Locksmith 20011: Petworth, Brightwood & Takoma

Locksmith work in Petworth, Brightwood & Takoma

Petworth's long rows of porch-front houses are one of the city's most recognisable streetscapes, and they come with a very specific set of locks: a storm door, a front door with a deadbolt, a basement door under the porch and, usually, a back door onto the alley. Further north in Brightwood, Manor Park and Sixteenth Street Heights the houses get bigger and many are detached, with garages and side entries.

Takoma DC and Shepherd Park, in 20012, close out the top of the city with older detached houses, porches and large yards, plus the new homes and apartments at the former Walter Reed campus. Families who have owned their houses for decades sit next to first-time buyers, so the calls range from repairing a 1950s lockset to fitting a keypad lock.

This page covers Petworth, Brightwood, Brightwood Park, Manor Park, Sixteenth Street Heights, Fort Totten, and, in 20012, Takoma DC, Shepherd Park and the Walter Reed redevelopment.

Calls that come in from 20011

• Basement doors under the porch

  Often forgotten, often the easiest way in. A proper deadbolt fixes that.

• Rekeying for first-time buyers

  Every exterior door, storm doors included, keyed to one new key.

• Detached-house side and garage doors

  Deadbolts for garage-to-house doors and side gates.

• Keypad and smart locks

  Installation and troubleshooting of keypad deadbolts for families who keep losing keys.

• Car key replacement

  New keys and transponder programming for cars, trucks and motorcycles.

Local notes

Fort Totten, Takoma and Georgia Avenue are all served. Tell the dispatcher your nearest cross street; some blocks are a long way from the main roads.

Georgia Avenue and 14th Street are the main routes in. Tell the dispatcher whether you are on a porch-front row or a detached house; it changes which door the locksmith will check first.