There is no worse feeling than realizing you have locked yourself out of your home. Here are several ways to get in, in ascending order of destruction.
If you have a little room between the door and your door frame, you can also try shimming---or loiding---the latch. If the hinges are on the inside of the door, the slant of the latch will be pointing outward, and you may be able to bypass the lock using a credit card. Be su...
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Pry the cover off of the door pull handle using the plastic trim tool and remove the two handle screws with the screwdriver. Remove the screws at the bottom edge of the door panel near the speaker. Remove the retaining clips at the back edge of the door panel near the door latch by po...
Hook latch? Maybe as simple as a sliding bolt? Examine the hinges to see if the gate only opens in one direction. No matter how rusty the device or how many locks are lined up like ducklings in a row, take the process nice and slow. Once you have the riddle solved, push the gate...
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door and frame. Return the pin to the hinge and tap it back in place. The swing of the door should be level and the door should latch to the doorknob plate in the frame. If the door continues to swing open, work down the line of hinges. You can use a shim such as a thin ...
Be sure to measure the door frame and consider the hinge and latch hardware you want to use before you start building.(See more about the hardware at the end of this post.) To build your own DIY wooden Dutch door (2 half doors) to replace a standard 36″ x 80″ door, you’ll nee...
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For example, they may attempt to use bump keys, pick the lock with specialized tools, or use an air wedge to force a gap between the door and the frame and manually unlock the latch. As a last-resort solution, they may drill the lock until the core fails or falls out, minimizing ...