Slide a piece of cardboard under the door to protect the floor then ease the door off the hinges by lifting slightly at the knob with one hand and under one of the hinges with the other hand photo 3.
Take front door off hinges.
Don t worry removing a door from its hinges is an easy task that can be done in under a minute.
Unscrew the top hinge from the frame.
Tap the nail with a hammer to pop the head of the pin out by about.
The best way to remove door hinge pin with a bottom cap.
Insert the tip of a 16d nail into the hole at the bottom of the hinges.
Unscrew the screws holding the bottom hinge to the door frame using a phillips screwdriver.
Best of all it only requires a hammer and a small screwdriver.
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.
Open the door to carefully remove it.
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.