In case your door gets jammed you can open it by lubricating the lock turning.
How to lock your door without a lock.
Locking a door without a lock may seem like a real life version of mission impossible.
Find the push lock or twist lock button on the inner doorknob.
After a bit of research i found a device in which you can use the door latches hole.
The demo uses a plastic fork but a metallic one is better.
If your knob has a push lock.
This should lock the door.
How to lock a door without a lock 1.
You don t need a key to lock most doors from the inside.
The ways mentioned above to a locked door without a key would surely come handy.
If this is the case you will have to acquire new locks and then have them professionally installed.
Lock the door from the inside.
For small emergency situations like a toilet door or a closet you can repurpose a lock using household tools.
You should see a small cylindrical button protruding from the center of the knob.
Up down toward you and away from you.
Use as much force as you can without losing your balance once the door opens.
I needed to lock a toilet door from the inside the other day and there was no lock.
But i want to crush this illusion of difficulty by showing you some very simple ways to lock a door without a lock.
Shut the door then slip the fork into the gap just to test the size.
However there are some other ways to open a locked door such as picking the lock using a paperclip removing its hinges using a screwdriver annihilating the lock using a hammer etc.
Lock a door without a lock.
Perhaps not as exciting but nevertheless difficult.
Not being able to wait for shipping i improvised using a bit of kitchen hardware.
With many older doors you need to pressure the door as you fiddle with the key as the warped door is bending the lock at an awkward angle.
Get a fork that you don t mind losing.
Try applying pressure in each direction.
As the name suggests drilling a lock is a form of destructive entry which means that if you use this method to unlock a door without a key your lock will be damaged and rendered ineffective.