How to open the door without a key: if necessary

Each person got into a situation when he could not get into the apartment due to the loss or breakage of the key. How to open the door without a key? Consider the problem and its solutions in two versions: the loss of a key and breakage.

When the key is lost

What to do if the entrance door does not open, and the tool is limited or missing? Try to open the lock (see Installing the lock on the front door) by the means that are.

For example, a stud. Although it is not always possible to open the hairpin, in some cases this method may well help. It is necessary to break the pin into two parts, one of them to bend so as to use it as a lever for turning the mechanism.

The second part of the studs can be used as a tool for inserting pins. Naturally, other types of locks such a way to open will not succeed.

So:

• If the doors are equipped with a mortise lock with a cross cylinder mechanism, you need to carefully drill a small hole over the key hole. Further, using a master key, raise the stopper and move the bolt hook back.
• If the door has a cylinder pin mechanismit is enough to make a small hole in the cylinder, insert the wire and, turning the cylinder with a master key, open the door.
• If the door lock has a tongue, you need to try a screwdriver with another tool (the main thing is that its thickness allows you to push it between the sheet and the box) to press the tongue.
• After that, turn the handle and open the door. This kind of door can be opened even using a regular plastic card.
• If you want to open the level lock in the wooden door (see How to insert a lock into a wooden door, professional instruction), you need to do the following: pull as far as possible the door leaf from the box, using clips or other tools, and move the levers.
• If we are dealing with a latch type lock, using a screwdriver or another tool, unscrew the screws that secure the handle and remove it. After that, we remove the metal socket, which closes the lock mechanism and find a snap with a handy tool with a sharp end. We press on this latch, and without missing it, we turn the door handle.

Обращаем внимание! Если the front door does not open, не стоит пытаться подобрать ключи! Скорее всего вы лишь усугубите собственную проблему: ключ наверняка застрянет и тогда совершенно точно понадобится специалист.

You can always carry the master key acquired in advance in the store. It can be very helpful if the key is lost. It can be used by anyone, even a person who is far from the experience of opening lock constructions. True the master key can be lost as well as the key.

So:

• If the door is not strong enough (see How to choose the front door to the apartment), you can simply crack it or destroy the lock structure in any accessible way (for example, knock out the lock cylinder).

This option is quite effective, but would entail the need for repair. In addition, the possibility of its use depends on which way the entrance door should open. If out, then hack it is very difficult.

• You can simply call from the housing office a fitter who will do everything the same as in the above version.
• In large cities, there are many companies offering services to open the locks. The company's specialist will arrive at the scene before the locksmith, and the work will be done, as a rule, more carefully, and possibly without destructive consequences for the castle. But such services cost a lot.
• The best way to avoid problems is to anticipate them. It is enough to install a modern lock with a special design that does not need keys, and does not have a keyhole at all.

Helpful advice! If all attempts to open the door on your own did not lead to a positive result, contact the assistance of specialists providing such services: they will carefully and quickly open the closed door.

When the key is broken

There are cases in life when, when you try to open the entrance doors, the key inserted into the well of the lock just broke. This is a serious problem, but quite reparable.

In order not to break the front door, and then not spend money on an expensive replacement, it makes sense to try to open such a door using the methods described below. The tool kit and the hands adapted for its use will be a true help in solving problems. The set of tools depends on whether to open - in or out.

What tools will be needed:

• Pliers
• Bulgarian
• Jig saw file
• Lomik
• Screwdriver
• Drill

Sequencing

• The first thing you need to pull the broken key from the keyhole. Ask your neighbors for a jig file. Insert it into the hole of the lock in such a way that the teeth of the file looked up.
• In the wake of this, slowly turn the file, trying to hook the key. Then slowly pull the file with the key from the well of the lock.

• If a piece of key sticks out of the door, the task of opening the door is solved with the help of pliers. They need to cling to the sticking edge of the broken key, carefully turning it in the direction that the key was turning when opening the door.
• After opening the door, you need to drag the key towards you.

Pay attention! You should not risk yourself trying to get from the neighbor's balcony to your apartment. This is fraught with serious risk. Consider your possibilities really. If you decide, you need to have a reliable insurance.

• If you managed to remove the key, but the lock does not open, most likely, the point is that the lock device is broken. We must try to get into the internal mechanism of the castle. This is not so difficult if the door is equipped with an English lock.
• To get into the internal mechanism, it is necessary to drill out the cylinder, and then remove the lock maggots.
• Then using metal hooks, you need to hook the drive mechanism, resulting in the bolts fall into the lock body.

• If there are lock bolts between the box and the door leaf, you can cut them using the grinder.

• If the door has even small gaps, it is necessary to try to pry it with a crowbar and a sturdy screwdriver: this procedure will determine the place of the door that is most vulnerable. So you can open the door without damaging the door.

Helpful advice! The easiest way to solve the problem will be to call the door opening service. If the owner has any evidence of living in an apartment, these people will help you get into the home.

We hope this article has provided you with enough information about how the front door should open if the key is lost or broken.