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[Incognito]

So yeah, I've managed to lock myself out of my own bathroom. The bathroom connects to my bedroom, with the other door leading to the hallway, and somehow I locked both doors at different times, and now it's like PANIC ROOM IN THERE.

Thankfully, there's another bathroom in the apartment, but fuck... is there a way to unlock the doors? They have these tiny little holes and I'm thinking of jamming something in there, a la James Bond and hoping for the best.

 

[Kobun Heat]

Unfold a paper clip and shove it through, it'll pop the lock out. It's a push-button lock, right?

 

[sc0la]

a small shaft flat head screw driver will do

 

[Ned Flanders]

Kick in the door, then wave in the .44.

 

[Teknopathetic]

Paper clips or Metal Hangers.

 

[Incognito]

Unfold a paper clip and shove it through, it'll pop the lock out. It's a push-button lock, right?

Naw, it's one of those little turn-style type deals on the doorknob.

 

[Lhadatt]

They have these tiny little holes and I'm thinking of jamming something in there, a la James Bond and hoping for the best.

Come on... Did this deserve a thread?

Yes, unlock via the hole in the doorknob.

 

[Incognito]

Paperclip's aren't working. They're not even reaching the back of the doorknob.

 

[Lhadatt]

Naw, it's one of those little turn-style type deals on the doorknob.

Ah. Pry off the doorknob and disassemble it? Dunno.

 

[etiolate]

I can't believe you've never had to unlock a door from the outside.

 

[fugimax]

Shine a flashlight in to see how the key fits into the lock.

My doors that had turning locks like that just used flat pieces of metal like 1/2cm wide and a few millimeters thick....maybe try a long thin flathead screwdriver?

 

[Dragmire]

Blow a hole in the wall, walk in, and open it.
Move into a new house.
You already have access to the bathroom: from the septic tank.
Make friends with your apartment's ghosts.
Tell the police you're molesting children in there.
Set the house on fire.
Make the person in the apartment above you morbidly obese, then have them jump rope in their bathroom.
Train an army of snakes to unlock doors, then set them loose in the sewers.
Throw a shoe at the door.
Shoot at airplanes as they fly above your building.
Divide the tectonic plates below your building.
Throw two shoes at the door.
Wait for the invention of household teleportation.
Lock your other bathroom and go on a water-exlax bender.
Wormholes.
You're hiding Ossama Bin Laden in there.

 

[fart]

http://home.howstuffworks.com/lock.htm

 

[Folder]

Kick in the door, then wave in the .44.

All ya heard was armpits please wash me some more!
:lol

 

[GG-Duo]

get a laminated card and try to jimmy it open?

 

[tedtropy]

get a laminated card and try to jimmy it open?

Screw that, use the most important credit card you have in your wallet. It's an American tradition!

 

[DeEJaYMiND]

Blow a hole in the wall, walk in, and open it.
Move into a new house.
You already have access to the bathroom: from the septic tank.
Make friends with your apartment's ghosts.
Tell the police you're molesting children in there.
Set the house on fire.
Make the person in the apartment above you morbidly obese, then have them jump rope in their bathroom.
Train an army of snakes to unlock doors, then set them loose in the sewers.
Throw a shoe at the door.
Shoot at airplanes as they fly above your building.
Divide the tectonic plates below your building.
Throw two shoes at the door.
Wait for the invention of household teleportation.
Lock your other bathroom and go on a water-exlax bender.
Wormholes.
You're hiding Ossama Bin Laden in there.

What the...... are you ok?

 

[olimario]

Shove a Paper Clip straight in.
I can't beleive you're 13 and you don't know how to do this.

 

[TheOMan]

Easily rectified.

1. Find a ball point pen with a cartridge similar to a Bic pen and take the cartridge out
2. Insert the end opposite the ball point into the hole of the knob.
3. Adjust the cartridge and push on it until you feel a "lever" being pressed. You'll be able to tell from the pressure when this happens. If it is really easy to do, you probably haven't lined it up correctly. This is the hardest step.
4. Turn the knob and open the door while still applying pressure to the "lever" inside the knob

Hope this helps.

 

[Incognito]

Shove a Paper Clip straight in.
I can't beleive you're 13 and you don't know how to do this.

Uh, did you read ANY OF MY REPLIES BEFORE YOU MADE YOUR CUTE LITTLE SARTASTIC REMARK?

Anyway, I had to screw off the doorknob itself and turn the lock over. Considering my screwdriver was all of 2 inches long, the process took way too long.

 

[Incognito]

Easily rectified.

1. Find a ball point pen with a cartridge similar to a Bic pen and take the cartridge out
2. Insert the end opposite the ball point into the hole of the knob.
3. Adjust the cartridge and push on it until you feel a "lever" being pressed. You'll be able to tell from the pressure when this happens. If it is really easy to do, you probably haven't lined it up correctly. This is the hardest step.
4. Turn the knob and open the door while still applying pressure to the "lever" inside the knob

Hope this helps.

Yeah, easier said than done. Thanks for the step-by-step, though. It'll come in handy the next time I do this...

 

[Azih]

when I read the title I straightaway assumed that you had somehow locked yourself IN the bathroom and were using your wifi laptop to post.

"HELP GAF, I'M TRAPPED IN MY BATHROOM AND CAN'T GET OUT!"

 

[DarienA]

Kick in the door, then wave in the .44.

Thank you for making me LOL in my office today... of all the places I expected to read Biggie lyrics today... this thread certainly wasn't one of them...

 

[tuco11]

how about checking above the door on the little ledge to see if there is a key up there. If not a Bic Penn cap would work. ( I know from experience).

 

[Dilbert]

Considering my screwdriver was all of 2 inches long

:lol

For some reason, that struck me as really funny.

 

[TheOMan]

Yeah, easier said than done. Thanks for the step-by-step, though. It'll come in handy the next time I do this...

Well, since you unlocked it now, lock it but leave the door open and practice. It'll be fun.

 

[Jade Knight 08]

Good lord.... teaching a 13 yr old boy how to break in even though he's locked out of his room.

He's gonna be teh best breaker in the world! Then he's gonna pin it on GA members for teaching this idiotic ways if he gets caught. :lol :lol :lol

 

[AlphaSnake]

:lol

For some reason, that struck me as really funny.

Haha, I'm glad I'm not the only one. :lol

 

[Escape Goat]

 

[Ramirez]

Haha,owned.

 

[ScientificNinja]

a small shaft flat head screw driver will do

.

 

[Truelize]

I thought everyone knew how to do this. My three year old has already started shoving crap into our bathroom door knobs. I'm sure she has accidentally unlocked it at one time or another.
Some people live sheltered lives. :lol

 

[Incognito]

Yeah, my poor, sheltered life has caused great strife when it comes to locks I'm not familiar with.

 

[EviLore]

Lonestar, lay off the all-caps thread titles, if ya could.

 

[Incognito]

Lonestar, lay off the all-caps thread titles, if ya could.

Np.

 

[Desperado]

Good lord.... teaching a 13 yr old boy how to break in even though he's locked out of his room.

He's gonna be teh best breaker in the world! Then he's gonna pin it on GA members for teaching this idiotic ways if he gets caught. :lol :lol :lol

13?

 

[RaymondCarver]

Gordon Freeman that bitch open!!!

 

[Manabanana]

I can't lock myself out of my bathroom. I've tried. If the door isn't closed when you lock the door, it'll unlock when you close it. Lame :\

I did, however, once get stuck behind a pipe leading to my shower. Luckily I had GAF and you told me how to crawl under it.