How to open a safe?

worlds goodest teecher · 26-01-2023 5:11pm #1

Hi,

There is a safe at my home house. Our parents are deceased and left no code. We are selling the home house and need to sell the safe. I rang a locksmith and he was giving me instructions, turn it so far this way, then so far the other way, etc. I didn't catch all that he was saying. Is there a website or something describing what to do? Or the way to open it? We could probably put our heads together and come up with some possible codes if we knew what the default could was and how many digits a safe like this requires. Thanks

mickdw · 26-01-2023 5:13pm

Reminds me of a thread from a few years ago.

Princess Calla · 26-01-2023 5:21pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120161584#Comment_120161584

I thought the same!!

Princess Calla · 26-01-2023 5:22pm

Could you not pay for a locksmith to come out?

Or try birthdays/ anniversaries dates etc

Oscar_Madison · 26-01-2023 5:24pm

Whats the chances anything in it? Does it rattle and hum?

Ronney · 26-01-2023 5:39pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058281432/how-to-open-a-safe

eeem....Looking at your user name, guessing you must need all the cash you can get Enoch

FrancieBrady · 26-01-2023 5:41pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120161584#Comment_120161584

Here we go again...hold on tight! 😁

worlds goodest teecher · 26-01-2023 5:47pm

Locksmith said try the default but I can't recall what it is, otherwise him would have to drill it rendering it unsellable.

worlds goodest teecher · 26-01-2023 5:50pm

I really doubt that there is anything in it but it would be worth a decent bit if we had the code

worlds goodest teecher · 26-01-2023 5:54pm

Was a teacher for a very short time but if Enoch keeps going on as he will a lot more than what might be in it to pay the 700e a day fine that he is facing

worlds goodest teecher · 26-01-2023 6:08pm

What is the typical default code on safes like this? There would be a high chance that he didn't change it.

eusap · 26-01-2023 6:14pm

Typically 3 Numbers, turn left for first, turn right, for second, turn left for third

worlds goodest teecher · 26-01-2023 6:17pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120161869#Comment_120161869

I was watching a video suggesting that. Is there a standard factory code? It's likely it was never changed.

horgan_p · 26-01-2023 6:20pm

Not again.....

eusap · 26-01-2023 6:24pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120161882#Comment_120161882

No Default, is there a name on the safe? Do you have a stethoscope?

26-01-2023 7:46pm

Check the underside of any drawers in the house

Citizen Six · 26-01-2023 7:52pm

You need to hire a proper locksmith that can open this kind of safe. No point asking a bunch of people on the internet with an interest in DIY.

You could always ship it to the lock picking lawyer.

tayto lover · 26-01-2023 8:12pm

I didn't know you had dandruff !!

Kurooi · 26-01-2023 8:36pm

Do you think someone will pay you an extra grand because your safe is in working order?

No? Then drill it and leave it that way.

Jim_Hodge · 26-01-2023 8:47pm

6 left....45 right.....23 left.

Or

19 left.....5 right....8 left

chooseusername · 26-01-2023 8:54pm

Dial to zero.

Anti clockwise, pass 1 twice, stop on third.

Then clockwise, pass 1 once stop on second.

Anti clockwise, stop on 1 , then clockwise till it clicks open.

If it doesn't open , just repeat , changing the 1s to random numbers until it opens.

If it's a 4 number combination then it might a little longer.

erlichbachman · 27-01-2023 1:10am

Semtex, bout 2 kilos, hook it up to a detonator, stick it on the door and watch that baby open

beertons · 27-01-2023 1:14am

Deadly, another one.

Atlantic Dawn · 27-01-2023 1:22am

I'd be taking an angle grinder to the hinges, have a breaker bar and car jack on hand for additional support, open sesame.

Uinseann_16 · 27-01-2023 3:31am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058281432/how-to-open-a-safe

Hate to break it to you the safes not worth much, looks like an old milner or similar they have NO insurance rating, Thats why alot of them went for scrap or larger ones were turned into gun cabinets

Safe is maybe worth 200...

triona1 · 27-01-2023 6:54am

Could the code be in the will?

chooseusername · 27-01-2023 9:15am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120163479#Comment_120163479

Semtex, bout 2 kilos,

No! He's only supposed to blow the bloody doors off!!

Markus Antonius · 27-01-2023 11:29am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120161771#Comment_120161771

With summer, xmas, easter, mid-term, bank holidays, training days that teachers get - 700 a day is very manageable.

Girl Geraldine · 27-01-2023 12:53pm

No point cutting the hinges. Unless the safe is of Argos quality the lock mechanism will have shooting bolts that go out into the frame.

If you want to preserve the door of the safe, then pull the safe out side, turn it onto its roof and get a fella with an oxy-acetylene torch or an angle grinder to cut a good sized hole in the base. Often they are double skinned, with a concrete infill between the skins. So then you cut out the outer layer, then break out the concrete with a kango, and cut the inner steel.

You can weld the cut sections back into place if you want to keep or sell the safe as an ornament.

Ultimately, I doubt there is anything in it. Usually these safes have fúck all in them, or just a load of old crap. The ones you see on youtube are all just staged setups.

How to open a safe?

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