Lock change after a break-in – Besigheim

After a break-in in Besigheim, 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.

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.

Whether in Besigheim, Walheim or Gemmrigheim: after a break-in, what matters is a door that locks properly again. In Besigheim you typically find heavy wooden doors in narrow old-town lanes and 1970s estate houses on the edge. We pay attention to the cylinder length and the door plate so that the new cylinder is not easy to attack again. In the old town there is hardly anywhere to stop. Tell us where a vehicle can park nearby.

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.

Wednesday, 10 pm, door open, cylinder only: 119 €. Wednesday, 1 pm, door open, cylinder only: 89 €. Saturday, 3 pm, door open, cylinder only: 119 €. 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.

Besigheim (74354): town in the district of Ludwigsburg, about 14.6 km as the crow flies from the ikeytz office in Adalbert-Stifter-Straße. We offer this service in Walheim, Gemmrigheim and Löchgau too, at the same prices.