bathroom doorknob lock

[asdf11234]

hi, i recently got a bathroom doorknob with a lock that you activate by pushing on a button. the package that came with the lock had a piece of straight metal wire twisted at one end for the lock. the knob itself had a little hole that you put the metal wire into to open the lock. i cant open the lock with the wire. does anybody know how you can open these locks. thanks for the help.

[mh]

We had similar locks for our bathrooms in the U.S.
If the button was pushed in from the inside, they were locked.
In that case, pushing a thin straight object into the hole on the outside would open it again from the outside (e.g. in case a child locked himself inside and couldn't open the door anymore).

Just simply pushing the wire into the hole.

Did you try that on yours?

[Chucklz]

The other kind of these locks requires that you insert something like a small screwdriver and turn to unlock.

[Gear Head]

Anything small with a flat edge will flip it over, but it is a screw on the inside so you have to make sure ur dead on or it will just miss around the screw.

[Gear Head]

There are variations where you just push in a button.






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