How to Open a Locked Door

Door locks keep us safe and secure about our possessions, but they can also make us uncomfortable when they don’t work properly, or if you accidentally leave your keys somewhere. Remember, before you start messing around with the unlocking kit and breaking the door, you have to make sure you have no other choice. Most workarounds take time to learn, remember this.

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Use a Homemade Key to Smash the Lock

Unlock the lock on the doorknob by banging . Smashing a lock is a simple and quick unlocking technique that is useful in situations where it is necessary to open a door that has been closed for a long time (for example, unlocking the door of a house that has not been used for a long time). located on your family property), or if you want to find a way into an elderly relative’s home to check that they are okay. ^{[1] X Research Source}

This method of breaking a lock takes a bit of practice, especially in the case of a cheap lock because it can even break a lock, so don’t do it without a good reason. .

Get a key to smash. This key needs to fit into the lock you want to break, but it’s not the key to that lock. As long as the key fits into the lock, it can become a key to smash, by filing the vertices to the lowest depth allowed.

Most reputable locksmiths won’t make a hammer key for you, but you can probably buy them online. To make one yourself, you’ll need some metalworking tools and a little patience.

Insert the key to hit the lock until the last lock is reached. The pins in the lock are mounted around a ring, the lock will be able to rotate when the latches on the inside line up and no longer block its movement. Every little “click” you hear when you put the key in the lock is caused by a pin being raised by one tooth of the key and then falling into its recess. Insert the key until only one latch remains unlifted.

Smash and turn the key. Use a small rubber hammer or similar item to slam the key hard, and turn it immediately. Because the latches inside the key are divided into two parts, the knocking action transfers force to the lower part (the five inside the doorknob), and then to the upper part (this upper part prevents the doorknob from turning) . If all the latches on the upper part are raised evenly, the lock will be able to rotate.

It may take a few tries to get the lock to turn at the right time, so stick with it until you succeed.

Use an Unlocker

Unlock with unlocking kit. This is a special skill that takes a lot of practice and is usually taught only to “real” locksmiths. And these kits are also limited to the right people who have been authorized, but with a little creativity, you can approximate to make this tool yourself. ^{[2] X Research Source}

Tool making. For weak locks, a paperclip can be opened; with harder locks, you will need bobby pins, hairpins, wire cutters and a pair of tongs. unlock tool. ^{[3] X Research Sources}

Wind steel is the best material for this because it is hard to break and can be easily made by filing. You can get wind steel from wood saw blades. Pay attention to the thickness of the saw blade because it will determine the size of the unlocking rod that can be inserted into the lock.
The lever is made in an L-shape, and is used to apply force to the bottom of the lock. You can make this tool by thinly filing an L-shaped rod with a hexagonal body.
The unlocking rod is made with shorter pins, like the letter “r”. It is used to pull the latch from the doorknob so that the doorknob can be rotated.

Insert the transmission lever into the lock. Squeeze it to the bottom of the lock, and always apply a rotation force to it during work with the unlocking rod. Otherwise, unlocking will take more time, even you have to start from the beginning.

If you’re not sure which direction to turn the transmission lever, insert it into the lock and try turning it in one direction. Put your ear in to listen and then pull out the push rod quickly. If you turn it in the right direction, you will hear the pin drop.

Insert the push rod on top of the transmission lever. Use its tip to find and push each pin up out of the hole. When all the pins have been pushed out of the hole, the lock will open. As mentioned above, this skill takes a lot of practice to master, so you should practice on cheap locks first.

Use Hex Wrench to Open Doors in Houses

Open the indoor door with a hex wrench. Most indoor door locks manufactured in the last few decades use a special type of door handle that allows you to open the door even when it is locked. If your doorknob has a small circular hole in the middle, that’s the kind of handle we’re talking about. ^{[4] X Research Sources}

Buy a set of hex wrenches. Hex wrenches, also known as “Allen wrenches”, are usually sold at a fairly cheap price at most hardware or home appliance stores. They are small, L-shaped iron bars, standard widths of sides available in either metric or English.

Insert the long end of the hexagon into the hole in the doorknob. You may have to try on a hex size or two to find the one that fits the lock, but it’s usually easy to spot. It needs to fit snugly into the hole but without the need to grind or try to stuff a large hexagon in. If you push the hexagon straight in and shake it back and forth a little, you’ll feel it snap into something inside.

Turn the hexagon to open the door. Once the hexagon fits into the hole in the handle, just turn it slightly and it will open. You don’t need a lot of effort.

Using ATM Card

Open a simple padlock with an ATM card. This trick is quite common, but the more modern the lock, the less effective it is, although it is still very useful to get into a house with an old door type that you don’t have a key for.

Hard pressed plastic cards seem to work best. You can use a flexible card (like a supermarket gift card) – so you won’t have to worry about it getting damaged. Because sometimes you can scratch your ATM card to the point where it becomes unusable.

Insert the ATM card inside the edge of the door. Drag the edge of the card along the slot between the door frame and the lock mounting on the door, to just above where the lock’s latch engages the door frame.

Turn the card tail down behind the door latch. You need to make sure the card is perpendicular to the door.

Pull the card forward slowly and firmly while turning the handle. If you’re lucky, the ATM card will slide down the gap between the bevel of the lock pin and the door frame, and you’ll be able to separate the latch from the door frame by pulling the ATM card toward you. Then the door will be opened, as long as you still hold the card in the position between the lock pin and the hole.

Obviously, this trick won’t work if the locking pin is a fixed latch. This type of dowel has no chamfer on the side. But luckily you cannot lock this type of latch from the outside without a key.

Open Car Door

Open the car door. While it’s usually illegal to own a car locksmith (a special metal tool that helps open a car door) it’s usually illegal, you can still make the same tool with a metal clothes hanger. hard type. If you’ve left your car keys in your car but you’re near a grocery store or a friend’s house that has a coat hanger, you can avoid the hassle and time of calling a locksmith or emergency service. household.

Remove the twist and straighten the hanger. You can leave the bend at the top, but remove it from the neck and straighten the rest, and you’ll have a metal tool with a bent hook.

Flip the plastic stopper at the base of the glass panel on the side of the steering wheel. Slide the hook end of the hanger through the rubber lining and base of the door glass. The hook will be on the inside of the car door.

Rotate the hook around to find the latch. This latch will usually be located about 10 cm from the car window, near the interior door lock.

Slide in and pull the latch. Thread the hook through the latch and pull it toward the rear of the vehicle. This method can open most manual car locks.

If your car door has a power button to open the door, you can also slide the bottom of the coat hanger from the top of the door, and use it like a finger to push the button inside.

Use Power to Break the Door

Unblock the door. In emergencies, sometimes your only option is to force the door open. You have to understand that this will destroy the door frame, the lock, and possibly the door as well. And this method is also more dangerous than other methods, so you should only resort to it when there is no other way.

Stand on a firm surface. Face the door and spread your feet shoulder-width apart, knees slightly bent. If possible, prop your hand or arm against a wall, furniture, or anything that won’t move when you push in the door.
Raise your dominant leg to thigh level. Lift the leg from the knee up. Keep your feet facing the door. Don’t turn the other way or make any extra moves.
Kick the lock on the door with your heel. This type of rock is sometimes referred to as a “bounce stone”. Turn your legs straight forward, so your feet kick the locking mechanism in the door.
Kicking the door is pretty safe. Our feet are designed to be able to absorb a large amount of impulse, and shoes and sandals will act as support cushions. DO NOT hit the door with your shoulder, you are more likely to dislocate than to open the door.
Continue kicking until the lock pops out of the door frame. Just kick long enough, this works on almost any type of wooden door.
If you don’t see results after a few minutes, the door or frame may be reinforced. Take a break and keep going, so your kicks won’t weaken.

Advice

Call a professional if possible. No one can replace a locksmith (or a homeowner with a spare key) when you’re stuck outside. The best and safest way to open a locked door is always to pick up the phone and call someone professionally trained to open it.
Always start with the least damaging measure possible. If you can open a door with an ATM card, there’s no need to break the lock or use a wooden stick to break your door.
Practice. If you want to be able to break the lock by smashing, or with the transfer lever and push rod, you need a lot of practice to develop the skill. There is no better teacher than experience.

Warning

Don’t try to break the door with your shoulder. It only works on movies.
Don’t try to shoot in the lock. It can result in bullets bouncing and hurting you more than breaking the lock. You also may not be able to fix the jammed lock to its normal position anymore due to the effect of the dent you shot.
Breaking into anything that is not yours is trespassing and illegal. Don’t do that.
In some places, it’s also illegal to carry a locksmith without certification that you’re a locksmith. Depending on the feelings of the officer who arrested you, even carrying homemade tools could be illegal. Don’t use those tools unless you really need to.
If you lose the key to a rental property, call security, the manager or the landlord before attempting to break the lock. Maybe one of them will have the key to open the door for you, remember: breaking into a rental can be illegal, especially if you cause property damage.

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