Emergency locksmith for a broken key – Oßweil

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

Oßweil is north-east of central Ludwigsburg, already close to the fields towards Neckarweihingen and Poppenweiler. Typical buildings there are detached houses with a garden gate, estate houses from the 50s and 60s and older farmhouses in the old centre. In old cylinders, the key often breaks right at the edge of the cylinder. Tell us the street and whether the door of the house or a garden gate in front of it is locked.

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.

Friday, 6:30 am, door slammed shut: 149 €. Sunday, 3 pm, locked: 179 €. Friday, 1 pm, locked: 129 €. 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.

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.

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

Oßweil (71640): district of Ludwigsburg, about 1.8 km as the crow flies from the ikeytz office in Adalbert-Stifter-Straße. We offer this service in Schlößlesfeld, Grünbühl and Neckarweihingen too, at the same prices.