Lock change after a break-in – 74379

If you want to sleep peacefully again after a break-in in Ingersheim, 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.

Ingersheim lies on the Neckar between Freiberg, Pleidelsheim and Bietigheim, made up of Großingersheim and Kleiningersheim. There you typically find houses in lower-lying Großingersheim and in higher-lying Kleiningersheim. After a break-in we first check whether only the cylinder is broken, or also the lock, the strike plate or the frame. Tell us whether it is Großingersheim or Kleiningersheim.

Fixed: the cylinder change with the door open, 89 € or 119 €. Extra for a security cylinder: typically 25–70 €. Not on the list: emergency securing and damage to the door or frame. For these we quote a separate fixed price in advance.

Monday, 9 am, locked out, slammed shut, new cylinder: 148 € plus material. Monday, 7 pm, door open, cylinder only: 119 €. Saturday, 12 pm, door open, cylinder only: 119 €. We confirm the exact amount by phone before we set off.

We check the cylinder, lock, strike plate and door plate. If only the cylinder is broken, we change it. If more is damaged, we tell you in advance what it costs on top, and you decide. At the end, the door locks securely again.

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.

You need the police report for your insurance. Depending on your policy, home contents insurance covers stolen items and damage; in rented flats, the door itself is often a matter for the landlord’s buildings insurance. So tell the landlord as well. Keep photos, the police report and invoices together.

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.

Ingersheim (74379): municipality in the district of Ludwigsburg, about 10.2 km as the crow flies from the ikeytz office in Adalbert-Stifter-Straße. We offer this service in Pleidelsheim, Hessigheim and Freiberg am Neckar too, at the same prices.