There are a lot of manufacturers of door locks and door leafs themselves. Each plant guarantees the quality of its products. But such incidents as a jammed castle are quite common. It doesn’t matter whether it happened inside or outside the housing. Let's look at how to open the door if the lock is jammed.
What is the cause of the breakdown?
There are a lot of reasons:
- manufacturing defects;
- closing the door with a lot of force, cotton;
- no periodic lubrication of the mechanism;
- the door is not installed at the level, skew;
- a foreign object got inside (vandals tried);
- the key broke off inside the mechanism;
- use of low-quality duplicate.
These are a number of factors that lead to breakdowns. Let's look at some ways to open the door if the lock is jammed.
Interior devices
In such paintings locks with simple mechanisms are inserted. If the tongue is jammed, you need to carry out a series of actions:
- Take a plastic card and insert it into the gap between the box and the door at the level of the locking mechanism (tongue).
- Tilt the card towards the door handle and gently push it forward. The movement should go along the beveled fragment of the tongue. It is important to consider which side this area is located. In another embodiment, the card will have to be pushed over the mechanism and lowered at an angle to, on the other hand, walk along the sloping section. Under pressure, the locking mechanism slides open and the door opens.
For this process, not only a credit card is used, but also other flat objects of sufficient stiffness, for example, a knife. This is the first option on how to open the interior door if the lock is jammed. If it comes to the English device, then the central part is drilled, a cylindrical rod is removed. And then the locking mechanism of the lock is hooked and delayed. This will provoke the opening of the mechanism.
For modern models, when there is a handle and a lock, this method will not work. How to open the door if the lock is jammed? There is an alternative way. Remove the decorative plugs. Next, the screws that hold the handle are untwisted, and the latter is removed. In the hole you need to find the locking mechanism and pick it up with a thin, but rather rigid wire. Then you should install the handle in place. At the same time by pressing it down, it is necessary to act on the rotary mechanism with a wire and press on the door with a shoulder.
What should I do if I couldn’t get along with the lock?
When the door has glass inserts, the retaining guides must be carefully removed and the decor set. Through the hole you need to reach the handle on the other side and try to open. In some embodiments, the door leaf is removed from the hinges. And then the problem of repair or replacement of the lock, larva is solved.
Well, the last way is to take out the door leaf. This is a costly method, but in some cases you cannot do without it. We sorted out the interior doors, and now we will find out how to open the jammed front door lock.
The lock is locked and the key in it
You should arm yourself with WD-40 liquid, which is sold in auto parts stores or in household departments. You need to handle the lock by gently turning the key from side to side, and try to open it. Is there a blockage of the larva? The lock is processed with liquid, and the key is inserted several times into the lock cylinder and pulled out until the dirt is completely removed.
The key is broken and stuck - this situation is more complicated. There are several options:
- A key chip sticks out. You should take the pliers and turn the key rod to the desired position. Then carefully remove.
- Chip inside. Here you can try with a sharp object (knitting needle, paper clip, etc.) to push or pull the stuck end to the exit. And then pick up and pull out with tweezers.
If these methods do not help, contact specialized services. They will help with the least damage to get out of the situation.
Types of locks and methods for opening them
From the type of lock you can understand whether it will be possible to open it or not:
- Larva in the form of a cylinder. How to open a door if a lock of such a plan jammed? Have to crack the larva. But it’s easier to replace it than a fully door leaf. For this, a drill or pliers are used. The outer part bites or reams, the remains are knocked out with a thick screwdriver and a hammer. Cross locks open easier. A gum is clogged into the well, a screwdriver is inserted and spins instead of a key. After a few turns, the chewing gum will take the form of a key and open the lock.
- Level devices are reliable, but they can fail sooner or later. If the lock is jammed, you need to remove the key and look inside the well with a flashlight. Perhaps one of the levers (plates) is jammed. A thin tool (knitting needle, hairpin, etc.) should be installed in its place. If you yourself could not solve the problem, then it is better to turn to professionals, since these locks are unique in their reliability, and they can not be opened with a simple clip.
Entrance doors have more complex locking devices.
Balcony door
Plastic construction is implied. And there are problems with her. Solving them is simple: you need to take out the double-glazed window. It is fixed with feldspars. Carefully do the dismantling, remove the glass. This makes it possible to reach the handle on the other hand. Reinstalling the glass does not require additional costs. This is the easiest and most effective way to open a plastic door if the lock is jammed.
It is quite possible to open a balcony or interior door yourself. But with metal inputs, as a rule, the help of professionals is required. This will help to avoid drastic measures for cutting hinges or cutting out the lock, which threatens to completely replace the door leaf. To reduce the risk of problems, the lock must be lubricated periodically.
So, we figured out how to open a metal door if the lock jammed. But it is better not to bring it to this and to process the mechanism in a timely manner.