So like 1/2 the key is on my key ring the other 1/2 is stuck in the door...anybody know of anyway to get the 1/2 out of the door with out calling a locksmith?
2007-01-26 17:44:28 · 23 answers · asked by daisy_102 2 in Home & Garden ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
Im assuming your inside your house because your using your PC to submit the question. Chances are if you broke your key off in the doorknob or deadbolt your really drunk. (Just kidding, maybe) Anyway, if you broke your key off in the lock its probably bent at the point of the break, and unfortunately thats bad. The easiest thing to do would be to replace the doorknob, or the deadbolt. If your inside and the deadbolt is in the locked position all you have to do is tap out the bolts on the hinges and take the door off long enough to remove the lock from the door.
*note - if you really are drunk (and inside for the night), leave the piece of key in the keyhole....brace the door with a chair.....and go to bed......it can wait until tomorrow.
Hope this helps.
2007-01-26 17:57:20 · answer #1 · answered by cubbieswrigleyfield 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A magnet won't work. Keys are made of brass and magnets don't stick to brass.
First try grabbing the broken section with tweezers or pliers. If you can't, you'll need to take the lock apart. There two screws on the back. Take it apart until you are down to the cylinder / tumbler where the key is stuck.
If there's a hole in the back, you're in luck. Get a paper clip, straighten it out and push the broken section out from the back. If not, you'll need to take the tumbler to a locksmith. They can get it out and will only charge you a few bucks. This is much cheaper than the locksmith making a house call.
Take the tumbler home and put it all back together. It's a little tricky, but you'll figure it out. It's easier with a second person holding one side of the lock while you screw it together from the other side.
The lions share of the cost of a house call is in the drive out to your house. You're paying for their time driving.
I am sure you can do this. I have six exterior locks in my house. I took them all apart and took all the tumblers to the locksmith for re-keying.
2007-01-26 18:03:46 · answer #2 · answered by Jimbo 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A lock smith would use a key extractor, which is no more than a hook type lock pick. You can make one with a bobby pin or large paper clip. Make a small hook on the end. What you want to do now is put it in the key hole pushing the tunbulars up. Grab the key peice at the first key cut you came to , now pull the key peicew out.you may want to spray WD40 in the hole first to easy and lube the tumbulars.
2016-03-29 04:36:01 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you can get your hands on a thin scrollsaw blade, you should be able to tease the key out by sliding the blade into the lock alongside the ridges of the broken key. Do this with the blade teeth facing up and toward you. I tried this on the trunk of my car about a year back, and the key came out in seconds.
Scrollsaw blades are sold in the tool section of big box hardware stores, if you don't know anyone who has some. Get the flat-looking, plain end type, not pin-end. They're about as thick as a bobby pin, and about 6" long.
2007-01-26 18:12:07 · answer #4 · answered by answerma'am 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree with big scary. I've broken a key into a lock and stuck the short broken half in it like i normally would and turned it and it worked. The other half fell out but i can't remember how, maybe snatching it back out fast kind've pulled it out a bit, enough for me to tweeze it out. But I do know whenever you do get it out, you can take the two halves to home depot (or any hardware store) and they can combine the ends and create a new key without you having to get a new lock.
2007-01-26 17:55:49 · answer #5 · answered by Ms Angie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not too much please.....
place a small amount of glue
on the broken key, put it in
the key hole and wait for
about 2 minutes. It should
stick long enough to get
the key back out. If not,
take the door knob apart.
2007-01-26 17:56:30 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I used an INSTANT SETTING EPOXY from Lowes and glued the half key right onto the other half in the lock when mine broke off. That epoxy of that type sets in minutes to a high strength.
Be sure to get that 'instand set' epoxy. My key was even at half turn and i turned it back and removed it. The whole thing took less than 5 minutes to get out.
2007-01-26 20:48:00 · answer #7 · answered by James M 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If it is in a door that's in your house you can just replace the lock itself.It's really easy to do.Just take out the screws,take out the lock and put the new one in.Go to Home Depot they will answer any question you might have.A locksmith is going to be very expensive.Or you can take out the doorknob and try to shake the key out.It might work.
2007-01-26 17:53:05 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You have to take the door knob off but we could not get the key out we had to buy a new door know Good luck
2007-01-26 17:50:14 · answer #9 · answered by bluemoon 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
push another key from the other side or use a really strong hair pin
ok and calmshell 19 said to use glue whatever you do DON'T you will then have to replace the lock because the whole key wil be stuck inside.
2007-01-26 17:57:03 · answer #10 · answered by omissy2005 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋