Locksmiths

Originally Posted by Bibio

keep rotating the handle on the lock while you run a suable needle/wire (paper clip) up and down inside the lock to level the pins. the pins should catch at their level after a wee while and let you rotate the lock. you must keep pressure on the handle while doing this.

once you have got the door open then take barrel out of lock and take to locksmiths.

or spend the cash and get a locksmith out.

Would this technique work on the little lock on a interior house window lock? The idiots who lived here before clearly lost the key and so the handle is stuck locked into 'open'.

[TamSV]

Originally Posted by metalangel

Would this technique work on the little lock on a interior house window lock? The idiots who lived here before clearly lost the key and so the handle is stuck locked into 'open'.

I had this situation a wee while ago. Rather than mess about drilling, it was easy (and pretty cheap) to just change the entire handle - they're usually just held on by a couple of screws.

I'll look at doing that then... it's a double glazed PVC window.

Seems like a cop-out, was looking forward to:

[TamSV]

Yeah these were uPVC windows. I got the handles from a local double glazing company who were fitting a new door for me. It cost about £80 to do the whole house. All the keys were lost with half the windows locked open and the other half locked shut.