This method will ultimately destroy your lock because the drill is used to break all of the lock tumblers and give you access to open the door.
How to bust a locked door.
This lock type is typically engaged by pushing the door knob in towards the door and turning it slightly in one direction.
Before you pull out your credit card out the first thing you need to check is your door lock.
Try to shove the card in as much as possible make sure the card is perpendicular to the door.
Try to tilt the card towards the doorknob so that it touches the door knob.
Push in and turn in the other direction.
Outswing doors swing out to the exterior the doorstop on the inside of the door stops inward movement and reduces the chance that the door can be forced open.
If a particular lock is proving stubborn adjust your point of aim accordingly.
Eventually you ll disengage enough of the pins to bump the lock open.
This can either be the door lock or the door hinges.
Bump open a tumbler lock.
The first time i saw this i couldn t believe my eyes.
Eventually the locking mechanisms should break through the jamb and the door will swing free.
Now that you know a couple of great ways to open your house door and other doors inside of your house what about opening a locked car door.
It sounds too good to be true but the car opening tool you re most likely to have on you at any given time is a shoestring unfortunately this method only works on locking mechanisms that unlock by pulling up.
As you see progress keep on aiming at the locks that haven t broken through yet.
The edges of the door on the other hand will always be relatively well reinforced.
Image via shutterstock car door method 1.
Older doors may still come equipped with a third type of privacy lock.
Similar to the process of drilling a lock this method looks to forcefully circumvent your locks.
Steps insert the card between the door frame and the door near the handle.
The goal here is to exert enough force that dislodges the lock or the hinges from the door.
To unlock this door from the inside the procedure is reversed.
Outswing doors are gaining ground for protection against high winds or as a blast or fire protection garage to home entryway door.
To ram a door you need to focus your energy on the points that really matter.
Bumping a lock does take some practice and especially in the case of cheaper locks it.
More specifically you want to target the side that contains the fixed end of the shackle as the pins are located just underneath.
But desperate times call for desperate measures.
Residential interior doors like those on bathrooms and bedrooms lock for privacy but aren t really made to be impassable.
Tap the side of the lock with a hammer or similar tool repeatedly.