New to Loveland? Five lock tasks for your first week

Moving into a new home in Loveland, Colorado is busy enough. These five lock tasks take little time and close the most common security gaps.

1. Find out who else has keys. Previous owners, tenants, contractors and neighbors may all have copies.
2. Rekey or change the exterior locks. Rekeying makes the old keys useless while keeping your existing hardware.
3. Check every exterior door. Each should latch on its own and the deadbolt should throw fully with the door closed.
4. Do not forget the garage entry door. The door between the garage and the house deserves a real deadbolt, keyed like the front door.
5. Decide where the spare key lives. A trusted neighbor or a code lockbox beats a fake rock.

If you are locked out, take a breath, check every door and window you can safely reach, and think about who might have a spare before you call anyone. When you do call a locksmith, ask for the business name and a price range first, and expect them to check that you live there.

Need help with any of these in Loveland? Choice City Locksmith is a mobile locksmith serving Loveland, Fort Collins and nearby Northern Colorado towns. See our Loveland locksmith page or call (970) 803-1100.