Home/Residential locksmith
Houses & home securityJust bought a house in Rice Hope, Newport, Sanctuary Cove or Lake Shore? Moving into a rental in Rincon? We handle the residential locksmith work that comes with a new place — rekey the existing locks, swap the deadbolts, install a smart lock or get you back in when you're locked out.
A house in this area might be a 1920s craftsman in Ardsley Park, a brand-new build in Rice Hope, a brick rancher in Garden City, or a townhouse in Pooler. Different houses have different lock setups — and different problems. We handle the residential locksmith side of all of them.
We also handle mailbox locks, safes, deadbolt installs on doors that didn't have one (or needed reinforcement), strike plate upgrades, and the basic door hardware fixes that come with an older house.
We focus on one specific slice of Chatham and Effingham county — the Highway 21 corridor, the five cities around the Port of Savannah, and the communities sitting next to them. That focus matters. We know which subdivisions have Cluster Box Units (CBUs) versus individual mailboxes. We know that the doors at Sanctuary Cove tend to have Schlage in a specific finish. We know which businesses on Pooler Parkway open early and which ones don't unlock until after 10 AM. When you call, you get a locksmith who already knows your area — not a dispatch center routing you to whoever picks up.
We carry parts and have the tools to service the most common residential, condo and commercial brands installed across the Georgia coast. If you have a brand not listed, just call — there is a good chance we still service it.
Tell us what happened, where you are, and what hardware is involved. We explain the work and give you a time window.
For lockouts we confirm photo ID and proof of ownership or location. For installs we confirm the door type and what you want.
A technician arrives in our service vehicle with the parts, blanks and programming gear most jobs need.
You see the work tested in front of you. You pay only for what was agreed before we started.
Before we arrive, take a clear photo of your driver's license and have a second photo of your registration, lease, deed, or rental agreement ready. Having both ready cuts the visit time roughly in half and protects you from someone calling a locksmith on a property that isn't theirs.
Locksmith work depends on a few honest factors: the type of lock or vehicle, distance to the job, and any parts that need to be supplied. We handle evening calls the same as daytime calls during our regular hours — 9 PM is treated the same as 9 AM. We explain what's involved when you call so you know what to expect, and we never start work without your go-ahead.
We work daily across these neighborhoods and ZIP codes, plus everything in between:
We are based at 7306 GA-21, Port Wentworth, GA 31407 — directly on the Highway 21 corridor and within a few minutes of most addresses in 31407, 31408, 31322 and 31326.
You can reach Locksmith Port Wentworth at (912) 483-5990 for any car, home, business, safe or emergency locksmith service.
We are open 7 AM to 10 PM, every day of the week. Calls go to a real person, not a call center.
If you are in Port Wentworth, Savannah, Garden City, Pooler, Rincon, or anywhere within roughly 25 miles of our Hwy 21 base, the answer is almost always yes. Call us with the address and we will confirm.
Yes. We cut and program transponder keys and smart keys at your driveway, workplace, or wherever the vehicle is. We need the year, make and model when you call so we bring the right blank.
Our team works the Highway 21 corridor every day. We respond quickly across Port Wentworth and the surrounding coastal communities. Click your city below:
Rekey if the locks are in good shape and you just want to retire the old keys. Replace if the locks are worn, broken, or you want to upgrade to higher-security or smart hardware.
Most homes are 30-60 minutes for the standard 2-3 exterior doors.
Yes — Schlage Encode, Kwikset Halo, Yale Assure, August, Nest x Yale. We install, configure the keypad, set up the app, and walk you through how to add codes later.
Yes. We can replace a single-cylinder with a double-cylinder, swap a low-grade deadbolt for a Grade 1 commercial-rated one, or move you to high-security cylinders like Mul-T-Lock or Medeco.