Services
Sixteen jobs we run across San Rafael, each with a published range
Every job is priced from the list below. The full figure is named on the call, before the van leaves the yard, and the receipt repeats it.
Emergency Locksmith
Front doors behind gates, apartment doors in the Canal, suites near the Civic Center and cars in the Fourth Street garages opened when the key is inside, lost or broken off in the cylinder, plus same-day repair when a door has been forced. The full figure is named before the van leaves the yard, the technician calls from the gate, and the receipt repeats the figure.
Emergency overviewHouse Lockout
$125–$215A front door behind a gate, an apartment door or a garage below the house opened without damage, $125 to $215, visit included.
Car Lockout
$99–$175Keys inside the car in a garage, the ferry lot or a hillside driveway, opened for $99 to $175.
Business Lockout
$135–$249A shop, office or medical suite opened once authorization is shown, $135 to $249.
Post Break-In Lock Repair
$165–$435Forced cylinders, split jambs and torn strikes repaired and reinforced the same day, $165 to $435.
Residential Locksmith
Rekeys after a gardener or a former tenant returns a key, original mortise sets in Gerstle Park that go on working once they are cleaned and re-sprung, sliding-door locks on the Eichlers in Terra Linda, keypad deadbolts for a guest house whose owner is away, driveway gates with intercoms, and the occasional safe in a study. Rekeys are quoted per cylinder, hardware per door, and the total is named before you decide.
Residential overviewLock Rekeying
$26–$43 per cylinderThe same hardware with new pins, so keys held by others stop working, $26 to $43 per cylinder with the $89 visit inside the total.
Lock Replacement & Installation
$119–$319Deadbolts, levers, handlesets and sliding-door locks fitted from the van, $119 to $319.
Smart Lock Installation
$185–$469Keypad and app locks installed, paired and coded for houses, guest houses, condos and rentals, $185 to $469.
Safe Opening
$189–$525Lost combinations and jammed bolt work opened and serviced where the safe stands, $189 to $525.
Commercial Locksmith
Aluminum storefront doors on Fourth Street and the streets around the Mission; exit devices for restaurant kitchens and back-of-house doors; master key systems for buildings where the manager holds one key and each tenant holds their own; readers and keypads for offices and medical suites near the Civic Center and Kaiser. Master keying and access control receive an itemized quote once the doors have been counted.
Commercial overviewMaster Key Systems
custom quoteOne key for the manager over a set of restricted keys for each door below it, quoted per building once the doors are counted.
Panic Bars & Exit Devices
$299–$779Exit devices fitted or repaired for restaurants, shops and back-of-house doors, $299 to $779 per door.
Access Control
custom quoteReaders, keypads and fobs for suites and buildings that have outgrown metal keys, quoted after the doors are counted.
Storefront Door Locks
$155–$469Aluminum deadlatches, hookbolts, cylinders and closers on Fourth Street glass doors, $155 to $469.
Automotive Locksmith
Keys cut and programmed in the Civic Center lots, on a level of the Fourth Street garages, in the Larkspur ferry lot, or on a driveway in Marinwood. Many cars here are hybrids and EVs with proximity fobs, and the van carries the programmers for them. Ownership is checked first, the full figure is named on the call, and the technician stays until the engine has started twice.
Automotive overviewCar Key Replacement
$149–$409Keys cut and programmed at the car for most makes, hybrids and EVs included, $149 to $409.
Key Fob Programming
$85–$189Remotes and proximity fobs paired where the car sits, $85 to $189.
Ignition Repair
$179–$449Ignitions that will not turn, or turn and do nothing, rebuilt or replaced at the curb, $179 to $449.
Motorcycle Keys
$119–$285Keys cut and transponder chips programmed for motorcycles and scooters, $119 to $285.
Not sure which one fits? Describe it on the call; the price is named either way.
(628) 251-845924/7 — nights, weekends & holidays
One call, one full figure, the same figure on the receipt
Calls answered 24/7 across San Rafael and the Marin towns beside it. The $89 service call, the labor, the parts and the drive up the hill are inside the figure named on the call, and the receipt repeats it.