Door Hardware Installation & Repair in Columbus, Ohio

Transit & Flow Group installs and replaces door hardware across Columbus and Central Ohio: knobs, deadbolts, hinges, handlesets, and decorative hardware like kickplates and door knockers. This page covers standard mechanical hardware, keyed and non-keyed. If you want a lock that connects to a keypad, an app, or a smart home system, our Smart Locks page covers that specialized upgrade path instead. Describe what you need swapped or repaired and send photos through the Estimate Builder for a preliminary online estimate.

Is this the right service for you?

Door Hardware covers the physical mechanics of how a door locks, latches, and looks:

• Worn or loose knobs and levers that spin, stick, or no longer align cleanly with the latch.
• Deadbolts that stick, won’t throw smoothly, or need rekeying to match new hardware.
• Hinges that squeak, sag, or have worn to the point that the door drops.
• Full handleset replacement, matching or upgrading finish across an entry door.
• Decorative hardware: kickplates, knockers, house numbers, and mail slots.
• Mismatched finishes after a partial remodel, where you want everything brought to one look.

If the lock you want is keypad, app, or fingerprint controlled, that is a different product category with its own installation considerations. See our Smart Locks page, since it is really a specialized subset of what this page covers, with extra questions around power, backset, and door prep. If the door itself sticks, drags, or won’t stay latched because of the frame or hinge alignment rather than the hardware, our Door Repair page may be the simpler and cheaper fix.

How pricing works

Door Hardware is fixed pricing per piece and per install type, since a knob swap and a full handleset replacement are different jobs even on the same door.

• Per-item fixed pricing. Knob or lever replacement, deadbolt installation, hinge replacement, and handleset installation each have their own line item, so a multi-piece order stays transparent.
• What changes the price: whether the new hardware fits the existing bore holes and backset or requires new drilling, whether rekeying is needed to match existing keys, and finish or material upgrades (brass, matte black, bronze).
• Multiple doors. Replacing hardware on several doors in one visit, common when homeowners standardize finish across an entire house, is priced per door with one visit fee instead of several.
• Hardware you supply versus hardware we source. We install customer-supplied hardware, though we flag compatibility issues before starting, or we can source hardware to match your finish and budget.

As general market context, not a Transit & Flow quote, Angi’s 2025 data lists typical door lock or knob installation between about $85 and $200 per unit, with deadbolt installation running roughly $100 to $300 depending on rekeying and hardware grade. Enter your hardware details and photos in the Estimate Builder for a preliminary online estimate. Final scope and price subject to verification on site.

What’s included

• Removal of old hardware and disposal
• Installation of knobs, levers, deadbolts, hinges, or full handlesets
• Rekeying to match existing keys where requested
• Minor adjustment to strike plates so new hardware latches cleanly
• Finish matching across multiple pieces or doors
• All workmanship is backed by a 1-year labor warranty on labor, parts, and equipment covered per manufacturer terms.

What’s not included

• Electronic, keypad, or app-controlled locks, covered on our Smart Locks page
• Door repair for sticking, dragging, or frame alignment issues, covered on our Door Repair page
• Full door replacement
• New door boring or major carpentry to fit non-standard hardware, quoted separately once seen
• Structural repair to a damaged frame or jamb, flagged and handled by appropriately qualified professionals where required

Door hardware in Central Ohio homes

Central Ohio’s mix of housing stock drives a lot of hardware calls. Older homes in German Village, Clintonville, and Bexley often still carry original mortise locks or hardware from multiple remodels layered over decades, which means bore holes, backsets, and strike plate positions can be non-standard. Matching or upgrading hardware in these homes sometimes takes an extra step that a newer builder-grade door does not need, and we flag that during the estimate rather than after arrival.

Newer construction in Dublin, New Albany, and similar suburbs typically uses standard modern bore patterns, so hardware swaps and upgrades tend to be quick, predictable jobs, often driven by finish preference (brushed nickel to matte black is a common Central Ohio request) rather than function. Rental properties across the region see a steady mix of both: hardware worn from tenant turnover and occasional rekeying needs between leases.

Our process

1. Describe the hardware you want installed, repaired, or upgraded, with photos, through the Estimate Builder for a preliminary online estimate.
2. We confirm bore hole and backset compatibility, and flag if your request is really a smart lock or a door repair issue instead.
3. On-site confirmation of scope and finish before installation begins.
4. Installation of hardware, with strike plate adjustment as needed for a clean latch.
5. Function check: every lock cycled, every hinge tested, before we call the job done.

Services completed by appropriately qualified professionals where required.

Related services

Smart Locks | Door Repair | Entry Door Installation

Whether it’s a single sticky deadbolt or a full-house hardware refresh, Transit & Flow handles the mechanics of how your doors lock and look. Get a preliminary online estimate in the Estimate Builder, book service online, or call Transit & Flow at (614) 382-0000.