Emergency locksmith for a broken key – Oberstenfeld

A broken key blocks the cylinder. If you are stuck outside your door in Oberstenfeld, 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.

Oberstenfeld is in the Bottwar valley below Lichtenberg Castle, with the villages of Prevorst and Gronau. Typical buildings there are houses in the main village and in the villages on the high ground. In old cylinders, the key often breaks right at the edge of the cylinder. Tell us the village: main village, Gronau or Prevorst; the distances between them are long.

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).

Thursday, 10:30 am, locked: 129 €. Thursday, 11:15 pm, door slammed shut: 149 €. Sunday, 10 am, locked: 179 €. We confirm the exact amount by phone before we set off.

First remove the broken piece, then check whether the cylinder still locks smoothly. If it is damaged: a new cylinder on the same call-out, only once you say yes.

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.

Have a new key cut from the original. Check that the cylinder turns easily. Keep the invoice.

Oberstenfeld (71720): municipality in the district of Ludwigsburg, about 17.8 km as the crow flies from the ikeytz office in Adalbert-Stifter-Straße. We offer this service in Großbottwar, Steinheim an der Murr and Murr too, at the same prices.