What to do if the interior door slammed?

One of the most important attributes of each apartment or office space is an interroom door. Such doors divide the room into rooms, visually limit the space.

The most important role is played in office space. They come in various forms, they are made from a variety of materials, for different budgets and needs.

A lock may restrict access to a room in which important documents or valuables are stored. It also helps to retire and limit unwanted presence, thereby providing a calm or intimate atmosphere.

How to open the door

Many of us came across a rather ridiculous and ridiculous, but terribly unpleasant situation when the castle was jammed. And it happened, usually at the most inopportune moment. Many people start to panic and, not knowing how to open the door, can resort to such a radical solution as knocking out.

Do not hurry! It is enough to collect your thoughts, calm down a panic attack, and follow a few tips to help open it. If the door slammed, first of all, calm down. You can open a naughty lock with the help of tools.

After the interior door slammed, you need to think of how, without causing harm to it, retaining the original look.

Tip! Slam shut, wedge and fail cheap locks. If you do not want to be in a delicate situation, then do not be greedy when buying a lock. The difference in price between very bad fittings and normal, is not so high.

So, we will simulate a situation: the door slammed shut, and you do not know how to open it. In this case, the following tips are for you:

Improvised means

A plastic card

The easiest and fastest way to open a slammed one is to use a regular plastic card. If there is a simple tongue lock on your door, it will be enough for you to hold a plastic card or any other thin solid object upright of the lock, thereby moving the tongue back.

Acting on the tongue, we will bring the mechanism into action. After that, simply turn the handle and open the interior door.

Mechanism latch

If the latch mechanism is installed, it will have to be opened a little differently.

• If you turn the turntable, and your lock does not react at all, and you cannot open the interior door, then you will have to unscrew the bolts located on the door handle and remove its contents.
• If by chance, the tools are on the other side, then use a teaspoon, or, at worst, use your nail.
• After you dismantled the contents of the castle, take a pencil or similar object.
• Feel in the center of a small bump. It is just a snap mechanism.
• Gently press on it and at the same time with this action, turn the handle. Now you know another way to open a slammed interior door.

Use knitting needles

Feel like a real cracker. For this operation, you will need a knitting needle, a nail file, or other similar items.

Your main goal is to grope the moving components of the castle and try to lift them carefully. If you do it right and good luck smiles at you, you will hear a distinctive click.

Breaking the lock

The most difficult way to open is to break the lock with the key.

Key ejection

Such locks, as a rule, are installed in an office or bedroom (see Installing a lock in an interior door).

So:

• In the event that your door is slammed, and the key remains in the lock, then place a newspaper under the door and try to knock the key out of the door with neat points.
• If this method did not help, then try to knock out the key with a screwdriver or a ballpoint pen. At that moment, when the key fell out, pull it up on the planted newspaper and open it from the inside.

Tip! In the event that you have tried all the options for opening interior doors, and nothing helped, do not despair. There is no need to break open the door.

• Try to dismantle the entire lock. This is the best option, since the lock can be replaced or replaced with a new lock.
• In any case, this option is cheaper than breaking out the interior door, even if not so fast.

So, you have acquired a very valuable and useful skill in opening slammed interior doors. This knowledge will help you avoid unpleasant situations.

The main thing is not to succumb to panic attacks, and a thorough and rational approach to solving the problem. In turn, we recommend keeping the tools at hand in a place where you can always access them.