Emergency locksmith for a broken key – 71634

Key snapped in the lock in Ludwigsburg, and half of it is still stuck inside? Stop pulling at it. We get the rest out and open the door if you are locked out. We tell you the price on the phone.

Don’t put superglue on the broken piece. Don’t yank hard on the handle. Don’t throw away the broken-off piece. It shows us the key profile.

A broken key can usually be removed quickly. Typical buildings in Ludwigsburg are estate houses from the 1960s, blocks of flats and older farmsteads. Tell us whether it is Eglosheim or the Weststadt.

Door opening, door slammed shut: Mon–Fri 8 am–6 pm 99 €, Mon–Fri 6 pm–8 am, Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays 149 €. Locked: 129 € or 179 €. Removing the broken piece of key is included in the opening price. If the cylinder is damaged and you want a new one: Opening plus a new cylinder on the same call-out: slammed shut 148 € / 198 €, locked 178 € / 228 €; cylinder material typically 25–50 € (standard).

Sunday, 10 am, locked: 179 €. Tuesday, 1 pm, door slammed shut: 99 €. Tuesday, 1 pm, locked: 129 €. We confirm the exact amount by phone before we set off.

We pull the broken piece out of the cylinder with special tools. Then we open the door. If the cylinder is worn, we recommend replacing it and tell you the price first.

With thin hook tools we reach behind the teeth of the key fragment and pull it forward. Before that, the cylinder has to be in its starting position. If the broken piece is stuck at an angle, we turn it back first. Drilling is rarely needed for this.

Even with a broken key, we only open the door if you live there or are authorised. Show your ID card or passport, or post with your address. If the flat is rented and the cylinder belongs to a master key system, tell us on the phone; then we check whether a swap needs to be agreed with the landlord.

Using glue. Pushing the broken piece deeper with a needle. Carrying on with a bent spare key that will soon break too.

Replace old, thin keys. Look after stiff cylinders or have them changed. Never force a key.

Ludwigsburg (71634): postcode area covering Eglosheim and Ludwigsburg West, about 4.4 km as the crow flies from the ikeytz office in Adalbert-Stifter-Straße. We offer this service in Pflugfelden, Möglingen and Asperg too, at the same prices.