internal parts, then re-install and align the strike plate if the door has swollen out of true.

Keyed Alike

Signs you need it

You carry three keys for three doors and want one key to open everything, or you manage rental units in Beaverton and need a master key that opens each unit while each tenant key opens only their own.

What it costs in Beaverton

Keying locks alike adds nothing beyond the per-cylinder rekey cost, so a three-door house typically lands between $75 and $125 total in Beaverton.

How we do it

We re-pin every cylinder to the same key code, cut the new keys, and verify every lock turns smoothly before we leave.

What Rekey Locks Costs in Beaverton

High-security brands like Medeco, Baldwin, and Yale sit at the upper end of the per-cylinder range because their cylinders and pins cost more and take longer to re-pin correctly. The exact price depends on the brand, the condition of the cylinder, and whether the door needs strike plate realignment – which Beaverton rain-swollen doors often do. We quote the full price on the phone before dispatch, and that is the price on the invoice.

How long does a rekey take in Beaverton?

Most Beaverton rekeys take 20 to 40 minutes for a standard set of locks. High-security cylinders like Medeco or Baldwin can add 15 minutes per lock, and a badly swollen door that needs strike plate realignment adds another 10 to 15.

Do I need to replace my locks after a break-in in Beaverton?

Usually not. A rekey resets the lock to a new key and makes every old key useless, which solves the security problem at a fraction of replacement cost. Call (855) 473-5097 and we will tell you whether your hardware is worth keeping.

Brands We Service in Beaverton

Commodore Locksmith works across the full spectrum: Kwikset and Schlage on the everyday side, and Medeco, Mul-T-Lock, Abloy, Yale, and Baldwin on the high-security side. We stock common parts and key blanks for these brands locally and handle rekeys, cylinder service, and key cutting for all of them. See our brands for the full roster and what each one means for your security.

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Neighborhoods We Serve in Beaverton

We cover all of Beaverton, including the 97008, 97075, 97076, and 97077 ZIP codes. Our techs work the older downtown-adjacent blocks, the 97006 corridor near the tech campuses, and the apartment-heavy stretches of 97007. Typical response across Beaverton runs 20 to 40 minutes depending on traffic.

• Five Oaks
• Vose
• Highland
• Greenway
• South Beaverton

Service Area – Cities Near Beaverton

Commodore Locksmith serves Beaverton and the surrounding westside communities. If you are just outside city limits, we cover Cedar Hills, OR, Raleigh Hills, OR, West Haven, OR, and West Haven-Sylvan, OR as well. Call (855) 473-5097 and we will confirm coverage for your address.

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