Lock Repair in Chandler, AZ

Hardware from the 1980s and 1990s

The Census Bureau's 2024 estimates show 21.8 percent of Chandler's homes built in the 1980s and 24.8 percent in the 1990s. Where the hardware on those doors is original, it has seen more than a quarter century of daily use. Age shows in familiar ways: a key that grinds or sticks in the cylinder, a bolt that reaches the strike only if you lift the door, a latch that stops catching, a handle with play in it.

Say which one you have and when it started. A lock that fails on one door of the house is a different question from every lock failing at once.

Gates and pool enclosures

The city's pool-barrier rules read like a hardware checklist. Fencing must be at least six feet high and no more than seven. Gate latches go higher than 54 inches, and none may need a key to open from inside the enclosure. Pedestrian gates close and latch on their own and, without an interior barrier, swing outward from the pool. A gate opening wider than four feet takes a locking device and stays locked. The city's list of frequent code violations also names failing to maintain a pool enclosure.

When a gate latch drags, sticks or stops clicking shut, describe exactly what it does, because the city's rules are about how the latch behaves.

Older doors in Silk Stocking

In the Silk Stocking overlay, the owners of 23 designated properties on Washington Street and Coronado Street signed a waiver agreeing to follow the preservation ordinance and its design guidelines for property maintenance, repair and rehabilitation. On designated structures, the city's Historic Preservation Officer reviews applications to make alterations. Repair can keep an original lock set in service where replacement would change how a door looks, and the city is the place to ask what applies to a particular address before doing either.

Describing the fault

• what the lock does and how long it has done it
• which door: front, patio, garage entry, side gate or pool gate
• the age and brand of the lock, if known, and photos of the hardware and the door edge
• whether the door still closes and locks today

Hardware past saving moves over to lock replacement. The general repair service is under lock repair, with local background on Chandler.