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Frequently asked questions

Fast answers on speed, pricing, coverage and the work itself. Still stuck? Call — a real person answers 24/7.

General

For most of Palm Beach County we aim for a 20–30 minute ETA on emergencies. Outer areas on the Treasure Coast and around Lake Okeechobee take longer — call and we’ll give you an honest time.

Yes — 24 hours a day, every day of the year, including holidays. A real person answers the phone.

Seven South Florida counties — Palm Beach, Broward, Martin, St. Lucie, Indian River, Okeechobee and Hendry — roughly 79 cities. See the locations page for your city.

Yes. Fully licensed and insured in Florida, and every technician is background-checked, trained and uniformed.

All major cards and cash. You’ll get a receipt for the work.

Pricing

No. For any quoted job the flat price you approve is the price you pay — no call-out fee and no distance surcharge inside our service area.

You approve the price before we start, so no. If we open the job and it turns out to be different from what was described (a lock that’s already broken, for example), we stop and re-quote before continuing.

For quoted work there’s no after-hours surcharge. Some emergency jobs are simply more involved, and that’s reflected in the quote you approve up front.

Homes & businesses

No. We use pick and bypass tools for non-destructive entry on the large majority of lockouts. If a lock is already broken we’ll show you and quote the replacement before any drilling.

Rekeying is almost always the better value. We change the pins in your existing locks so every old key stops working, for a fraction of the cost of new hardware.

Yes. We map out who needs access to what, then pin and stamp the cylinders so keys can’t be copied at a hardware store, and keep the bitting on file for future changes.

Cars & keys

Most domestic and Asian makes on-site, plus a large share of European vehicles. Give us the year, make and model when you call and we’ll confirm before dispatch.

No. We come to the vehicle with the equipment to cut and program a key where it sits.

In most cases yes. All-keys-lost replacement is a standard job — we read the lock or key code, cut a key and program it to the car’s immobiliser.

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