# Spring 2026: Free Home Lock & Security Check for Huntsville Homeowners | Huntsville Locksmiths Blog > Through spring 2026, book any residential service and get a free lock and door-security check — we URL: https://locksmithshuntsville.com/blog/spring-2026-free-home-lock-safety-check/ Last-Modified: 2026-03-24 Author: Marcus Reed ![Locksmith performing a free home security check at a Huntsville front door](/images/featured/locksmith-performing-a-free-home-security-check-at.webp) We are running a spring 2026 promotion across our Huntsville and Northern Alabama service area: **book any residential service through June 21, 2026, and we’ll include a free home lock and door-security check while we’re there**. It is the kind of visit we have always done for friends and family — a quick walk through every exterior door, a look at the cylinders and strike plates, and an honest read on what to upgrade now versus what can wait. We are formalizing it this spring so any homeowner who calls us between **March 20 and June 21, 2026** gets the same treatment. ## What the Check Covers Across every exterior door on your home: - **Cylinder condition.** Are the pins sticking? Has the key worn down the cuts to the point where it barely turns? Is the cylinder old enough to be a security risk? - **Strike plate and screws.** Most break-ins are kicked-in doors. We check that strike plates use 3-inch screws into the framing — not the 3/4-inch screws builders use by default. See door and jamb reinforcement [/guide/door-and-jamb-reinforcement-to-prevent-break-ins/ →](/guide/door-and-jamb-reinforcement-to-prevent-break-ins/) for why this matters. - **Latch fit.** Misaligned latches make doors hard to close and easier to force. We mark and adjust where we can. - **Deadbolt grade.** Builder-grade Grade 3 deadbolts cover code but not much else. We tell you which doors should move to Grade 1. - **Smart-lock candidates.** If a door is a good fit for a smart deadbolt — for code-based access, audit logs, or convenience — we flag it. - **Window and secondary entry locks.** Patio sliders, back doors, basement walk-outs, and garage entry doors often have weaker hardware than the front. We note what we’d upgrade. ![Locksmith inspecting a worn strike plate during a free safety check](/images/maps/close-up-of-locksmith-inspecting-a-worn-strike-pla.webp) ## How It Works Three simple rules: 1. **Book any residential service** — lockout, rekey, single-lock install, anything we’d normally come out for. 2. **Tell us you want the security check** when you call. It is not automatic, only because we want to make sure we plan the time for it. 3. **Get a written summary** at the end, with line items for what we’d upgrade and rough price ranges. No pressure to book the upgrades — we just hand you the list. The visit takes 20-30 minutes for the check itself, on top of whatever you booked us for. ## Why We’re Doing It We hear from a lot of customers — usually after a break-in scare, a lost key, or a kid heading off to college — who say “I wish I’d done this five years ago.” There’s no reason a basic lock walkthrough should cost anything. We are out at your house anyway. The other reason: there’s been a noticeable uptick in Northern Alabama break-in attempts on doors with weak strike plates this winter. The doors that fail are almost always the same: builder hardware, short screws, no jamb reinforcement. We can fix all three for very little money — and most homeowners don’t realize how cheap it is until someone shows them. ## What Counts as “Booking a Service” Any of the following qualifies through June 21: - A standard residential lockout - A rekey (any number of doors) - A single deadbolt installation - A smart lock install - A strike-plate or jamb reinforcement job - Broken key extraction - Master keying for a home If you are a new homeowner in Madison, Hampton Cove, or one of the new Harvest subdivisions, our new homeowner security checklist [/guide/security-checklist-for-new-huntsville-homeowners/ →](/guide/security-checklist-for-new-huntsville-homeowners/) is a good starting point — but the free check is a faster way to find out what is worth doing first. ![Homeowner reviewing a security check report with a locksmith](/images/maps/homeowner-reviewing-a-printed-security-check-repor.webp) ## Service Area We are running the spring 2026 check across our full coverage area: - **Madison County** — Huntsville, Madison, Hampton Cove, Meridianville, Hazel Green, Harvest, New Hope, New Market, Gurley, Brownsboro - **Limestone County** — Athens, Ardmore, Elkmont - **Morgan County** — Decatur, Hartselle, Priceville - **Jackson County** — Scottsboro - **Marshall County** — Guntersville For the full list, see our service areas page [/service-areas/ →](/service-areas/) . ## Book Your Free Check Call **(256) 906-3375** to book any residential service between **March 20 and June 21, 2026** and tell us you want the security check. We will give you a phone estimate, schedule the visit, and hand you a written summary at the end. Worth a half-hour to find out which doors on your home would actually fail under a kick — and what it would cost to fix. For our full residential service range, see the residential locksmith [/residential-locksmith/ →](/residential-locksmith/) page. Marcus Reed Lead Locksmith Marcus leads Huntsville Locksmiths, the licensed, bonded, and insured team that has served Huntsville and Northern Alabama since 2005. ✓ Licensed Locksmith, 20+ Years Experience ## More Posts ![Mobile locksmith programming a transponder car key in a Madison driveway](/images/featured/mobile-locksmith-programming-a-transponder-key-at-.webp) June 7, 2026 ### How We Saved a Madison Driver $200 on a Transponder Car Key [How We Saved a Madison Driver $200 on a Transponder Car Key →](/blog/madison-transponder-key-savings-case-study/) ![New Madison homeowners receiving rekeyed house keys from a locksmith](/images/featured/new-homeowners-receiving-a-rekeyed-set-of-house-ke.webp) May 19, 2026 ### Summer 2026 Moving Season: Why New Huntsville Homeowners Are Rekeying First [Summer 2026 Moving Season: Why New Huntsville Homeowners Are Rekeying First →](/blog/summer-2026-moving-season-rekey-checklist/) ![Smart deadbolt installation at a Hampton Cove home](/images/featured/locksmith-installing-a-schlage-encode-smart-deadbo.webp) April 28, 2026 ### We've Expanded Smart Lock & Keyless Entry Installation Across Northern Alabama [We've Expanded Smart Lock & Keyless Entry Installation Across Northern Alabama →](/blog/expanded-smart-lock-installation-northern-alabama/) ![](/images/cta/branded-locksmith-service-van-arriving-at-a-huntsv.webp) 24/7 Emergency Dispatch ## Locked Out or Just Need a Better Lock? 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