Advice on house locks

Question

Is it better to have all of your house locks based on the same key? Or is it better to have several different keys? I can see on the one hand how having lots of keys can be an issue because the risk of losing one is more but then again, it may be better to have different keys for different locks so if you lose one key, it has less access. Overall, what do you think is the best approach? Thanks.

Shayne · Answer

I believe it is better to have different keys for different locks as like you said to lose the one that accesses all, would not be great so my opinion would be to have different keys cheers.

Shane · Answer

This is more of a preference for the individual me personally would have separate keys for each lock and would give a extra key for each one to a trusted person for emergency if you were to loose one

David · Answer

Good morning, I would like to first start by saying depending on the door types you wouldn't necessarily have the same locks on the doors,so first you would look at that as some insurance companies state that a minimum level of lock is required to fulfill there criteria, please do not hesitate to contact me kind regards David of Castle Construction Group

Sean · Answer

It is better to have a separate key for each lock. If you lose the key you would only need to change one lock and not all your locks. 
The best thing is to colour code your keys for each lock. 
Also all locks would have to be repinned to work on one key and is more expensive. This is more used for office buildings.

Ray · Answer

Keyed alike is more convenient 
However if you lose a key it means replacing all locks as opposed to one

Wayne · Answer

Some people prefer having only one key. If they need to get out of the house for security and ease. Saves having a big bunch of keys not knowing which key is what and it saves money getting spare keys cut for each lock

John · Answer

As you say one key lost means changing all your locks a nightmare and expensive I prefer to have separate keys, at least you have access

Ray · Answer

Hi, for security and cost I would definitely fit locks with different keys, if you lose one key you will then need to change all locks which is expensive. If you have different keys you can the just change whichever lock the key was lost from.

Ray

Adam · Answer

Morning Greg, 

I believe what you've said there is pretty much the benefits of both. There isn't much more to cover. It does cost a little extra to have them on the same key so maybe thats a factor to look at.

Antony · Answer

It’s down to personal preference. Having all the locks working with one key reduces the amount of keys needed however, to have all the locks keyed alike its more expensive.

Advice on house locks

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