Locksmith in Franklin, WI

Locksmith in Franklin, from subdivisions to acreage

A locksmith in Franklin covers more ground than in most suburbs: the city spreads over about 35 square miles, with subdivisions, older farmhouses, wooded lots, and the Root River running through the middle. We drive to you with the tools and keys in the vehicle. A lockout usually takes a few minutes once we are there, and a rekey, a safe job, or a car key takes from 15 minutes to an hour or more depending on the work. Franklin is about 12 miles southwest of downtown Milwaukee.

Named for Benjamin Franklin

Franklin was formed in 1839 from part of the old Town of Kinnickinnic and named for Benjamin Franklin. For more than a century it stayed rural, with the Root River draining nearly the whole town. In 1956, worried that Milwaukee would annex parts of it, residents voted 704 to 220 to incorporate, and on August 15, 1956, Franklin became a city. It was only the second town to use the new "Oak Creek Law" written for semi-rural towns. Today about 36,800 people live in Franklin.

Houses, sheds, and gates on bigger lots

Plenty of Franklin properties have more than one building: a house, an attached or detached garage, a shed, a barn, or a gated fence. Over the years each one gets its own padlock or lock and its own key, and the key ring grows. We can rekey the house and the outbuildings that use standard cylinders to one key, and replace locks on garage and sliding doors that no longer close well. Garage and sliding door locks start at $89, and a first lock rekey starts at $59 (garage and sliding door locks).

Safes in Franklin homes

Homes in Franklin often keep a gun safe or a document safe, usually in a basement or a garage. Safes lock people out too: a forgotten combination, a dead keypad battery, a lost key, or a lock that fails after years in a damp room. We open safes without drilling whenever the lock allows it, and then change the combination or replace the lock. Safe opening starts at $149, and a combination change starts at $79 (safe combination and lock change).

A heavy safe that stands loose in a garage is easy to tip over and carry away. We anchor safes to concrete floors with bolts made for the job. Safe installation starts at $129 (safe installation).

Ballpark Commons

Ballpark Commons, the mixed-use development built around The Rock Sports Complex, brings big crowds to Franklin for baseball at Franklin Field, youth sports, and events. Big crowds mean full parking lots, and it is easy to lock the keys in the car before the first pitch. Tell us the lot, and we come to the car. A car lockout starts at $69 (car lockout).

Night shifts and the hospital

Franklin has a hospital and plenty of businesses that run late, so a lot of people here drive to work in the dark. A key lost in a parking lot at 2 in the morning is still a key we can replace on the spot. A spare key starts at $69 when you have a working key, and a new key when all are lost starts at $119 (lost car keys). We work 24/7.

Root River Parkway and parks

Franklin has more than 3,800 acres set aside for parks and recreation, including a 4.9-mile stretch of the Oak Leaf Trail along the Root River. Trailheads and park lots are a common place to find keys locked in a car or dropped on a trail.

Neighbors of Franklin

Oak Creek borders Franklin on the east. To the north are Greendale and Greenfield, and Hales Corners is to the northwest. Muskego is to the west in Waukesha County. We cover all of them at the same prices.