COMMERCIAL
Commercial locksmith for Tri-Cities businesses, keys under control.
Master key systems, lock installs and access control for storefronts and offices in Kennewick, Pasco and Richland.
Chapter 01
Master key systems: who holds which key
A master key system is a plan for who can open what. Each employee or tenant carries a key that opens their own doors. A manager's key opens a group of them. The top key, held by the owner, opens everything. One ring per person instead of a pocketful, and nobody carries a key to a room they have no reason to enter.
The plan matters more than the metal. Before anything is cut, the useful questions are who works where, which doors are shared, and who needs the back office or the supply closet. Mount's has been sorting out keys for Tri-Cities businesses since 1948, and the conversation usually starts at the counter at 415 W 1st Ave or on the phone at 509-586-9300.
A well-drawn hierarchy also makes the paperwork easier, because every key has a name next to it.
Two Mount's locksmiths working at the key-blank wall behind the counter
Lock installs and access control for storefronts and offices
Commercial work covers lock installations, master key systems and access control, and the doors in between are where most of the craft lives. A storefront door gets opened and closed hundreds of times a week and wants hardware that keeps up. A back office door wants a lock that suits the room it guards. The shop looks at how the door is used before recommending anything.
Access control is the step past the metal key: deciding who gets in, and keeping that decision easy to change when staff turn over. Describe your building when you call, how many doors, who uses them, what you're trying to protect, and the shop can tell you what a sensible setup looks like.
The mobile van goes out to businesses across Kennewick, Pasco and Richland, so the work happens at your door.
Chapter 03
Rekeys between tenants or after staff changes
A lease ends, a tenant moves out, a manager leaves on bad terms, a set of keys never came back. In each case the same question applies: how many keys to these doors are out there, and do you know who has them? A rekey answers it. The old keys stop working, new ones go to the people who should have them, and the doors keep their hardware.
Between tenants, it's the simplest way to hand over a clean space. After a staff change, it keeps key control in your hands instead of in the pocket of someone who no longer works for you. Call 509-586-9300 and tell the shop how many doors are involved.
Mount's Lock & Key, 415 W 1st Ave, Kennewick. Washington contractor licence MOUNTLK909QZ (locks, security and alarm equipment). Call 509-586-9300.
Key control
Keep a key log, and the rest gets easier.
A key log is a sheet of paper or a spreadsheet: who was handed which key, on what date, and when it came back. Stamp or number each key so a copy can be matched to its line. It takes a few minutes to set up and it answers the hardest question after a departure.
Bring the log to the counter when you order more keys, and the shop can cut to match it. Padlocks for the yard, the shed and the gate are on the wall behind the counter, so a new lock and a new key can be sorted out in one stop.