Commercial Locksmith in Sacramento, CA

Sacramento's commercial districts

Four of the districts on the city's 2011 historic map are named for commerce or industry: 12th Street Commercial, C Street Commercial, C Street Industrial and Cesar Chavez Plaza Park/CBD, the central business district. An older building in one of them may have a storefront, a rear service door and an upstairs entrance fitted with different hardware over the years, sometimes on different keys. When you ask for commercial locksmith work in such a building, list each door involved, including any gate, roll-up door or padlock.

Natomas is different commercial ground. The South Natomas community plan was amended in 1982 to allow 2.4 million square feet of new office parks along Interstate 5; North Natomas later added office parks and retail of its own. In a multi-tenant building, give the suite number and say who controls the exterior doors and any master key system: the owner, the property manager or the tenant.

Turnover and who holds keys

Keys leave with people. When an employee leaves without handing back a key, or a tenant moves out of a suite, rekeying the affected cylinders retires the old keys without new hardware. A business with regular turnover can keep keys under control with a few measures:

• a written key log showing who holds which key
• a master key system, so a manager carries one key while staff carry keys only for their own areas
• restricted key blanks, which are harder to copy at a general key counter
• rekeying after any key goes missing, not only after a break-in

What to include in a request

• the business name, suite number, and the district or cross streets
• each door involved and its hardware: storefront, rear door, suite entry, gate or roll-up
• who controls the exterior doors, and whether landlord approval is needed
• how many keys are out, and whether any are missing
• whether you want the locks keyed alike or on a master system

California Locksmith Pros takes service requests from homes, businesses and drivers in Sacramento. See commercial locksmith, lock rekeying for turnover after a move-out, and Sacramento.