Keyless Entry / Electronic Locks in Los Altos, CA.

This page covers keyless entry / electronic locks in Los Altos, from what is included to what to have ready.

Keyless entry locks replace the key with a code, a fob or a fingerprint and run on their own batteries or on no power at all. They do not need Wi-Fi, an app or a hub, which makes them the right fit for a side gate, a garage side door, an ADU or a front door where the goal is simply to stop hiding a key. Installation is the same careful door prep as any deadbolt, followed by programming and a walk-through.

The technician comes to your address in Los Altos, in Silicon Valley. The dispatch line at (888) 492-0666 is answered around the clock, and the dispatcher confirms the details and an ETA before anyone is sent.

• Help choosing between a keypad deadbolt, keypad lever, fob or RFID lock, fingerprint lock, or a mechanical pushbutton lock that needs no batteries
• Installation with correct strike alignment, and weather-rated hardware on exterior gates and exposed doors
• Programming user codes and a master code, deleting factory defaults, and setting scheduled codes where the model supports them
• Setup of auto-lock, one-touch locking and low-battery warnings
• Testing the mechanical key override and keying it to your existing keys where the keyway allows
• Fob or fingerprint enrollment for each user
• A walk-through of adding and removing codes so you are not calling us for a cleaner's code

• Ownership proof; HOA approval for exterior hardware; written landlord approval for a rental
• Which door or gate, its material and thickness, and whether it already has a deadbolt bore
• Who needs codes and whether any should be limited to certain hours
• Whether you want app and remote control (that is a smart lock) or a standalone keypad
• For a wired gate keypad, whether there is power at the gate

Typically 30-60 minutes per door for a standalone keypad deadbolt or lever. Mechanical pushbutton locks, gate keypads that need wiring to an electric strike, fingerprint enrollment for several users, and doors needing fresh prep take longer.

• Standalone locks have no audit trail and no remote control; if you want to see who came in or unlock from your phone, you need a smart lock
• Exterior keypads must be weather-rated; many residential keypad deadbolts are not built for direct rain or a gate with no overhang
• Keypad locks need standard bore prep like any deadbolt; mortise and multipoint doors may not accept them without different hardware
• Codes are only as private as the people who know them, and worn keypad buttons can reveal the digits over time; change codes when people change
• Fob and RFID locks use the brand's own credentials, so a lost fob is deleted from the lock and replaced with the same brand
• Mechanical pushbutton locks hold one code for everyone; changing it means telling everyone who uses the door
• A dead-battery lock with no key override needs its emergency power contacts or an opening, so we recommend models with an override
• On a rental the owner normally holds the master code

The quote is based on the lock type and whether we supply it, door or gate prep, wiring for powered gate hardware, the number of users to enroll, and keying the override to your existing keys. It is written before installation starts.

The dispatcher gives you a range on the phone, and the technician confirms a written quote before any work starts.

Payment is by Cash, Credit Card, Debit Card, Apple Pay and Google Pay, and you receive an itemized receipt listing what was done.

• Schlage BE365 keypad deadbolt and FE595 keypad lever (standalone, no app)
• Kwikset SmartCode 260 and 270 keypad deadbolts
• Yale Assure keypad models in their non-connected versions
• Kaba Simplex 1000 series and Lockey mechanical pushbutton locks (no batteries)
• Lockey keypad gate locks and Simplex gate boxes for exterior gates
• Lockly, Eufy and Ultraloq fingerprint and RFID deadbolts

Los Altos is a residential city on the western edge of Silicon Valley, bordered by Los Altos Hills, Palo Alto, Mountain View, Sunnyvale and Cupertino. Its downtown is a small triangle along Main and State streets bounded by Foothill Expressway, San Antonio Road and Edith Avenue, and the city confines commercial uses to that village plus small shopping and office parks along Foothill Expressway and El Camino Real. Formerly orchard land, it is a bedroom community with a one-quarter-acre minimum lot size for most housing and few sidewalks outside commercial zones; Adobe, Permanente and Stevens creeks cross it. I-280, CA-85, Foothill Expressway and El Camino Real provide access.

Getting to you: I-280 to the southwest and CA-85 to the east are the nearest freeways; Foothill Expressway, built on the former rail right-of-way in 1965, and El Camino Real are the main arterials, and the downtown triangle is laid out so through traffic bypasses Main Street.

ZIP codes served: 94022, 94023, 94024. Addresses just over the line in Mountain View, Los Altos Hills and Palo Alto are dispatched the same way.

For keyless entry / electronic locks in Los Altos, tell the dispatcher your address and what is wrong. You get an ETA before anyone is sent, a written quote before any work starts and a receipt when it is done. The line is answered around the clock.

One & Only Locksmith is bonded and insured; a certificate of insurance is available on request.