Almost all upvc doors are made up of two locking parts a cylinder lock where you put the key into and turn and a multipoint lock that you engage by lifting the handle or on really old models repeated turns of the key.
How to lock a upvc door without a key.
All well and good.
How to open the door.
I have just bought a new upvc door and was wondering if there is any way of fitting a device that will lock the door on exit without the use of a key something like a night latch as my teenagers keep leaving the door unlocked when going to school any help would be greatly appreciated.
If you want to pick a lock in order to unlock a door without a lock you will need some basic lock picking tools.
As people said you could drill it but sometimes that won t work.
With the lock being designed in 3 main bits and the central part which is the striker is designed to fail if forced so that it jams in the lock preventing operation.
However we can t find a way to lock it from the inside without using a key that would stop anyone passing being able to just turn the handle and walk in.
The door is a upvc type that you lock from the outside by moving the handle upwards while turning the key.
So you lost the key and now you are unable to remove the lock.
This is a video on how to remove the euro cylinder lock from a door.
In this video you will see how y.
Especially if you can t get a locksmith to come out to fix your broken door you may have to be stuck in your home until you can get someone out to fix your door.
The most common case when a upvc door wont open is because the multipoint has failed this can happen due to excessive pressure.
The key pins correspond to specific groove cuts on a key and these are the main elements that are targeted in the attempt to unlock a door without a key via lock picking.
It can be quite a scary thought when your front or back doors stop locking correctly.
This trick will allow you to remove the cylinder from the lock even if you dont have the.
Of course leaving the key in the lock would stop anyone else with.