ZIP 20010 · Columbia Heights, Mount Pleasant & Petworth
Locksmith in 20010, 20011 and 20012: Columbia Heights to Takoma
North of U Street, porch-front rowhouses run up through Columbia Heights and Mount Pleasant (20010), Petworth and Brightwood (20011), and Takoma and Shepherd Park (20012).
- Estimate before dispatch
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- Rowhouses, condos, offices, cars
Plate 01 · Columbia Heights, Mount Pleasant & Petworth
Porch-front rowhouses
Petworth and Columbia Heights are lined with 1910s–30s rowhouses with deep front porches. Many have been renovated, so you find new front doors with modern deadbolts next to original back doors with worn locks. A rekey that brings both onto one key is the common request; the back door often needs a new deadbolt as well.
Basement rentals
Rental basements are everywhere here. Keep the tenant's entrance on its own key, with the owner holding a master if the locks allow it. Rekey only the basement when a tenant changes.
Takoma and Shepherd Park
Further north, detached houses with yards, garages and side doors make the work look more like Upper Northwest: multiple doors to key alike, garage deadbolts, side gates.
Columbia Heights' retail center and apartment buildings near the Metro add condo lockouts and business rekeys to the mix.
This page also covers
- 20011 (Petworth, Brightwood)
- 20012 (Takoma, Shepherd Park)
Plate 02 · Typical calls
Calls we take in 20010–20012
- Front and back doors on one key
- Basement-unit rekeys
- Back door deadbolts
- Garage locks
- Apartment lockouts
- Car lockouts on porch streets
Georgia Avenue and 14th Street are the main routes, and both get slow at rush hour. Dispatch factors that in when giving you a realistic window, so the nearest cross street helps.
The old 20011 and 20012 pages now point to this hub.
Mount Pleasant's apartment buildings and group houses along the park side of the neighborhood have many shared front doors. When housemates change, rekeying the shared door, plus any bedroom doors with locks, keeps old keys from circulating.
Plate 03 · Questions
Columbia Heights to Takoma questions
Can my renovated front door and old back door share a key?
Often, if the keyways match; otherwise one lock may be swapped.
Do I need to rekey the whole house when my basement tenant leaves?
Usually only the basement entrance, if it's keyed separately.
Do you cover Brightwood and Takoma?
Yes, through 20011 and 20012 on this page.
Can you add a deadbolt to an old back door?
Yes; new installations start at $85.00 on the price sheet.
Reach us directly
- 202-753-3646
- info@locksmithofwashingtondc.com
- Washington, DC 20004 (dispatch location, no walk-in storefront)
- Monday through Sunday, All day
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Talk to dispatch
Give the street address and the nearest corner, and say whether there's a concierge, an English-basement entrance or an alley door.
- 202-753-3646
- Monday through Sunday, All day
- Washington, DC 20004 (dispatch location)
- All major credit cards