Lock change after a break-in – 74394

After a break-in in Hessigheim, the door often no longer closes properly, or the cylinder is damaged. Once the police have finished, we change the cylinder and check whether the lock and the door plate still hold. We tell you the price in advance.

Call 110 first. If possible, do not touch the door, the cylinder or the door plate until the evidence has been secured. Take photos of the damage for the insurance. Only then do we change the cylinder.

We drive to Hessigheim, about 13.0 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 narrow lanes there is hardly room for a second car. Tell us where we can park.

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.

Thursday, 10:30 am, door open, cylinder only: 89 €. Thursday, 10:30 am, locked out, slammed shut, new cylinder: 148 € plus material. Saturday, 10 am, 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.

Check your windows and balcony door; they are often attacked too. Get free advice on burglary protection from the police. A security door plate is a useful addition.

Hessigheim (74394): municipality in the district of Ludwigsburg, about 13.0 km as the crow flies from the ikeytz office in Adalbert-Stifter-Straße. We offer this service in Mundelsheim, Ingersheim and Pleidelsheim too, at the same prices.