How Long Does It Take to Rekey a House?

A standard 3–5 door home in Chapel Hill, NC is rekeyed in about 30–60 minutes on-site. Each cylinder takes a trained locksmith roughly 5–10 minutes — pull the lock, swap pins to a new key bitting, reinstall, test.

What slows it down: very old locks with corroded pins, mixed brands that need different pin kits, or large homes with 8+ openings. What speeds it up: modern Schlage/Kwikset hardware all keyed alike to a single new key.

Most Chapel Hill, NC customers are back to a normal day inside an hour with brand-new keys in hand.