Help! I locked myself out:-(

[Chrissycute]

Can someone help me out there? I locked myself out of my bedroom while I was getting a snack. The wind blew the door shut and I have my keys in my bedroom. I have been trying to pick the lock with a paper clip and a screwdriver for the past hour with no luck. Does anyone have any advice for me?

Thank you,

Christina

[marso]

Call the landlord or locksmith. Go through the window.

[Chrissycute]

I live in a high-rise building, on the 15th floor. I can't go through the window and the building manager won't be able to be in until Monday Morning and it's Sunday right now. But thanks for your help anyway.

I have everything in my room. I won't be able to get out:-(
I might just have to use a hammer and just end up breaking the doorknob.

[mbell]

I'm afraid you're not going to learn to pick the lock in five minutes, and obtain tools.

Call a locksmith or probably cause a lot of damage with a large hammer.

[marso]

Please if anyone else in this situation reads this please do not post, it is too hard to teach you in a few seconds how to get into your door, safe, car. Please call your landlord, locksmith, road side assistance, or whatever.

Could the poster please mention anything about the lock or the key if they can remember. Does the lock have any markings or writting on it. Does the key have any markings on it or words. Did the key look like a a number of hills like a saw or did it look like the old fashion type which is like a rod with a square thing on the end. Do you have another key for a similar lock and can you count the number of valleys in the key.

Can you see the locking thing going from the door to the wall or is the gap too small, or something is covering this.

Do you have any tools around like a small screw driver and stiff paperclips.

[Guitar_J]

A good description of the Keyway might be helpful too... though, I'm guessing she got back in by now..

[maldotcom2]

Please if anyone else in this situation reads this please do not post, it is too hard to teach you in a few seconds how to get into your door, safe, car. Please call your landlord, locksmith, road side assistance, or whatever.

YES...i agree with this, these same type of posts are getting tiresome

[Hojo]

Two words....Sledge Hammer...My work here is done...*Adjusts Tie*

[skold]

yes...sledge hammer...considerable damage and payment for the broken door...not the way to do things hojo but if i didn't know anything about locks or how to pick them i would have done the same thing.

well im certainly not going to explain lockpicking so my advise is get a locksmith..........................

[Chrissycute]

Yes, I did get back in my room that evening. I ended up calling a locksmith and it took him less than 10 minutes to open it. Charged me $100 bucks too!

The lock is a simple lock i suppose. The doorknob is gold and has a locking mechanism from the inside. The key for the lock has three triangles on it or Mountains (the design on the key).

Thanks for all your help anyway.

[Romstar]

Yes, I did get back in my room that evening. I ended up calling a locksmith and it took him less than 10 minutes to open it. Charged me $100 bucks too!

The lock is a simple lock i suppose. The doorknob is gold and has a locking mechanism from the inside. The key for the lock has three triangles on it or Mountains (the design on the key).

Thanks for all your help anyway.

If that lock said Schlage on it, there is a reason why you couldn't pick it and why it only took the locksmith 10 minutes.
I don't agree with the $100.00 price tag unless you got him out of bed or something.

The one thing I don't agree with is the assumption that Saturdays and Sundays are somehow off for locksmiths. I may not be open per-se, on a Sunday, but if I get the call durring normal hours, it's still normal rates. With the exception of Christmas I suppose.

Romstar

[technik]

10 minutes is quite a while (no Im serious) Mustve been a tough nut to crack (more than your average Kwikset)

I don't agree with the $100.00 price tag unless you got him out of bed or something.

I disagree, Ive herd of much smaller jobs being done by lockies for a lot dearer price.

[Romstar]

10 minutes is quite a while (no Im serious) Mustve been a tough nut to crack (more than your average Kwikset)

I don't agree with the $100.00 price tag unless you got him out of bed or something.

I disagree, Ive herd of much smaller jobs being done by lockies for a lot dearer price.

And lockies wonder why people don't want to call them.
Yeah, we all gotta eat, and pay bills, and pay for equipment and training, but the $100.00 tag is still steep. Especially for a basic picking job in the day time.

Romstar

[zeke79]

your best bet when calling a locksmith or lockout service is to ask the cost of the work BEFORE they arrive to do the work.

[mcm757207]

$100 is quite a bit... the lockie I work for charges a $35-50 location fee (depending on how far away it is), and about $5 to unlock it. That goes for cars as well... but then again- he gets a lot of money from working with safes. He's also a vault and safe technitian and charges a TON of money to work on tose... can you imagine paying $250 to get your safe opened? I guess if you have $10,000 worth of baseball cards in there you might have to.