Lock change after a break-in – 71729

If you want to sleep peacefully again after a break-in in Erdmannhausen, you need a door that locks securely. We change the cylinder, look at the lock, the strike plate and the door plate, and tell you clearly what is covered by the fixed price and what is a separate job.

1. Call the police on 110. 2. Do not change anything until the evidence has been secured. 3. Photograph the damage and inform your insurance. 4. Call us: we tell you on the phone whether a cylinder change is enough or whether the door has to be secured first.

We drive to Erdmannhausen, about 9.0 km as the crow flies from the ikeytz office in Adalbert-Stifter-Straße. If the door is badly damaged, we tell you honestly on the phone whether a cylinder change is enough or whether emergency securing (Notsicherung) is needed first. We tell you the price for this in advance. In the new housing areas, the name of the area or a cross street helps.

Cylinder change only, with the door open: Mon–Fri 8 am–6 pm 89 €, Mon–Fri 6 pm–8 am, Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays 119 €. This includes travel, fitting and a standard euro profile cylinder. A security cylinder typically costs 25–70 € more. Emergency securing, a new door plate or work on the door frame have no price on the list; for these we tell you a fixed price on the phone in advance.

Friday, 4 pm, locked out, slammed shut, new cylinder: 148 € plus material. Friday, 6:30 am, door open, cylinder only: 119 €. Friday, 4 pm, door open, cylinder only: 89 €. We confirm the exact amount by phone before we set off.

First we look: does the lock still hold, is the strike plate in place, is the door plate firm? Then we fit the right cylinder, a security cylinder if needed. Any extra work only after you say yes to the fixed price.

When a door is levered open, the strike plate in the frame often gives way. Then a new cylinder is not enough. A reinforced strike plate with long screws into the masonry is a separate job with its own fixed price.

That depends on your policy and your living situation. Owners report the damage to their insurer. Tenants report it to the landlord and to their own home contents insurance. We issue an invoice listing every item, which you can submit. Please take legal questions to your insurer or an advice service.

Take photos for the insurance before anything is changed. Keep the invoice. A security door plate that covers the cylinder makes snapping it off harder.

Many people feel uneasy after a burglary. A door that locks properly again helps. Talking to family or to a victim support service helps too.

Erdmannhausen (71729): municipality in the district of Ludwigsburg, about 9.0 km as the crow flies from the ikeytz office in Adalbert-Stifter-Straße. We offer this service in Steinheim an der Murr, Affalterbach and Marbach am Neckar too, at the same prices.