--- title: "Lock Change Pilar de la Horadada | Cylinders and Repairs" description: "Worn cylinders, keys gone with a tenant, stiff mortice locks: lock changes and repairs for Pilar de la Horadada homes, booked ahead, price agreed first." url: "https://locksmithpilardelahoradada.es/lock-change-pilar-de-la-horadada/" business: "Locksmith Pilar de la Horadada" --- # Lock change Pilar de la Horadada, for homes already lived in A cylinder that grinds, keys that went with a tenant or a cleaner, a mortice lock that has had its day, a house that has just changed hands. Booked for a time that suits you, with the options and the price on the table before anything is fitted. Open 24 hours · 7 days [+34 678 583 290](tel:+34678583290) [WhatsApp a photo of the lock](https://wa.me/34678583290?text=Hi%2C%20I%20need%20a%20locksmith%20in%20Pilar%20de%20la%20Horadada.%20Where%20I%20am%20(street%20and%20area%3A%20La%20Torre%2C%20Mil%20Palmeras%2C%20El%20Moj%C3%B3n%2C%20Campoverde%2C%20the%20town%E2%80%A6)%20and%20what%20has%20happened%3A) - Cylinder measured on the door - You choose the option - Price agreed before any work ![Beside the open side door of a white van, a man in a turquoise polo holds a door cylinder he has taken from shelves of blue parts bins, palm trees and the sea behind](https://locksmithpilardelahoradada.es/images/photos/cylinder-lifted-from-the-shelves-of-a-van.9930b108.900.jpg) ## Signs a lock is due for changing - The key needs jiggling, or only turns if you pull the door towards you. - Somebody who no longer should has a key: a former tenant, a builder, a cleaner, an ex. - The house has just been bought, and nobody knows how many keys went round before. - The cylinder sticks out beyond the handle plate, where it can be gripped and snapped. - A key broke in the lock, and the cylinder was only cleared, not replaced. If the door was forced, or you want something stronger than a like-for-like change, that is [the break-in and high-security page](https://locksmithpilardelahoradada.es/burglary-repair-pilar-de-la-horadada/). ## What can go into your door ### A new euro cylinder Most front doors here take a euro-profile cylinder. Swapping it is quick, and every key that opened the old one stops working at once. Anti-snap and anti-bump models are offered alongside ordinary ones, with the difference explained. ### A mortice lock serviced or renewed Older timber doors often have a lock set into the edge of the door. A worn one can be serviced, or replaced with a lock that fits the same pocket, so the door does not need cutting again. ### The gate, the side door, the garage A change is only as good as the weakest door into the house. While the van is there, the other outside locks can be done in the same visit. ### A repair instead Sometimes the lock is fine and the door has dropped: the latch no longer meets the keep. That is an adjustment, not a new lock, and it costs less. ## Why lock changes come up so often in Pilar de la Horadada **Homes change hands.** The municipality grew from 6,509 residents in 1986 to 24,316 at the start of 2025. When a resale house or bungalow is handed over, nobody can say how many keys went round before, so the cylinders are the first thing worth changing. **Some locks are original.** Pinar de Campoverde has been built since the mid-1980s, and some front doors there still have the lock they were hung with. [How to tell if yours is worn out](https://locksmithpilardelahoradada.es/blog/a-1980s-campoverde-villa-and-its-first-lock/). **Sea air works on metal.** A cylinder on a front door a short walk from the beach at La Torre, Mil Palmeras or El Mojón takes more salt than one inland, and tends to stiffen sooner. Terrace sliders suffer the same way; those are on [the sliding door page](https://locksmithpilardelahoradada.es/sliding-door-locksmith-pilar-de-la-horadada/). A home handed over by the builder in the last months is a different job, with [a page of its own](https://locksmithpilardelahoradada.es/new-build-locksmith-pilar-de-la-horadada/). ## Booking it, from a photo to a fitted cylinder 1. **Send a photo, or describe the door** The lock from the outside and from the edge of the door is enough for a first idea. 2. **Pick a day** Planned work is booked in normal hours, at a time you choose. 3. **Measure and choose** The cylinder is measured on the door, the options are shown, and the price is agreed before anything is fitted. 4. **Fitted and tested** Every key is tried in the new cylinder with the door open and shut, and the old one is yours to keep or bin. Shut out right now with a lock that has finally given up? That is [an emergency call-out](https://locksmithpilardelahoradada.es/emergency-locksmith-pilar-de-la-horadada/), and the change can follow. Opening it gently first: [how doors are opened](https://locksmithpilardelahoradada.es/door-opening-pilar-de-la-horadada/). To book, use [whichever channel suits](https://locksmithpilardelahoradada.es/contact/). ## Before booking a lock change ### Do I need to know the size of my cylinder before ringing? You do not need to. The cylinder is measured on the door, both sides of the cam, before a replacement is chosen. If you want a rough idea first, send a photo of the lock from the edge of the door. ### Is it worth paying more for an anti-snap cylinder? On a door where the cylinder sticks out of the handle plate, usually yes: it is the part a burglar would try to break. On a well-fitted cylinder behind a guard, an ordinary good-quality one can be enough. You are shown both and choose. ### We have bought a resale house and the previous owners had keys for years. Change everything? Change the cylinders on every door that leads in from outside: front door, side or garage door, and the gate if it has a lock. Inside doors can wait. ### Can the old lock be repaired rather than replaced? Often. A stiff cylinder can sometimes be cleaned and lubricated, and a mortice lock with a tired spring can be serviced. If the repair would cost close to a new part, you are told so. ## Other work on the same doors - [**Securing a door someone forced** Somebody has forced the door](https://locksmithpilardelahoradada.es/burglary-repair-pilar-de-la-horadada/) - [**Locks on a brand-new home** We’ve just been given the keys to a new home](https://locksmithpilardelahoradada.es/new-build-locksmith-pilar-de-la-horadada/) - [**Opening a door with no damage** Open it without wrecking it](https://locksmithpilardelahoradada.es/door-opening-pilar-de-la-horadada/) Guides that point here - [A Campoverde villa from the 1980s: is the lock as old as the house?](https://locksmithpilardelahoradada.es/blog/a-1980s-campoverde-villa-and-its-first-lock/) · 5 min ## Ready to change that lock? Send a photo of the lock and tell us roughly when suits you. We reply with the options. 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