Mobile rekeying · Tampa & east Hillsborough
House & business rekeys in Tampa, done at your door.
Zoom Locksmith rekeys locks for houses, rentals and businesses in Tampa and across east Hillsborough, from Brandon and Valrico to Riverview, FishHawk, Apollo Beach, Ruskin and Sun City Center. We’re a mobile locksmith based in 33619, so the work is done at your door: new pins go into the locks you already own, and none of the old keys will turn them again. When your locks share a keyway, one new key can open every door. Call 305-528-1358 with the number of doors and the lock brands for a free quote by phone. Family-owned since 2018.
- Mobile — we come to your door
- Based in 33619, east Tampa
- Insured & bonded
- Free quote by phone
What rekeying is
New pins inside,
same lock on the door.
Most house and office locks hold a row of small pins cut to fit one key. To rekey a lock, we take out its cylinder, swap those pins for a new set and cut keys to match. From then on no old key turns it, not even copies you never knew about, and the deadbolt, knob or lever stays right where it is.
Some locks reset without a pin swap. Kwikset SmartKey cylinders change over to a new key with a special tool, and Kwikset says the do-it-yourself reset “requires the current working key” plus its SmartKey tool. If that key is gone, Kwikset suggests calling your builder, a locksmith or its support team.
A rekey changes keys and nothing else. Keypad codes, smart-lock app users, garage-door remotes and community gate fobs are separate, so reset those too after a move or a lost key ring.
Rekey or replace? If the lock works well, a rekey is all it needs. Replacing makes sense when a lock is worn, sticky, corroded by salt air or damaged in a break-in, or when you want a different lock altogether, such as a keypad deadbolt or a high-security lock.
- Old keys stop working — every copy, wherever it ended up
- Deadbolts, knobs and levers stay on the door
- New keys cut on the visit and tried in every lock
- One key for every door, where the keyways match
- Keypad and smart-lock backup cylinders, model permitting
- Sheds, gates and padlocks on the house key
When to rekey
Good times
to retire the old keys.
You just closed on a house
Resale or new build, there’s no way to count the keys out there: past owners and their family, a cleaner, or the trades who worked on a new home in Riverview, Valrico or FishHawk. A rekey in move-in week settles it.
A key went missing
A lost key ring is a hassle. A stolen one with your address, a garage remote or mail on it is a reason to rekey whatever those keys open.
A tenant or roommate left
A former roommate, partner or tenant hands back “all” of their keys. A rekey makes sure that’s true.
Too many people had a key
Contractors, a dog walker, a house sitter, a former employee: once the job or the season is over, a rekey closes the list.
Too many different keys
Front door, back door, the door from the garage and a side deadbolt that takes its own key: a rekey puts every lock that shares a keyway on one key.
A new lock on one door
A new deadbolt or handleset comes with its own keys. Rekeyed to the key you already carry, it joins the rest instead of adding one more key to the ring.
One key for everything
Front door to back gate,
one key on the ring.
Locks can share a key when they share a keyway, the shape of the slot the key slides into. Locks from the same brand usually do, so a house full of Schlage, or a house full of Kwikset, can normally be rekeyed to one key. Mixed brands are the catch: a Kwikset key won’t go into a Schlage keyway. The fix is a cylinder or lock built for the matching keyway, and Kwikset even makes its SmartKey locks in Schlage’s SC1 keyway now, so a mixed house can still end up on one key.
In east Hillsborough a key ring often covers more than doors: a shed, a barn on a few acres, a workshop, a detached garage, the gate on the fence line and a handful of padlocks. Outbuilding locks that share your doors’ keyway get keyed alike along with the house.
- Every exterior door on one key
- A new deadbolt or handleset keyed to the key you carry
- Shed, barn, workshop and detached-garage locks
- Gate locks and padlocks keyed alike
Smart locks & keypads
The keypad is new.
The backup key may not be.
Most keypad and smart deadbolts keep a backup key cylinder, and anyone with a key to it can still let themselves in. That cylinder can usually be rekeyed, or swapped for one keyed to your house key, so the same key works the keypad lock and every other door.
Rekeying doesn’t touch the electronics. When you move in, or when a key goes missing, delete the old user codes and app access too. We can help with that while we’re there, and if you’re adding a smart lock, we’ll install it and set it up on your phone before we leave.
Landlords & renters
Turnover rekeys
and what Florida law says.
A tenant can hand back every key and still have a copy from a hardware-store kiosk. That’s why move-out is the classic time to rekey a rental: the cylinders get new pins, and the next tenant gets the only keys that work.
Three sections of Florida law touch locks and keys, and none of them requires a rekey by name. Section 83.51 puts “locks and keys” on its list of things the landlord must reasonably provide for, unless a written agreement says otherwise, in every rental except single-family homes and duplexes. Section 83.67 forbids a landlord from shutting a tenant out, including by changing the locks. And section 509.211, part of Miya’s Law, has state-regulated apartment complexes log each unit key as it’s issued and returned. This is general information, not legal advice.
Renting? Read your lease and check with your landlord or property manager before changing who has keys; many leases require their OK.
Businesses
When a key leaves
with a former employee.
There’s no need to rekey the whole building. We rekey what that key could open, whether it’s the front door, the back office or the stockroom, and leave the rest alone. Fresh keys go to the people who still need them.
If keys keep leaving with staff, ask about a master-key system on a restricted keyway. Our commercial locksmith page explains how those systems are set up.
How it works
From the first call
to the last key test.
- 01
Call with the details
Tell us how many doors, which lock brands (the name is usually printed on the deadbolt) and what else should share the key: the door from the garage, a shed, a gate.
- 02
Free quote by phone
You get the quote on the call, along with a straight answer on which locks can match and which would need a new cylinder.
- 03
Rekeyed at your door
The tech takes out each cylinder, re-pins it for the new key and cuts your keys on the spot.
- 04
Every key, every lock
Before we leave, each new key is tried in every lock it should open, and the keys are yours. Old keys won’t turn any lock we rekeyed.
Mobile across east Hillsborough
We bring the work
to your door.
Zoom is based in 33619, and rekeys happen where the locks are: a new build in Riverview, Valrico or FishHawk, a canal home in Apollo Beach, a villa in Sun City Center, an older house near downtown Plant City, a restaurant in Brandon or an office in Tampa.
Already locked out? That’s a lockout, not a rekey, and our emergency locksmith line handles it. Deadbolts, smart locks and sliding doors are on our residential locksmith page, and our guide to a house lockout covers what to check before you call anyone.
Rekeys by area
FAQ
Quick answers about
lock rekeying in Tampa.
Every house gets its own quote, and we don’t publish prices. It mostly comes down to three things: how many locks should open with the new key, the type of each one (standard, high-security or a smart lock’s backup cylinder), and whether the door from the garage, a gate or padlocks join the same key. Call 305-528-1358, Monday–Saturday 8am–8pm, give us the door count and the brands, and you’ll have the quote, free, before anyone heads your way.
We come to you. Zoom is a mobile locksmith based in 33619, so every rekey is done on-site at your home, rental or business, in Tampa and east Hillsborough: Brandon, Valrico, Riverview, Apollo Beach, FishHawk, Ruskin, Sun City Center and Plant City.
Often, yes. When a shed lock, a gate lock or a padlock shares your doors’ keyway, we key it alike, so one key opens the front door, the shed and the gate. If an old padlock can’t be matched, we can fit a new one that can.
We can still rekey. The first step is getting the door open, and house lockouts start with non-destructive entry whenever the lock allows it. Then the locks are rekeyed so the lost keys are useless, and you get a new set on the same visit.
Not by name. Florida’s section 83.51 asks landlords to make reasonable provision for “locks and keys” in every rental except single-family homes and duplexes, unless a written agreement says otherwise. Section 83.67 forbids changing the locks to shut a tenant out, and section 509.211, part of Miya’s Law, has state-regulated apartment complexes log every unit key. Rekeying at each move-out is the cleanest way to retire the last tenant’s key. This is general information, not legal advice.
In most cases, yes; it’s the backup key cylinder that gets matched. Yale advertises “One-Key Convenience” for its Assure locks, which can be re-keyed to the key you already use. Kwikset’s Halo locks use its SmartKey cylinder, which resets to a new key with a tool, and Schlage Encode deadbolts have a backup cylinder as well. Tell us the model and we’ll tell you if it takes a rekey or a new cylinder. Codes and app users are a separate reset.
No. A rekey retires the old keys, but the lock is no stronger than it was. If picking, bumping or drilling is the worry, ask about a high-security deadbolt. That’s an upgrade to the lock itself, not a rekey.
Usually, yes. If the burglar took keys, a garage remote or mail with your address on it, have every lock those keys fit rekeyed. If a door was forced, we check the lock and the strike plate and replace anything that was bent or broken instead of just rekeying it.
Planning a rekey?
Call for a free quote. The rekey happens at your door.
We answer Monday–Saturday, 8am–8pm, and we’re closed Sunday. Have the number of doors and the lock brands handy when you call.