oh snap i just locked myself
out of the bathroom door if you've got
kids more likely than not this has
happened to you
you've been locked out of the bathroom
or bedroom today we're going to show you
five ways to unlock that door
i'm robert with acme locksmith and
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if you're not familiar with the lock on
your bathroom door let's check it out
real quick
on the inside of the door you have a
thumb turn you've probably all seen
these on an entryway door too the main
door to your house
the difference is on the outside of the
door now on the outside of the lock
instead of a keyhole like you would find
on the front door of your home
there's basically just a round little
hole on privacy levers
and behind that little hole is a spindle
with a groove
in it and your goal is to hit that
groove and give it a turn
today we're going to talk about five
different ways you can open this privacy
lever
the first one is just by using the key
that came with it
now this is a small little key basically
has a flat tip on it and i keep these
all over the house i keep them on the
frame above the doors for the bedrooms
the bathrooms
if anybody ever accidentally locks
themselves out i just reach up there
grab it and this is the way to get in
let me show you how this works
door's locked insert right into the hole
of the door
the only maybe gotcha step there is you
want to go straight in some of them are
very fussy if you're going at an angle
you won't hit the spindle so straight
into the door
give it a twist that's all there is to
it
but what are some of the ways if you
don't have a key
i've just locked the door again and
here's an alternative
method if you have a tiny little
screwdriver perhaps one for your
glasses laying around it'll act just
like
the privacy key in work to get that door
open
now you can buy these in packages of
five at the dollar store here
so there's no reason why you can't keep
several of these around at the house as
well
again put them on the frame of the door
to get in works exactly the same way
into the hole give it a twist
you're in but you might not have the key
that came with the lock you might not
have a little screwdriver
so let me show you two hacks that'll do
the same thing for you the first hack
i'm going to talk about
is using a paper clip basically a
paperclip is just a small piece of
bendable metal
so you can bend it in such a way to
create a tip that'll open this door
now they come in various sizes the small
ones don't work
really well because the metal is too
flimsy and it won't really
spin the spindle it'll actually just
spin the metal of the paper clip
but if you have one of the bigger ones
it's perfect for this task
very easy to do let me just
get this open have a pair of needle nose
here and i'm just going to create a tip
on this
there you go something that'll fit into
that groove hopefully you can see that
clearly there
i've locked the door give it a turn
you're in
simple as that paper clip to unlock a
privacy
lever so the second hack you can use to
unlock this door is to make a
basically a screwdriver out of a wire
clothes hanger
this is actually the one i used to do
when i was young and in college and
how to get into a room myself all i do
is take it out to the garage
and flatten the tip of it
and then it will easily insert into the
door so that you can unlock it
let's take a look
my door's locked let's check it out
voila unlocked bathroom door using a
clothes hanger
now i promised you five techniques to
get in we've covered four
the last one is one we've already talked
about in another video
you may have seen the video on if you
improperly
install a lever on your front door how
anybody can use a thin
piece of plastic slide it into the crack
of the door and push
that lever latch back so that the door
swings open
so that video has a lot of hits on
youtube i'll put a link to it right here
if you want to see that technique
but that bypass technique to get in your
home's front door
will also work on unlocking a bathroom
and unlocking a bedroom door
well hopefully you've enjoyed this video
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i'm robert with acme locksmith and
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