Adding locksmith to existing business

[cledry]

Ha, the irony of it all. Just got a call from a local clinic. Their door knob fell off and need a new one. Go figure.

Charlie

Don't forget that it will likely need a lever with return to meet ADA and life safety code. On commercial jobs you can't replace an old knob with a new knob in most cases because of codes. We even have to calculate the occupancy, square footage and usage when specifying certain hardware.

[csparks1106]

Sure enough. It was a Caradco full view door. The lever handle fell off, and they can't find it. Set screw must have come loose, and someone carried it off with them. Now the big question is, where do I come up with a handle for a Caradco lockset???

[cledry]

Sure enough. It was a Caradco full view door. The lever handle fell off, and they can't find it. Set screw must have come loose, and someone carried it off with them. Now the big question is, where do I come up with a handle for a Caradco lockset???

AFAIK they don't make their own stuff. Try looking for Fuhr, a European manufacturer who makes their locks generally. BTW, I haven't seen any of their handles that meet ADA & life safety code.

[csparks1106]

AFAIK they don't make their own stuff. Try looking for Fuhr, a European manufacturer who makes their locks generally. BTW, I haven't seen any of their handles that meet ADA & life safety code.

The lockset is an Ashland. They had an old set of locks somewhere and used one of the old handles. Oh well.
Ok, next question. If I wanted to start playing around with rekeying locks, could I get a rekeying kit like you can find on Amazon or something like that? I found one that is part # 40-132. http://www.amazon.com/Schlage-40-132-Re ... 404&sr=8-1.
I want to have good equipment and don't want to fool around with junk.

Thanks.

[cledry]

The lockset is an Ashland. They had an old set of locks somewhere and used one of the old handles. Oh well.
Ok, next question. If I wanted to start playing around with rekeying locks, could I get a rekeying kit like you can find on Amazon or something like that? I found one that is part # 40-132. http://www.amazon.com/Schlage-40-132-Re ... 404&sr=8-1.
I want to have good equipment and don't want to fool around with junk.

Thanks.

I would go for a LAB .005 kit rather than a brand specific one to start with. The Schlage has brand specific depths only, the LAB kits are "universal". Now if you were doing only Schlage the factory kit will give better results and I believe has nickle silver pins versus brass pins.

[minifhncc]

You can probably get away with LAB pins for rekeying.

However for masterkeying you probably should use manufacturer's original pins.

Rekeying in general isn't hard once you get used to it. But it's a little tedious at first and requires attention to small details. I've also found that it's useful to learn how to pick locks as sometimes I've put the wrong pins in and the key that I was supposed to rekey it to doesn't work... But I guess you could use a shim for this.