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Locksmith help in Columbia Heights and Mount Pleasant
Porch-front rowhouses on the side streets, large old apartment buildings on Mount Pleasant's slope, and the shopping hub around 14th and Irving: 20010 is dense, mixed and full of doors that see daily use.
- Price quoted before work starts
- Written estimate on request
- Ask the locksmith for ID at the door
01 Street level
Porches, apartment halls and a busy shopping hub
On the residential streets of Columbia Heights and Park View, many rowhouses have a deep front porch with a storm door in front of the main door. Storm door locks are often an afterthought, and a cheap one can jam you out as easily as a deadbolt.
Mount Pleasant's large brick apartment buildings and group houses rotate tenants often. Rekeys between leases and mailbox locks in older buildings are steady requests.
Many of the side streets here are hilly and the houses sit above the sidewalk on a short flight of steps, which makes the porch the natural place to hide a spare key. Do not: a lockbox fixed to a railing, or a key left with a neighbor, is far safer than a key under the mat. Around the Columbia Heights Metro station and the big retail block on 14th Street NW, car calls are common: parking garages, permit streets that fill up, and keys left in the ignition while loading bags.
02 Typical calls
What callers in 20010 usually need
- Storm door locks that jam or will not latch
- Rekeys in group houses and apartment units
- Mailbox locks in older apartment buildings
- Car lockouts near 14th and Irving
- Deadbolt installation on porch-front doors
- Keys snapped in worn cylinders
03 ZIPs covered
ZIP codes in the Columbia Heights & Mount Pleasant hub
| ZIP | What it is |
|---|---|
| 20010 | Residential: Columbia Heights, Mount Pleasant, Park View and nearby blocks |
04 Questions
Columbia Heights & Mount Pleasant: questions
My storm door locked behind me. Is that the same as a lockout?
Yes, and it is treated the same way. Tell the dispatcher it is the storm door; it is usually a simpler lock than the main door.
Is it worth putting a deadbolt on a porch door?
If the porch door is the first line of defense and the main door is old, a deadbolt on the main door matters more. The locksmith can look at both.
Our group house has had a dozen tenants. Rekey or replace?
Rekey. The locks may be perfectly fine; the problem is the keys. Ask for the same key to fit the front and back doors.
05 Services
Work a dispatched locksmith can take on
06 Hubs
All fifteen neighborhood hubs
- 20001Shaw & Bloomingdale
- 20002H Street & Trinidad
- 20003Capitol Hill & Navy Yard
- 20024Southwest Waterfront
- 20004Penn Quarter & Downtown
- 20037Foggy Bottom & West End
- 20009Dupont, Adams Morgan & U Street
- 20010Columbia Heights & Mount Pleasant
- 20007Georgetown & Glover Park
- 20008Woodley Park & Cleveland Park
- 20016Tenleytown & Chevy Chase DC
- 20011Petworth & Takoma
- 20017Brookland & Woodridge
- 20020East of the River
- 20013P.O. boxes & federal mail
Call the line, hear the starting price
202-753-3643. The trip charge is read out first and the locksmith confirms the full estimate at the door.