So the only way to get a door open when you re on the outside and it s locked from the inside is to remove the door from its hinges.
Take a locked door off the hinges.
You can t take the hinges off of a locked door but you can take the door off the hinges.
The best way to remove door hinge pin with a bottom cap.
Scratch awl or similar pointy tool.
If the door does not allow the lock to be jimmied open it may be.
The hole is directly underneath the head of the hinge pin.
Insert the tip of a 16d nail into the hole at the bottom of the hinges.
The best way to remove door hinge pin with a bottom cap.
To do this you need a screwdriver and a hammer.
Tap the nail with a hammer to pop the head of the pin out by about.
Unscrew the screws holding the bottom hinge to the door frame using a phillips screwdriver.
Unscrew the top hinge from the frame.
The hinge pin on most doors are located on the inside so removing them is unlikely and even if you could it would be very difficult to remove the door if you can at all.
1 8 3mm drill bit.
Use the hammer and screwdriver to pop the pins out of each.
Using a thin flat but sturdy item like a credit card or putty knife attempt to access the angled side of the door.
With the weight of the door hanging on the top hinge work the other hinges together.
3 32 2 4mm drill bit.
One night after getting ready for bed a person walks up to the main door of his house to lock it and pulling up on the handle he feels and almost hears the slight almost imperceptible resistance in the german manufactured locking mechanism of the latch.
Take the door off the hinges.
If there is no deadbolt.
Spring loaded hinges are always spread out like a butterfly and mounted flat on the outer frame.
How to fix a locked door that won t open.
To put the door back on the hinges grab the door at the center and tip it slightly toward the top engaging the knuckles of the top hinge.
Scratch awl or similar pointy tool.
Push a hinge pin into whichever hinge lines up first then tap in the remaining pins.
Open the door to carefully remove it.