How To Drill Out Door Lock

Aim the drill into the area just above the keyway.

How to drill out door lock.

How to drill out a lock step 1. Feel the drill work and try not to work too quickly or press too hard as this may jam or break the drill bit. Drill a hole through the lock cylinder through the guidance point. Certain locks are not going to open as easily as others even with drilling.

Drill out the lock cylinder. I recently bought a house my wife thought it would be a good idea to shut the door to one of the rooms. How to drill different cylinder locks including very poor footage of one being drilled. For flat sided deadbolts you typically drill two overlapping 7 8 inch holes centered about 5 16 inch above and below the horizontal center line.

Drilling the lock 1. Switch to a slightly larger bit. Understand the lock well enough to drill it properly. Drilling a lock will thoroughly destroy it.

With the hole centerline marked out it s time to drill. You ll have to get. 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. The goal is to drill through the pin tumblers not the keyway itself.

Use a sharp drill bit that is designed for metal drilling. Unfortunately not all locks can be drilled. Don t just drill from one side. This destroys the pins inside the lock cylinder.

For security reasons some locks are specially. These type of pins are made out of hardened steel so that they are harder than the drill bit. At the line intersection use a spade bit to drill a hole for the bolt as directed by the lock manufacturer. This room happened to have a key ed lock on it that.

Get your gear together. Make sure drilling the lock is your only option.