This ensures you don t splinter the wood on the face of the door as you blast through drilling from just one side.
How to drill out a lock on a front door.
However many people can t drill into a door due to agreements with landlords lack of tools or door materials and door jamb layouts that make it difficult to install a traditional lock.
Certain locks are not going to open as easily as others even with drilling.
In this video i will try 4 different way to drill open a lock.
If you have drilled the hole correctly then the pins should not be able to stop you from turning the lock and the door will open.
Understand the lock well enough to drill it properly.
Drill a hole through the lock cylinder through the guidance point.
With the large hole cut it s now time to drill the small 1 inch hole in the edge of the door.
You want to drill part way into one side of the door stop and then start to drill from the other side.
Push the screwdriver into the lock and turn the lock in the same direction as you would turn the key.
There is no point in drilling a lock that has anti drill pins.
Most locks have about five tumbler pins to drill through although some have six or more.
These methods can be used for the majority of locks you come across around your house.
Use a sharp drill bit that is designed for metal drilling.
This destroys the pins inside the lock cylinder allowing you to force the lock open.
Drill out the lock cylinder.
Aim the drill into the area just above the keyway.
These type of pins are made out of hardened steel so that they are harder than the drill bit.
A drill may seem like and extreme way to open your locked door but you more than likely put your doorknob on with a drill and if your home safe has a master lock on it that you managed to shut before realizing you left the key inside.
Once you ve drilled through and broken the pins you may need to insert a flat screwdriver to retract the latch and open the door.