In an active shooter situation your first priority is to run.
How to bar your door without a lock.
After a bit of research i found a device in which you can use the door latches hole.
Attackers are looking for easy targets and will often bypass a locked door without trying to breach it.
Not being able to wait for shipping i improvised using a bit of kitchen hardware.
In most cases you can rely on a lock but sometimes a normal lock is not sufficient.
I ll teach you how to local a door that dosent have a lock without using anything.
This will turn the operating lever and extend the bolt into the locked position.
To lock the door from the outside.
If you can t do that the next best option is to hide and to hide in a room with a locking door.
If this is the case you will have to acquire new locks and then have them professionally installed.
When a door needs to be held shut but locking the door is not an option there are numerous ways to jam a door if you have the right tools and materials.
5 different ways to make a diy lock for a door.
I needed to lock a toilet door from the inside the other day and there was no lock.
To lock the slide lock from the outside you need to install a lock handle with the spindle inserted into the square hole next to the operating lever.
There are other steps you can take to prevent a door from opening in the case of an emergency.
Lock a door without a lock.
Use a fork a belt or a chair to stop people entering.
As the name suggests drilling a lock is a form of destructive entry which means that if you use this method to unlock a door without a key your lock will be damaged and rendered ineffective.
Once installed turn the handle 90 degrees to lock the slide lock.
But i want to crush this illusion of difficulty by showing you some very simple ways to lock a door without a lock.
Great for a bathroom or bedroom that doesnt have a lo.
Perhaps not as exciting but nevertheless difficult.
Learning how to lock a door without a lock will help you deal with damaged locks or doors that do not have locks installed on them.
Taking the time to learn how to lock a door without a lock can help you improvise emergency locking solutions in dire times like active shooter situations and it can be the very thing that helps save your life.
In an emergency it may become necessary to close a door and ensure it does not come open until the emergency passes.
Locking a door without a lock may seem like a real life version of mission impossible.
By only using your hands you can lock a door.