Residential Locksmith
Secure Your Home. Protect Your Family. 24/7 Service.
Request ServiceUS Locksmith is a licensed (Lic #00443LK) locksmith company serving homeowners across South Florida since 2004. Our mobile technicians provide 24/7 emergency locksmith service with an average 15-minute response time across Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach counties.
What Home Security Solutions Does US Locksmith Offer?
We do more than just unlock doors. We provide comprehensive security for your entire property.
Emergency Lockouts
Locked out of your house or apartment? We get you back inside quickly without damaging your locks or doors.
Rekeying Service
Moved into a new home? Ensure no one else has access by rekeying your existing locks instead of replacing them.
Learn About Rekeying →Lock Change & Install
Upgrade to high-security deadbolts or replace old, rusted hardware. We carry top brands like Schlage and Kwikset.
Learn About Lock Changes →Smart Locks
Go keyless! We supply and install electronic keypad locks and smart locks you can control with your phone.
Mailbox Locks
Lost your mailbox key? We replace locks for residential cluster mailboxes, a common need in HOA communities.
Sliding Doors
Secure your patio. We repair and replace locks on sliding glass doors, a critical entry point in Florida homes.
Should You Rekey or Replace Your Locks?
When to Rekey
Rekeying involves changing the internal pins of the lock so old keys no longer work. This is the best option if:
- Your locks are in good condition and you like the style.
- You just moved in and want to ensure previous owners have no access.
- You lost a key and are worried about security.
- You want to save money compared to buying new hardware.
When to Replace
Replacing means removing the old hardware and installing brand new locks. Choose this if:
- Your locks are old, rusted, or difficult to turn.
- You want to change the color or design (e.g., from gold to silver).
- You want to upgrade security grades (e.g., to High Security or Electronic).
- The lock is damaged beyond repair.
How Much Does a Residential Locksmith Cost?
Professional service with warranty.
*Prices vary based on lock type, security level, and time of day. Call for a precise quote.
The Doors People Forget
Front doors get all the attention. In South Florida, they are rarely the weak point.
Sliding glass doors
Almost every home here has at least one, and the factory latch on most of them is a small hook of pot metal that was never meant to be a security device. It stops the door drifting open; it does not stop anything else. A secondary foot bolt or a proper auxiliary lock costs little and changes the picture entirely. This is the single most common upgrade we recommend on a home visit.
Garage-to-house doors
The door between the garage and the living space is frequently a hollow interior door with a passage knob and no deadbolt, on the reasoning that the garage is already closed. Once someone is inside the garage, they are working out of sight and have all the time they want. This door deserves the same deadbolt as the front.
Strike plates and screws
The best deadbolt in the world is held to your door frame by whatever screws came in the box, and those are often three quarters of an inch long — biting into trim, not framing. Three-inch screws into the stud behind cost almost nothing and are the difference between a frame that holds and one that splits on the first kick.
Mailbox locks
Worth knowing before you call anyone: if you live somewhere with a cluster box unit — the shared bank of boxes in most newer developments and condos — that hardware belongs to the Postal Service, and a locksmith is not permitted to open or rekey it. Your post office handles that. Individual mailboxes on your own property are a different matter and we service those routinely.
Smart Locks in a Humid Climate — an Honest Take
We install smart locks and we like them. Keyless entry for a cleaner, a code you can delete after a guest leaves, a log of who came and went — for short-term rentals in particular they solve a real problem. But two things are worth saying out loud before you buy. First, batteries drain faster than the box claims when a lock sits on a west-facing door in Florida heat and talks to Wi-Fi all day; plan on changing them more often than you expect, and know where the mechanical override key is before you need it. Second, a smart lock is only as strong as the deadbolt it drives and the frame it throws into. A five-hundred-dollar lock in a soft pine jamb is a five-hundred-dollar lock in a soft pine jamb. Get the frame right first, then add the smart hardware.
Locked Out Right Now?
Check the obvious first. A back slider, a garage keypad, a window left open by a kid. It costs you thirty seconds and it is right more often than you would think.
Do not force the door. A lockout is a modest bill. A splintered frame and a broken door is a different one, and we get called for the second far more often than we should.
Ask for the price on the phone and get it as a number. A legitimate company will quote a service call and a job price before dispatching. "Starting at $19" followed by a much larger figure once the door is open is the oldest routine in this trade, and it is the reason Florida licensing exists.
Expect to prove you live there. Any locksmith who opens a residence without asking for ID and something tying you to the address is a locksmith who would do the same at your house for somebody else.