Rekeying in Bratt resets who holds a working key, using the locks already on your doors.
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A Bratt house that has been in one family for decades has a key history nobody could reconstruct. Keys were cut when they were needed and handed out when somebody asked, and none of it was written down because there was no reason to. Re-pinning the cylinders draws a line under all of it in one visit, and because the hardware here is generally sound, nothing needs buying.
This is preventive work as much as it is a response to a problem. Cylinders that have gone unserviced for thirty years get cleaned and re-pinned in the same operation, which restores the smooth action people had forgotten the lock ever had. It is a noticeably better door afterwards, not merely a differently keyed one.
Outbuildings are worth including while somebody is on the property. Sheds and gates around Bratt carry padlocks of uncertain vintage and completely unknown key history, and bringing them onto the house key turns a handful of mystery keys into one.
No register, no recollection, no way to be sure. Re-pinning ends the guesswork for the cost of labour.
Cylinders get cleaned as they are re-pinned, so the door works better afterwards rather than just differently.
Mystery padlocks on outbuildings come onto the house key, or get replaced where they are past saving.
Usually yes. If the cylinder is mechanically sound it can be re-pinned, and it generally works better afterwards because it gets cleaned in the process. Only genuinely worn-out locks need replacing.
Yes, where the keyways are compatible. That covers most Bratt houses and a good proportion of the outbuildings too.
A typical Bratt house is under an hour. Adding sheds and gates extends it, and we give you that estimate before quoting rather than afterwards.