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Locked out help

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  • 18-07-2012 9:43am
    #1
    mal_1
    Registered Users Posts: 163 ✭✭


    Hi have a problem with a key left in the inside of a lock in PVC door and can't open the door from the outside.
    Any ideas.


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    KoolKid
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    Is there any other accessible points into your house?
    Otherwise paying a locksmith is your best option with the least damage.


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    mark17j
    Registered Users Posts: 507 ✭✭✭mark17j


    same thing happened to me, left key in the inside lock. had to call locksmith cost 80 euro arggg. cheaper than breaking a window I suppose.
    I don't know why they make those locks that way :mad:


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    altor
    Registered Users Posts: 11,719 ✭✭✭✭altor


    mal_1 wrote: »
    Hi have a problem with a key left in the inside of a lock in PVC door and can't open the door from the outside.
    Any ideas.

    Not without access to the other side, some locks are designed this way to prevent someone using a key from the outside.

    www.altor.ie



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    Thunderbird2
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,250 ✭✭✭Thunderbird2


    Could you not push the key out with a long skinny pin?


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    KoolKid
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    It's a Pvc door, not an old keyhole.


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    Thunderbird2
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    There's still a gap


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    KoolKid
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    To turn the key and push it out?:confused:


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    Thunderbird2
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,250 ✭✭✭Thunderbird2


    KoolKid wrote: »
    To turn the key and push it out?:confused:
    Who said the key was turned in the lock?
    :confused:


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    KoolKid
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    The chances of a key in a barrel being aligned is slim. I get the feeling you are thinking of a different type of lock.


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    Thunderbird2
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,250 ✭✭✭Thunderbird2


    KoolKid wrote: »
    The chances of a key in a barrel being aligned is slim. I get the feeling you are thinking of a different type of lock.

    It's worth a shot before paying for a lock smith who will try that before breaking the lock .


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    KoolKid
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    This is the kind of lock I'm thinking of.
    cardiff-locksmith-BS1303-euro-cylinder.png
    Are you reckoning you can knock a key out of that barrel from the other side??


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    Thunderbird2
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,250 ✭✭✭Thunderbird2


    KoolKid wrote: »
    This is the kind of lock I'm thinking of.
    cardiff-locksmith-BS1303-euro-cylinder.png
    Are you reckoning you can knock a key out of that barrel from the other side??

    Worth a try


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    KoolKid
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 24,789 Mod ✭✭✭✭KoolKid


    In between the inside & outside key barrel is the rotating locking mechanism:confused: , I really don't understand how you just push the key out from the other side.:confused:
    Years ago when we had these on external doors
    Sash-Lock-3-Lever.jpg
    that was easily done. Come to think of it , back then you could just ask your neighbor for a loan of their key..;)


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    Thunderbird2
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,250 ✭✭✭Thunderbird2


    Ah I see . :-)


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    #16
    WIZE
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,597 ✭✭✭WIZE


    Ask ur neighbour for a metal coat hanger . Open it up and put it through the letterbox and either turn the key or pull the key out


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    WIZE
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,597 ✭✭✭WIZE


    WIZE wrote: »
    Ask ur neighbour for a metal coat hanger . Open it up and put it through the letterbox and either turn the key or pull the key out

    Actually i guess you got in after 5 days


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    mal_1
    Registered Users Posts: 163 ✭✭mal_1


    Cheers all
    Got it sorted, after about 2 hours though.
    Lucky I had a view of the internal lever, so

    Piece of flex, length a conduct, and flexible arms finally opened it.


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    KoolKid
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    Thanks for the update. Glad you got sorted.


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