Carl Zipf Lock Shop

I had a great experience yesterday with this company. It took the technician about 20 minutes to come to my apartment, and I was back in the apartement in less than 5 minutes. He was very friendly and helpful — a great all around experience for a very reasonable price.

I brought my motorcycle ignition in to have a key made (I lost mine) and they were incredibly professional and even completed it same-​day when they thought it would take them a few days!
Great people and amazing service.

I called them about a Schlage strike plate. They said they have them. I asked if they would check to make sure they had this particular one, if I gave them the part number. The person gruffly replied «We’re a Schlage dealer. I guarantee we have it.». So I drove there, and they didn’t have it. They said they could order it, but I would have to pay freight.
I try not to run to Home Depot every time I need something, preferring to give business to locals when possible, but not when they are jackasses.

Need a key or door hardware? This is your place! Very helpful folks here with everything you’ll need! They were able to get me the special part I needed for my door and made a new key for my car too!

Hired them to come out and replace a front door lock in a 4 unit condo. They sent someone out who gave us a recommendation and we went with that at a cost of $ 900. The interior handle came off one week later. They came out and fixed it, and it fell off again the next day. They refused to fix it again as they said it was a defect in the product and we needed to contact the manufacturer. They were the ones who chose the product, why recommend a crummy lock and charge us $ 900. The previous lock had been there for 15 years without a problem. This company sucks and I would never use them again. We are going to take legal action against them.

Whatever key you need, this is the place to go. Lowes and Home Depot can apparently only do certain types of keys that they have a template for. But this place can do it all, and fast and cheap. So special keys will be anything that have a deep slit in it, like care keys and the like and really old buildings.
Plus they have a lot of other things for locks and keys as well. Bought some pretty cool key decoder thingys.
So if you need keys or locks done go here

I spent months trying to find a shop that could make a backup of my Yamaha motorcycle key before finding Carl Zipf Lock Shop. Home Depot? Forget it.
When you walk through the door here you realize how much knowledge and professionalism our country has lost through big box stores like Home Depot and Lowes. The employees here know their business and know it better than anyone else around, period. Until we invent something better than old fashioned keys and locks, this is the place you should go.

So much of life depends on the right key. Carl Zipf’s is one place you can go where the key will always fit.
I like this lock shop because it is easy to get to. Ample parking, central location and the shop only does locks and keys. So much easier and reliable than trucking it to Meijer’s or a Home Depot. Plus, as earlier mentioned locks and keys is all they do so they always get it right.
When house-​sitting I accidentally lost the key. After breaking in to the house I unscrewed the deadbolt and brought it to Zipf’s. Not only did they make me another key, they made it the same color and scuffed it up for me. I returned the key to my friend and she never knew how truly irresponsible I was.
Zipf’s also sells cool little safes and lock boxes. I bought one that looks like a book to hold my important documents. The service there is always fast and no key is too challenging. I have never had to go back because a key never fits. Zipf’s will always make sure you can get in.