unlock interior door without key

nino1 · 26-10-2017 10:11AM #1

My 2 year old took a key out of a locked interior and we can't find it for the life of us!
Its a standard locking mechanism for an interior door (picture attached)

Anyone have any ideas of how I can get it open?

bloodless_coup · 26-10-2017 10:14AM

Chisel / axe will do the job. Also other keys to other doors in the house may work with a bit of twiddling. These types of locks are fairly primitive.

pat k · 26-10-2017 10:17AM

nino1 wrote: »

My 2 year old took a key out of a locked interior and we can't find it for the life of us!
Its a standard locking mechanism for an interior door (picture attached)

Anyone have any ideas of how I can get it open?

Try hardware/locksmith they might give u a bunch of suitable keys and usually you will find one that fits . shoudn't be hard to find a key

Outkast_IRE · 26-10-2017 10:18AM

nino1 wrote: »

My 2 year old took a key out of a locked interior and we can't find it for the life of us!
Its a standard locking mechanism for an interior door (picture attached)

Anyone have any ideas of how I can get it open?

Do you have the keys for other similar type locks in the house - often one of them may work as there are only a few variations of keys in some of them.

tcif · 26-10-2017 10:23AM

Is the door open or closed? This happened to us once (luckily the kid locked it while open) and we took the lock apart which allowed us to unlock it but if I recall, it wasn't enough to just unscrew from the door handle side, we needed to have access to the edge of the door to take that bit out too.

nino1 · 26-10-2017 10:42AM

Thanks for replies,
The door is locked and closed alright.

I will try other keys and locksmith options.

Thanks again

Yawns · 26-10-2017 10:44AM

Locksmiths usually have a large bunch of keys. Leave a deposit, take them home, find the one that fits, take note of it's number and ask them for a spare key of that number. Deposit returned and it's cheap for a spare.

elperello · 26-10-2017 10:47AM

Check the other locks in the house.
They are probably all the same make.
It will be necessary to know the make when looking for a replacement key.

amtc · 26-10-2017 05:28PM

Get one from your neighbours. If all built around same such be the same. Regular occurrence when I was small and neighbours had two small children around same age.

Thoie · 26-10-2017 05:42PM

amtc wrote: »

Get one from your neighbours. If all built around same such be the same. Regular occurrence when I was small and neighbours had two small children around same age.

Seconding asking the neighbours if none of your own do. My bedroom door key as a kid was the same as the bathroom door for 2 houses down, and for the spare bedroom for a house a few doors the opposite way.

jeepcj · 26-10-2017 07:11PM

Worst case you could take the handle off and drill out the lock mechanism or if there is a big enough gap between the door and frame you could always get a angle grinder and cut through the locking bolt

TTTT · 26-10-2017 11:57PM

jeepcj wrote: »

Worst case you could take the handle off and drill out the lock mechanism or if there is a big enough gap between the door and frame you could always get a angle grinder and cut through the locking bolt

Pick the lock with a coat hanger.

the_pen_turner · 27-10-2017 12:15AM

there are only 16(I think) diferent keys
round up all the keys you can find from other doors. one of them could easily work.
look at the numbers and make a note of them. eliminate the ones that don't work.
ask neighbours if they have the other keys or go to local hardware that cuts keys. most have a selection on hand for this

nino1 · 01-11-2017 12:54PM

Update

The keys are easy-t (not very common, unfortunately)
none of the neighbors have same keys.
Tried all existing keys to see if they work, no luck.

A poster mentioned drilling lock out.

How do i do that without damaging door?

Thanks

colm_mcm · 02-11-2017 10:29PM

They sell these Eurospec Easy-T locks in Woodies.

Do your other keys have numbers on them? Just buy locks with different numbers to your own on the keys and keep bring them back till you get the right one!

Does the door open in, or out towards you ?

Sleeper12 · 02-11-2017 11:38PM

nino1 wrote:

A poster mentioned drilling lock out.

Get yourself a screw gun and a 8mm drill bit for metal. Look at the door handle. Put drill bit into the round part at an angle going upward. The lock is made of a tin like metal. It's not hard work. One or two holes will open it.

What make lock? It will most likely be the same make as the other locks in the house.

Basta is a common make and they have less than 20 different keys. A hardware store or locksmith would have the full set of keys. They might loan them

SOPHIE THE DOG · 02-11-2017 11:45PM

Go to locksmith with picture of lock (from another door in the house) explain what happened pay deposit get huge bunch of keys and find the one that fits. Drilling / cutting out the lock is a real end of the line option.

RTighe · 03-11-2017 11:19AM

Last resort but doesn't damage the door is to used a drill and allen key,

Narrow allen key would force the tumblers back and break them allowing you to turn the handle, you'd just need to replace the locking mechanism,

happened to me last month and took about 25 minutes to do

nino1 · 04-11-2017 04:21PM

RTighe wrote: »

Last resort but doesn't damage the door is to used a drill and allen key,

Narrow allen key would force the tumblers back and break them allowing you to turn the handle, you'd just need to replace the locking mechanism,

happened to me last month and took about 25 minutes to do

thanks
is there a certain point on the lock that i need to drill?

RTighe · 06-11-2017 01:56PM

nino1 wrote: »

thanks
is there a certain point on the lock that i need to drill?

not really,

what you're litereally doing is inserting the allen / hex key and using the perpendicular part to destroy the locking pins.

as a result you can open the door but would still need to replace the locking mechanism.

its a last resort and destructive to the lock.

testtech05 · 06-11-2017 02:13PM

Similar happened here before and as above went to local locksmith and left a deposit for a bunch of "Basta" keys with all the different numbers and did the trick.

nino1 · 06-11-2017 02:19PM

testtech05 wrote: »

Similar happened here before and as above went to local locksmith and left a deposit for a bunch of "Basta" keys with all the different numbers and did the trick.

thanks. tried all that but the type of key we have has way to many keys so no locksmiths have them in stock

testtech05 · 06-11-2017 02:30PM

nino1 wrote: »

thanks. tried all that but the type of key we have has way to many keys so no locksmiths have them in stock

Ah OK, I guess we got lucky so! Hopefully you get sorted soon.

Sleeper12 · 06-11-2017 03:53PM

If you can't drill the lock yourself a locksmith will have it open in 5 minutes for around 100 euro. There won't be any mark on the door

nino1 · 06-11-2017 04:16PM

Sleeper12 wrote: »

If you can't drill the lock yourself a locksmith will have it open in 5 minutes for around 100 euro. There won't be any mark on the door

was quoted €150 including callout, so going to try it myself!

longgonesilver · 06-11-2017 04:17PM

Would the key fit in under the door, have you looked there?

Post a picture of the window, sometimes, they can be opened from outside without causing harm.

If you can gain access to the inside of the door it is easy enough to cut the bolt.

A2LUE42 · 06-11-2017 04:41PM

Most key cutters would have a full set of these keys that you can hire for a small fee. Cutting the lock or door should really be a last option.

VinDevo · 06-11-2017 04:56PM

https://www.familyhandyman.com/doors/how-to-remove-a-door/view-all/

if you have access to the hinges, pop the pin and remove the door

nino1 · 07-11-2017 05:55PM

VinDevo wrote: »

https://www.familyhandyman.com/doors/how-to-remove-a-door/view-all/

if you have access to the hinges, pop the pin and remove the door

don't have access to the hinges unfortunately.

nino1 · 07-11-2017 05:57PM

RTighe wrote: »

not really,

what you're litereally doing is inserting the allen / hex key and using the perpendicular part to destroy the locking pins.

as a result you can open the door but would still need to replace the locking mechanism.

its a last resort and destructive to the lock.

is this the method you are talking about with the allen key?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSrerumwQzc&list=PL02F684230726167E

When i slide the handle cover to the side i only have a little space above the keyhole without drilling through the timber of the door.

if i drill in that space just abopve the keyhole and aim upwards would that work?

Thanks

nino1 · 09-11-2017 04:04PM

15 minutes drilling yesterday with metal drill bit and still didn't make it through the metal case.
Had to stop as kids were going to bed!

have i just got a sh!t drill or does it take a long time to get through metal case?

unlock interior door without key

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