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Car keys & fobsNon-destructive entry first, always - and we re-key Schlage, Kwikset, and Baldwin locks on the spot while you watch
You get a price before we start. It does not change when we arrive. No surprises.
Get your free estimateLocksmith in Tujunga, CA
Rekeying locks is the service Tujunga homeowners call us for most often, and the reasons are specific to this foothills community. Most homes here date from the 1940s through the 1960s and still carry original mortise or early cylindrical locksets that have been rekeyed so many times the pins are worn to the point of failure. Add the hot, dry sun and seasonal Santa Ana dust, and you get hardware that seizes, keys that stick, and door prep that rarely matches what the big-box stores sell now. If you need a locksmith in Tujunga who works on the lock you already have rather than selling you a replacement, call us at (855) 791-2710.
Why Tujunga Homes Are Different
Tujunga isn’t a dense grid of tract homes and storefronts. It’s a foothills enclave in the Verdugo Mountains and San Gabriels, where detached homes sit on canyon lots with long driveways and narrow winding streets. That changes locksmith work in real ways. A service call here often involves driving up a hillside road where a missed address means a long backtrack, so our techs confirm the exact driveway and gate placement before dispatch. The housing stock matches the terrain: 1940s to 1960s stucco and wood-frame houses, many with original mortise locksets, plus hillside additions and converted garages that create nonstandard door thicknesses and odd backset measurements.
The climate compounds the hardware problems. Tujunga sits in a hot, dry inland microclimate with strong sun exposure and seasonal Santa Ana winds. Exterior deadbolts, gate latches, and lock cylinders weather and seize faster here than they do on the coast. After a windstorm or fire-season ash event, we get a wave of calls for gate and exterior deadbolt mechanisms that have grit-seized. Dust and ash work into the pin chambers and the keyway, and suddenly a key that worked fine won’t turn at all. Many older Tujunga homes have a single original front-door lockset that’s been rekeyed so many times the pins are worn enough that the key only works if you jiggle it while pulling the door toward you. That’s the point where rekeying stops being a job and starts being a hardware evaluation.
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Our Main Tujunga Services
Two services dominate the calls we get from Tujunga homeowners: car key replacement and emergency lockouts. Here’s what each involves in this part of the foothills.
Car Key Replacement in Tujunga
Tujunga’s spread-out, canyon-heavy layout means a dead car key isn’t a quick walk home. Many residents park on long driveways or in detached garages at the top of hillside lots, so when a transponder key fails or a key breaks in the ignition, the car isn’t going anywhere. We handle traditional metal cuts along with modern transponder and chip-key programming, which matters on newer vehicles that a basic key shop can’t service. Read the full breakdown on our Car Key Replacement in Tujunga page, covering on-site programming and what to expect by vehicle type.
Emergency Locksmith in Tujunga
Late-night and weekend lockouts in Tujunga are different from city calls. The canyon roads are dark, narrow, and easy to miss, so we confirm landmarks before sending a tech out. Whether you’ve locked yourself out of a hillside home, a detached garage, or a gate at the property line, the job is the same: get you back in without damaging the hardware. Our Emergency Locksmith in Tujunga page explains response times, what we need from you on the call, and how we handle non-destructive entry on older doors.
What happens when you call
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A real person answersNo phone trees — you reach a local pro.
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You get an upfront price rangeHonest numbers before anyone is dispatched.
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A background-checked tech heads outLicensed & insured, dispatched right away.
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You approve before work beginsNothing starts until you say go.
Rekey Locks in Tujunga
Rekeying in Tujunga solves a problem this housing stock created. Decades of remodels, roommates, renters, and DIY fixes have left many homes with mismatched hardware and dozens of unaccounted-for keys floating around. Rekeying changes the internal pins so old keys stop working while you keep the existing lockset, which matters when the alternative is trying to match a mortise lock from 1956. We stock pins and hardware for Schlage, Kwikset, Sargent, and Yale cylinders, including the odd backset and door thickness situations common in canyon homes. If you’re weighing rekeying against full replacement, start with our Rekey Locks overview, then call us at (855) 791-2710 for a Tujunga-specific quote.
Lock Rekey
Signs you need it
You’ve lost track of how many copies of your house key are out there, or you just bought a Tujunga home and don’t know who the previous owners gave keys to.
What it costs in Tujunga
Standard lock rekeying in Tujunga typically runs $18 to $35 per cylinder of labor, plus pins and the service call.
How we do it
We pull the cylinder, replace the pins to match a new key, and reinstall the cylinder without changing the existing lock body.
Keyed Alike
Signs you need it
Your front door, back door, and detached garage each take a different key, and you’d rather carry one key for everything on the property.
What it costs in Tujunga
Keying multiple locks alike runs $18 to $35 per cylinder for the rekey labor, with a single service call covering the whole property.
How we do it
We repin each cylinder to the same key code, verify operation on every door and gate, and hand you the finished key set.
What Rekey Locks Costs in Tujunga
| Item | Typical range in Tujunga |
|---|---|
| Rekey labor per cylinder | $18 – $35 |
| Service call fee | $45 – $75 |
| Total rekey (2 – 3 cylinders) | $81 – $180 |
How many locks can you rekey in one Tujunga visit?
We rekey every lock on the property in a single visit. Most Tujunga homes need three to five cylinders done, and the total job usually takes under two hours.
Can you rekey older mortise locks on Tujunga homes?
Yes, if the cylinder is serviceable. We carry mortise cylinder pins and can often rebuild a worn original, though we’ll tell you if replacement is the smarter spend.
Brands We Service in Tujunga
We carry pins, cylinders, and replacement parts for Schlage, Kwikset, Sargent, and Abloy hardware, which covers nearly every lock we encounter in Tujunga’s older housing stock and its newer hillside builds. Same-day turnaround is standard on common parts; special-order Abloy components take longer. See our brands for the full hardware breakdown.
Pricing for Locksmith in Tujunga, CA
| Service | Typical range in Tujunga |
|---|---|
| Lock rekey labor (per cylinder) | $18 – $35 |
| Rekey service call fee | $45 – $75 |
| Total rekey (2 – 3 cylinders) | $81 – $180 |
| Keyed alike (multiple cylinders) | $18 – $35 per cylinder |
| Car key replacement (basic metal) | $95 – $180 |
| Car key replacement (transponder/chip) | $160 – $350 |
| Emergency lockout service | $75 – $150 |
| Deadbolt installation (labor only) | $60 – $110 |
What pushes price up in Tujunga is terrain and hardware age. Hillside properties with multiple gates, detached garages, and outbuildings mean more cylinders to rekey, and older mortise locks sometimes need extra labor to service rather than swap. What you won’t get is a surprise: the full price is quoted on the phone before anyone is dispatched, and that’s the price on the invoice. There’s no call-out surcharge added when the tech arrives.
Neighborhoods We Serve in Tujunga
Tujunga’s neighborhoods follow the topography: flatland streets near Foothill Boulevard, hillside roads climbing into the Verdugos, and canyon pockets that dead-end at trailheads and wash crossings. We service every residential pocket in the 91042 and 91043 ZIP codes, from the older subdivisions to the steepest canyon parcels.
- Sunland-Tujunga foothill corridor
- Plainview Avenue residential grid
- Haines Canyon area
- Seven Hills hillside streets
- Stonehurst (91043)
Typical response in the Tujunga area runs 30 to 45 minutes depending on how far up the canyon the address sits. We confirm exact driveway and gate placement before dispatch because a wrong turn on a hillside road is a 15-minute backtrack.
Service Area – Cities Near Tujunga
Glendale Lock & Key serves Tujunga and the surrounding foothill and valley communities. If you’re in a neighboring city and need rekeying, a car key, or an emergency lockout, the same hardware experience applies. We also cover Sunland, CA, La Crescenta-Montrose, CA, Shadow Hills, CA, and Burbank, CA.
Serving Tujunga, CA — Our Local Coverage Area
We’re based in the Tujunga area and know this community well. Use the map below to see our service coverage — if you’re nearby, we can almost certainly help.
FAQs About Locksmith in Tujunga
Typical response is 30 to 45 minutes across the 91042 and 91043 ZIP codes. Hillside addresses and canyon roads can add time, so we confirm landmarks and exact gate placement before the tech leaves. Emergency calls get priority dispatch. Call (855) 791-2710 and we’ll give you a live ETA.
Locks on your own doors and gates don’t require a permit anywhere in Los Angeles, including Tujunga’s HOA pockets. If you’re in a community with architectural rules about exterior hardware finish, match the existing style and you’re fine. We can rekey or replace with the same finish so nothing stands out.
Yes. Canyon properties in Tujunga often have a detached garage, a driveway gate, and a tool shed or ADU, each with separate hardware. We rekey all of them in one visit, keyed alike if you want one key for everything. The service call covers the whole property, not per structure.
If you need a locksmith in Tujunga who knows the hardware on these older foothill homes, call Glendale Lock & Key at (855) 791-2710. We’ll quote the full price up front, and that’s the number on your invoice.
What happens when you call
- 1A real person answersNo phone trees — talk to a local locksmith pro.
- 2You get an upfront price rangeHonest numbers before anyone is dispatched. No surprises.
- 3We come out and measureLicensed & insured, at a time that suits you — the visit and the quote are both free.
- 4You get the price in writingLine-itemed, yours to keep, and nothing starts until you say go.
What Tujunga Customers Say
"Locked out at eleven at night with a kid asleep in the car. He was there in 25 minutes, had the door open in under two, and did not do the thing where the price goes up once he's standing in front of you."
— Marco Reyes"The old deadbolt was mounted crooked by whoever lived here before and had been sticking for years. He redrilled and reset it properly rather than just replacing the hardware."
— Neil Rao"Quoted a price on the phone and honored it. After the last locksmith I called, that alone is worth a review."
— Dana Schaefer