If you find yourself in a pickle and unable to get inside your own home follow the six steps listed above.
Locked out how to break down your own door.
Or your loved ones are in a burning house and you re locked out.
Be aware that this will ruin the door frame the lock and often the door itself.
Don t use your shoulder.
Kick to the side of where the lock is mounted near the keyhole.
Can avoid the hassle and cost of breaking open a window and cleaning up the glass shards if you know the right way to break into your own car.
You ll have better chances of finding a second floor window left open but exercise caution you don t want to fall.
Or perhaps a loved one is stricken with a medical emergency and is locked inside a room or in their house.
Then when you re ready prepare for the inevitable future lockout.
The door lock actuators that lock and unlock.
Use a coat hanger to or slim metal tool to open a locked car door.
Take note of how the door begins to buckle and adjust your aim accordingly.
As you see progress keep on aiming at the locks that haven t broken through yet.
Stand in a solid stance.
If you accidentally locked your bedroom door lock bathroom door lock or any other door in your house though a butter knife is certainly one of the best methods to open it without a locksmith.
If the door doesn t break on the first try and you don t at least hear splintering sounds it s probably not going to break.
In an emergency situation sometimes your only option is to physically force a door open.
This is typically the weakest part of the door.
It may take multiple tries.
The edges of the door on the other hand will always be relatively well reinforced.
Break in through an open window.
If you locked keys in your car you may need to break into your car to get them out.
Break down a door.
If a particular lock is proving stubborn adjust your point of aim accordingly.
It s also physically dangerous compared to the other methods so only use it as a last resort.
When you re locked out of your house using a butter knife isn t so practical because why would you be carrying a butter knife around in public.
If the door opens towards you kicking it down is going to be next to impossible.
Eventually the locking mechanisms should break through the jamb and the door will swing free.
You can t stand there fiddling with the lock you ve got to break it down.
Aim near the locks and slam away.
Kicking a door down is best employed on a door that swings away from you.
Using a front kick drive the heel of your foot into the door.
Target with your heel using either a front kick or alternatively stand to the side of the door facing it with your back and utilize a mule kick directed just under the door s handle.
If a ladder isn t available you may have to get creative to reach a second story window.
First floor windows will be easiest and safest but these are also the most likely to be locked.