Locksmith in Piedmont Avenue and Montclair

Montclair Village's shops and restaurants have small-town storefronts with classic cylinder locks. Worn cylinders and stuck latches are the usual calls.

In the hills, sliding glass doors to decks are common and often rely on a weak latch alone. A secondary lock or a bar is a cheap improvement.

Some houses here sit at the end of long private drives. Tell dispatch about any gate code.

Along Piedmont Avenue, apartment buildings from the 1920s through the 1960s line the side streets. Many have a garage under the building reached by a shared door, and storage cages with padlocks. Lost padlock keys and stuck storage-cage locks come up often. Up in Montclair, a good share of houses have home offices, art studios or in-law units with their own entrances. Keep those doors on a separate key if other people use them, and keep the main house on its own key. When you sell or rent out part of the property, rekey before handing keys over.

This page also covers 94620, a postal ZIP used in Piedmont.