How do you keep a village from 1784 locked up?
Carefully, and with respect for old doors. Whitesboro has been standing since Hugh White settled it in 1784, and houses around the Village Green and along Main Street carry the hardware history you would expect: mortise locks with a century of wear, and doors that shifted just enough that the bolt drags.
Where parts allow, we repair and rekey the original lock, because an old door usually looks right with its old hardware. Where they do not, we fit modern locks that suit the house, from $65 per lock plus hardware, with the exact price agreed before we start.
When Sauquoit Creek gets into basements
This village knows the creek. The Halloween storm in 2019 put water into dozens of homes along Sauquoit Creek, and flooded hardware fails slowly. A garage lock that got wet in the fall starts grinding by spring.
If a lock survived a wet basement but now turns like it is full of sand, call before it quits entirely. Sometimes it cleans up. Often replacement is the honest answer, and we quote you both ways, exactly, so you can pick.
The drive up from the south side
Whitesboro sits at the far edge of our patch, which is why we quote 15 to 20 minutes instead of promising something we cannot do. The route runs up through New Hartford and Yorkville, and we make it at 3 a.m. as readily as 3 p.m.
Car trouble happens here too. If your key snapped in a frozen door on Main Street or your fob died outside Dunham Public Library, car lockouts run from $75 and fob programming from $95, both quoted exactly before we roll. (916) 969-8748.
Around Whitesboro, we regularly cover
- Main Street
- The Village Green
- Whitestown Town Hall
- Dunham Public Library
- Park Avenue
- Sauquoit Creek
Whitesboro questions
Asked around here
Can you save the original mortise lock in my old village house?
Often, yes. If the case is sound we can usually repair and rekey it, with rekeying from $30 per cylinder. When parts no longer exist, we fit a modern lock that suits the door, and you get exact prices for both options before deciding anything.
Our basement flooded and now the back door lock sticks. Repair or replace?
Corrosion inside a lock rarely reverses for good. We open it up and tell you straight: if it will hold, we say so, and if it will not, replacement runs from $65 per lock plus hardware. Either way you have the exact number before any work happens.
Do you come to Whitesboro at night?
Every night of the year. The drive from Chadwicks takes 15 to 20 minutes, and the price you are quoted when you call (916) 969-8748 is the price you pay once the door is open.