Kids back from camp, garage-entry deadbolt seized
Saturday morning at The Bridges - family returning from a week at summer camp, garage-entry deadbolt seized in the 95-degree heat. The dad called from the driveway; we were inside the gate in 24 minutes.
Cylinder had a snapped pin spring inside (Schlage F-series, year 9 of original build). We swapped to a fresh Schlage B60 deadbolt in satin nickel to match, re-pinned to the existing key so they didn't need to swap keys on every entry, and re-greased the latch.
The garage-side entry on Schlage F-series across The Bridges is at the age where pin springs start failing. We do this swap roughly 8 - 12 times a year across the 8 subdivisions.
Garage-entry cylinder swap