How Do You Unlock A Door?

Question

k, sooo my friend was babysitting her little brother and he locked the door on accident n were locked out of the bedroom and we dont have a key..We would call a lock smith but we dont have time because her mom has to go to work....so any ideas

Answer 1

Take any key that will fit into the key hole, push it in all the way, then pull it out just a little (until you hear it click just one time). Then take a hammer and pound on the key. This will cause the pins in the tumbler to jump up and you can then turn the key. It might take a few tries, but it will work on most locks.

If it's just a small hole (the size of the hole in a cheerio) then you can just use a toothpick or something similar. Just poke around inside while turning the knob and it should open.

Answer 2

For the doors inside a house where safety and security is not the purpose but little privacy is desired, door knobs have facility to release the lock in case of accidents. If they are designed for security, there wouldn't be a lock release and a lock smith should be able to help. Depending on the door design, there may not be space to slide a credit card in to release the lock. If so, read on...

Find a tool: Find a thin metallic tool that is 3 or more inches long. This could be a thin screwdriver (smallest size you can find) that will fit in the lock release hole in the center. This will serve as your key.

I found few keys in my house left by prior owner that are kinda like a screw driver with a 3 mm wide flat edge in the front and about 2.5 to 3 inches long and has a U shaped bent at the rear that helps holding it. I found these at a friend's house as well. So this is probably fairly standard issue. But practically speaking any implement of this sort should work.

Release the lock: Position the key inside the release hole. Here finding the right spot to turn is the key to the trick. You can feel around PATIENTLY and any time the key touches something try rotating it while you are PATIENTLY rotating the handle. After several tries in various spots, the door should get unlocked.

In our house, the right spot was about half way (of the portion that is outside the door) through the door knob. Once the key is postioned in the right spot, you just turn it as if you are using a key to a lock and open the door.

Tips:
1. Try using the tool on an open door that way you can understand how it works. Once you figure out the right spot it should be fairly easy next time around.

2. Just so you don't lose patience allot about 10 minutes and get a chair and sit down while you try this.

3. Try using help of of a neighbor or a friend. If you are in a rental place or a condominium with an office, you should be able to reach out to office staff for help.

IMPORTANT: You should only try to dissemble the lock if all efforts fail. You should almost never have to break the door unless you are really breaking in or it is somehow cheaper.

Answer 3

Usually a paper clip or toothpick is not strong enough. If you have pliers to cut it, a wire coat hanger is just about right. Other choices are knitting needle and ice pick. With a round hole, you should be able to go straight in and push - that will either release the handle so you can turn it or retract the latch so you can push the door open.
If the hole in the door is a small rectangle, then the intended tool is a narrow flat bladed screwdriver kind of thing. One should have come with the lock, but lacking that, again a cut piece of coat hanger, but hammered on the end to flatten it or a narrow bladed screwdriver. Here the action is to insert the flat through the outer slot and fit in a matching inner slot about 3/4" inside, then turn the mechanism to unlatch the door. The problem here is that many "narrow" bladed screwdrivers are too wide or too long in the blade to turn in the small space provided.

Answer 4

The bedroom door knob usually has a hole in the center and you can use a wire clothes hanger to push through the hole and unlock the lock.

Answer 5

Ok. On newer locks, the outside has a little hole in the doorknob. Usually you have a special tool that looks like a skinny metal stick thingy that you just stick in there and the lock opens. If you can't find that, try a straightened bobby pin or a straightened paper clip. good luck

Answer 6

There is a lock release hole in the door knob. Use a small instrument such as a paper clip or micro screwdriver. Insert the object in the hole and push. That should do the trick.

Answer 7

Most bedroom locks have a little hole on the center (where a keyhole would be on an entry door). If it has one push an object like a nail into it and turn the knob while pushing in.
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Answer 8

If all the other ideas don't work, try pulling the doorknob toward the hinges and push. Most interior doors have enough spacing to do this, or try using a pry bar gently with something soft and malible so you don't mar the threshold

Answer 9

DOSE THE bathroom door have a door knob? In the middle of the door knob is there a hole? IF so use a Bobbie pin to open the door. IF you need a key then use a credit card slid it in on the side.

Answer 10

I CAN ASSUME THAT THE DOOR SWING IN BECAUSE IT IS A BEDROOM DOOR.
THE STOP AROUND THE EDGE OF THE JAMB THAT HITS THE DOOR IS A SEPARATE PIECE OF WOOD ABOUT 1/2"THICK AND 1" WIDE, CAN BE PRIED LOSE AND THEN U WILL SEE THE KNOB BOLT THAT IS AGAINST THE STRIKER. U NOW SHOULD OPEN THE DOOR