We have a tall side gate securing the alley at the side of our house. The gate has a Yale lock, unlocked by keys on both sides. The lock is now sticking a lot, and sometimes the key gets stuck. I managed to get the lock working again once or twice with some liquid teflon, and temporarily, but I think we really need a locksmith at this point. Two weeks ago, I called a local locksmith out of the yellow pages, who looked for 30 seconds, and told me he would have to replace it, and the cost would be $475. I sent the guy home. (The gate installer (Vinnie’s Italian Arts, of course), blunted the screw heads so the lock is not easily removable). <\/p>\n
Any thoughts on an honest locksmith in Park\/Slope\/South Slope, WT\/Greenwood etc.? Any thoughts on what replacing an exterior Yale lock for an iron gate should cost? Any thoughts on how easy this should be to repair? Any home remedies I should try? <\/p>\n
As always, muchas gracias for the advice. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
We have a tall side gate securing the alley at the side of our house. The gate has a Yale lock, unlocked by keys on both sides. The lock is now sticking a lot, and sometimes the key gets stuck. I managed to get the lock working again once or twice with some liquid teflon,…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":655,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"schneps_byline":"","schneps_post_style":"","schneps_post_source":"","schneps_syndicated_read_more":"","schneps_post_source_sitename":"","schneps_syndicated_thumb_html":"","schneps_syndicated_thumb_src":"","schneps_post_source_shortname":"","schneps_post_source_url":"","schneps_post_source_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"districts":[],"class_list":["post-43454","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-locksmith"],"acf":[],"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","canonical_url":"https:\/\/brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/2010\/04\/sticky-exterior\/","smart_links":{"inbound":0,"outbound":0},"traffic_boost_suggestions_count":0,"meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Sticky Exterior Lock","url":"http:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/2010\/04\/sticky-exterior\/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/2010\/04\/sticky-exterior\/"},"thumbnailUrl":"","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":""},"articleSection":"Locksmith","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"slopefarm"}],"creator":["slopefarm"],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Forum Archive","logo":""},"keywords":[],"dateCreated":"2010-04-26T09:04:21Z","datePublished":"2010-04-26T09:04:21Z","dateModified":"2010-04-28T14:15:24Z"},"rendered":"