I locked my self from outside. I have a key with me. When I closed the door from outside, another key is on the door (inside). The door has no handel so I cannot open the door from outside. How can I fix this?

by gundulkuning

8 comments

  1. its not locked . Use a piece of plastic . Look at wikihow to open a door without key . Schlüsseldienst will do this simple trick charging you 200quatrillionnbucks

  3. If the key is inside, try sliding a robust plastic card (maybe not your bankcard I wouldnt risk that) between the doorplate and the bolt?

  4. The plastic trick works. I had a friend who delivered flyers and his fav was a rectangular piece cut from a 2 litre coke bottle – just the right stiffness and flex. The cut should be rounded at the cormers

  5. I was in this situation two years ago. Plastic Card trick also didn’t work and I had to call the locksmith and break open and install new lock.

    I’m afraid that you are in the same situation. It might cost you some money but you can claim the loss it if you have Haftpflichtversicherung..

    Provided you have a proper receipt from the Locksmith

  6. For the next time, get a new cylinder that calls „Freilaufzylinder“ or „Panikzylinder“
    With that function you can turn your key from the other side with a key in the cylinder

  7. If you end up calling a locksmith make sure to get them to quote a price first. Happened to us, called a locksmith through a website which turned out to just be an agency with a bunch of individual subcontractors who claimed a different price. Ended up having to argue with them, call the agency to cancel the request then get a cheaper rate from the subcontractor without the agency fee.

  8. OMG, I was in the same situation last week

    Look for “tür offen ohne schlüssel” on YouTube, there’s several videos of people using the card/plastic trick

    I tried with a point card, didn’t work, but my neighbour opened it for me with a thinner plastic thing

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