A Locksmith for Ross Homes, Gates and Cars
Ross is a small town of older homes, long driveways and quiet lanes, and most lock trouble here starts at a front door or a gate. Patriot Lock And Key brings the van to you, any day of the week, with the tools on board.
LOCKSMITH LIC. LCO 8138CA BSIS · tap to verify- Open 7 days, 7:30 AM to 11:30 PM
- License LCO 8138
- Military & veteran discount
- Se habla español
Start with what happened
Locked out of a Ross home
Front doors, side doors and garden gates. We start with non-destructive entry and only talk about drilling if there is no other way and you agree.
See the serviceCar keys in your driveway
Lost the only key? Keys are cut and programmed at the car, including smart keys and push-to-start fobs for most makes. Proof of ownership required.
See the serviceSmart locks on doors and gates
Dead batteries, a forgotten code, an app that will not pair. We sort out smart locks and keypads on front doors, side entries and driveway gates.
See the serviceRekeys for older Ross houses
New owners, or no idea who still has a key? A rekey changes the key without replacing the lock, so original hardware can stay on the door.
See the serviceAlso in Ross: Commercial · Safes, mailboxes & storage
Working in Ross
Ross covers about 1.6 square miles, mostly homes, many of them older, set along lanes off Sir Francis Drake Boulevard and around Ross Common. It is common to find original hardware on one door and a smart lock someone added later on the next. We work on both. If you are calling from near Ross Common, the Town Hall or The Branson School, say so. At night, landmarks are easier to find than house numbers.
The Marin Art and Garden Center is an 11-acre former estate, founded as a center in 1945 by conservation advocates led by Caroline Livermore, and it is now on the National Register of Historic Places. Our take: old estates come with old doors. When original hardware gives out, we look at repairing or rekeying it before anyone talks about replacing it.
Straight talk about price
On the phone you tell us what happened, and we give you a ballpark based on that. When the technician arrives, the first thing he does is look at the lock and make sure it matches what you described. A door that sounded simple can turn out to be a different story, and sometimes it is the other way around.
Then you hear the final number, before a single tool touches the lock. You decide, and only then we start. No surprises on the bill, and the receipt carries our license number, LCO 8138.
A name with a reason behind it
Soufiane Gmira named the company in honor of his great-grandfather, who fought in Vietnam. The respect for people who served never left him, and it is the reason every active duty service member and veteran gets a discount from us.
Military and veteran discount. Mention it when you call. That is all it takes.
Asked by neighbors
My house in Ross still has its original door hardware. Do I have to replace it?
Not necessarily. Many older locks can be rekeyed or repaired, and that is where we start. The technician looks at the lock, explains what he sees and gives you the price before any work. If replacing it really is the better choice, you hear why, and you decide.
Can you fix a keypad or smart lock on a driveway gate?
Yes. Keypads, smart locks and electric strikes are part of the work, along with the low voltage side behind them. Tell us the brand and what it is doing, whether that is a dead battery, a lost code or an app that will not pair, and we will give you a ballpark on the phone.
How does pricing work if I call late in the evening?
The same way it works at noon. You describe the problem and get a ballpark on the phone. The technician checks the lock on arrival and gives you the final price before any tool touches it. You decide whether to go ahead, and you get an itemized receipt with our license number, LCO 8138.
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