Emergency locksmith for a broken key – Markgröningen

A broken key blocks the cylinder. If you are stuck outside your door in Markgröningen, you need two things: the broken piece out and the door open. We do both on one call-out, at a fixed price.

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.

Markgröningen is west of Ludwigsburg on the Glems, with a half-timbered old town on the high ground. Typical buildings there are very old half-timbered houses with doors in non-standard sizes and prefabricated houses on the edge. In old cylinders, the key often breaks right at the edge of the cylinder. With old half-timbered doors, tell us whether there is a modern cylinder or an old rim lock, if you know.

If you are locked out, the opening price applies: 99 € or 149 € (slammed shut), 129 € or 179 € (locked), removal of the broken piece included. If you can still get in and only the broken piece needs to come out, we tell you the price on the phone first.

Sunday, 10 am, locked: 179 €. Friday, 10:30 am, locked: 129 €. Friday, 10:30 am, door slammed shut: 99 €. 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.

If the cylinder is damaged after the broken piece is removed, it usually belongs to the landlord. A swap makes sense then, but agree it with the landlord if the cylinder belongs to a system. We swap single cylinders at a fixed price.

Have worn keys copied before they break. If the cylinder sticks, dirt is often the cause; graphite or cylinder spray helps, oil does not.

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

Markgröningen (71706): town in the district of Ludwigsburg, about 10.5 km as the crow flies from the ikeytz office in Adalbert-Stifter-Straße. We offer this service in Schwieberdingen, Tamm and Möglingen too, at the same prices.