Door Knob & Deadbolt Installation

A standard deadbolt mounts on the surface of the door face and drives a bolt into a strike plate on the frame. A mortise lock is recessed into a pocket cut into the door edge, housing the latch, deadbolt, and sometimes additional bolt mechanisms in a single integrated case. Mortise locks offer greater resistance to forced entry because the hardware is embedded in the door rather than attached to it. For most residential exterior doors in Little Rock, a properly installed Grade 1 deadbolt paired with a quality knob set provides strong protection. Mortise locks are the better choice for commercial doors, high-traffic entries, or historic doors already prepped for that style of hardware. Our technicians will assess your door and recommend the right fit during the visit.

Lock picking is a real skill, but it requires specific tools, practice, and uninterrupted time at your door — making it far less common than kick-in attacks or latch manipulation in real-world break-ins. The best protection against picking, as well as against bumping and shimming, is installing higher-security cylinders with anti-pick pins and pairing them with reinforced strike plates and longer screws that reach the door stud. If you are concerned about how easily your current door knob lock could be defeated, call us and we will inspect the hardware and recommend specific upgrades. We never walk customers through picking methods — that information serves no protective purpose for a homeowner.

'Pop a lock' is a colloquial phrase that generally refers to unlocking a car or property door without the original key — it does not refer to any specific technique and is not a formal term in the trade. At Little Rock Locksmiths, we provide exactly that service: mobile vehicle and property unlocking, 24/7, with trained technicians who use professional tools to open locks without damaging the door or vehicle. We come to your location — a parking lot off Interstate 630, a job site in North Little Rock, or a driveway in west Little Rock — verify ownership, and get you back in as quickly and cleanly as possible.

We do. Little Rock Locksmiths operates 24 hours a day, seven days a week, including weekends and holidays. There is no separate after-hours answering service — when you call (501) 406-2452, you reach our dispatch directly, and we send the nearest available technician to your location. Our mobile units are stocked for both residential lockouts and hardware installations, so an overnight call for a broken deadbolt can often be resolved with a new installation the same night rather than a temporary fix that leaves your door unsecured until morning.

Key fob programming and replacement is a separate service from residential door lock installation, but yes — our technicians handle both. A key fob communicates with your vehicle's immobilizer and central locking system via a transponder chip or RF signal. When a fob stops working, the issue could be a dead battery, a damaged circuit, or a programming loss that requires pairing the fob to the vehicle's onboard computer. We carry programming equipment for a wide range of domestic and import vehicles and can often resolve a fob issue on-site. If you need both a home deadbolt installed and a replacement fob programmed, we can handle both on the same dispatch.

Several variables shape the final quote: the type and grade of lock being installed (a residential knob set versus a commercial mortise lock body, for example), whether the door already has the correct bore holes or needs new prep work, the time of day or day of week the job is scheduled, travel distance within Central Arkansas, and whether any additional reinforcement hardware — longer strike screws, security plates, door-edge guards — is part of the job. We provide a firm, all-inclusive price before starting any work so you know the exact total up front. We do not add separate call-out fees after arrival or adjust the quote once work is underway.