Help: Unlocking the bathr

[barry martin]

Michael:

M > My three-year old locked the bathroom door (from the
M > outside) and now we can't get it unlocked. It's the kind
M > with the little round hole where a keyhole usually is. What's
M > the secret?

If you have watched _Leave It to Beaver_ you get the little neighbour
kid to climb a ladder, squeeze through the window, and unlock it. <g>
Or you could straighten a paperclip, inserting into the hole to trip
the locking mechanism.

If this fails you could try the credit card trick: insert card to
disengage lock plunger.

If the hinge pins are on the outside you could remove them and remove
the door.

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[Edwin Pawlowski]

M > My three-year old locked the bathroom door (from the
M > outside) and now we can't get it unlocked. It's the kind
M > with the little round hole where a keyhole usually is. What's
M > the secret?

Just push anything straight into it.kl Thin screwdriver, nail, piece of
metal hanger and it will release.

 

[Terry]

M > My three-year old locked the bathroom door (from the
M > outside) and now we can't get it unlocked. It's the kind
M > with the little round hole where a keyhole usually is. What's
M > the secret?

We have always used Weiser and similar type locks/door handles. With those,
like many you push in firmly, dead centre on that pin inside, hold in and
the doorknob will turn.
We try to keep a thin nail, of sufficient length or a short piece of heavy
wire coat hanger tucked on top of the outside trim moulding of any door that
has that 'privacy' feature'. I just checked and ours are there over two of
our doors!
In an emergency; a child choking, someone bleeding, fallen in the bath tub,
or having a heart attack in a closed room entry can be essential.
Otherwise almost anything thin and strong enough will do. A knitting needle,
large sewing needle, small thin sufficiently long screwdriver or my
favourite a metal skewer used for holding a meat or poultry roast together,
which is hanging next to the chopping block in our kitchen about 30 feet
away.
One final suggestion for all; try it out BEFORE hand. Hopefully you will
then never need it! It can be more serious than locking yourself out of, or
a child into, a vehicle!
Terry.
PS. I seem to recall that in our case a four inch nail is too thick but a
three and half MAY fit. Smaller nails are usually too short; so make some
(and spares) out of a heavy wire coat hangar. Pieces of coat hangar wire
suitably bent at both ends also good for hanging bird feeders from trees and
fences.