How To Break Open A Room Door Lock

Angle the card towards the frame.

How to break open a room door lock.

Keep holding the tension wrench and apply pressure. Install a door latch guard on the door if it swings outward. The head of the screwdriver must be small enough to slip inside the slot of the outside door knob. Be careful not to exert too much pressure here.

Push it in until you meet resistance. Gently insert the screwdriver s flathead into the door knob s slot then turn it counterclockwise. If you have two paper clips on you the process will be that much easier. A door that swings inward will not be affected by a thicker or overlapping trim.

If there s no room between the lock and frame slide the card in the space above the lock and between the door and the frame. To open a locked interior door with a screwdriver first push the screwdriver as far as you can into the hole on the doorknob. When a lock is insta. Push up on the pin with the paperclip.

When you insert the bent paperclip stick the straightened paperclip beneath it and move it around. If the locking mechanism is a latchbolt the kind of bolt that is spring loaded and has one angled edge and the angled edge is facing away from you you can hook it with a wire hanger. To bump a lock the bump key is inserted into the keyway and pressure is applied via a hammer or a screwdriver. If you hear a click the lock is disengaged and the door should open freely.

This is a metal plate that screws in next to the door. Support our videos and articles with a contribution. Take a hammer and flatten the end of the paperclip as flat as you can get it then grab your makeshift lock picking tools and head to the door. Bend one of the paperclips and fold out the other one as straight as possible.

First insert the tension wrench into the bottom part of the lock and rotate it in the direction you would turn the key to unlock it to place tension on the lock. Insert the flattened paperclip above the tension wrench pushing until you meet resistance. Maintain this tension throughout. After some wiggling your lock will hopefully open.

At this exact moment if the right amount of torque is applied you will be able to unlock a door without a key. Insert the flattened end of the paperclip above the tension wrench. This is the first pin of the lock. Insert the tension wrench into the lock opening s bottom and turn the lock to the side as if you were unlocking the door with a key.