Open the door to carefully remove it.
Take a locked door off the hinges.
Unscrew the screws holding the bottom hinge to the door frame using a phillips screwdriver.
With the weight of the door hanging on the top hinge work the other hinges together.
You can t take the hinges off of a locked door but you can take the door off the hinges.
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If the weight of the door makes it difficult to separate the hinges wedge a pry bar under the door to take the weight off the hinges.
Best of all it only requires a hammer and a small screwdriver.
Scratch awl or similar pointy tool.
Don t worry removing a door from its hinges is an easy task that can be done in under a minute.
The hinge pin on most doors are located on the inside so removing them is unlikely and even if you could it would be very difficult to remove the door if you can at all.
So the only way to get a door open when you re on the outside and it s locked from the inside is to remove the door from its hinges.
Spring loaded hinges are always spread out like a butterfly and mounted flat on the outer frame.
The hole is directly underneath the head of the hinge pin.
One night after getting ready for bed a person walks up to the main door of his house to lock it and pulling up on the handle he feels and almost hears the slight almost imperceptible resistance in the german manufactured locking mechanism of the latch.
If there is no deadbolt.
Take the door off the hinges.
Using a thin flat but sturdy item like a credit card or putty knife attempt to access the angled side of the door.
Insert the tip of a 16d nail into the hole at the bottom of the hinges.
The best way to remove door hinge pin with a bottom cap.
The best way to remove door hinge pin with a bottom cap.
Tap the nail with a hammer to pop the head of the pin out by about.
Use the hammer and screwdriver to pop the pins out of each.
Push a hinge pin into whichever hinge lines up first then tap in the remaining pins.
How to fix a locked door that won t open.
To put the door back on the hinges grab the door at the center and tip it slightly toward the top engaging the knuckles of the top hinge.
Unscrew the top hinge from the frame.
Scratch awl or similar pointy tool.