Locked out of bathroom - please help ?

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#1257869 13-Mar-2015 13:33

Given the apparent orientation of the door, the hinges should be accessible from your side of the door. Take it off the hinges if a simple flathead/knife won't turn it.

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#1257873 13-Mar-2015 13:42

From the above post it seems like you have plenty of options

1) Use a butter knife coin to turn the privacy slot

2) a flexible friend, card, or thin plastic into the strike plate

3) remove the hinges

If all else fails you can take the handle off,

if you look around the base of the hadle you should find a small hole, poke a piece of wire/ wife cake tester/pin into thie hole and you should be able to release the handle,

This will then allow you access the rod that actually actuates the bolt retraction, grab that with a pair of pliers and turn it and the door will open....

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#1257900 13-Mar-2015 14:16

Call MacGyver or Chuck Norris.

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#1257906 13-Mar-2015 14:26

BTR: Call MacGyver or Chuck Norris.

Chuck Norris doesn't need doors.

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#1257972 13-Mar-2015 16:10

wellygary: If all else fails you can take the handle off, if you look around the base of the hadle you should find a small hole, poke a piece of wire/ wife cake tester/pin into thie hole and you should be able to release the handle....

Almost certain the removable knob will be the inside one, I think.

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#1258028 13-Mar-2015 16:46

Easy as this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtZ3reZbs1c

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#1258059 13-Mar-2015 18:08

richms: Just dont use a card you care about. So a flybuys or onecard instead ;)

the card needs to be flexible enough to bend twice yet strong enough to push the tongue

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#1258063 13-Mar-2015 18:21

One of these usually works for me:
Door opener

Whatifthespacekeyhadneverbeeninvented?

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#1258071 13-Mar-2015 18:44

Success update :

I kept fiddling with the butter knife .

I entered the lock from the top slot, it didnt work.

I then started entering from the face side, and started rotating it from all angles, eventually it opened.

The lock mechanism wasnt working now.

Twisted back n forth for a while, all working now.

Thanks heaps guys.

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#1258138 13-Mar-2015 21:44

sep11guy: Thanks heaps guys.

This thread can be locked now

This thread can never be locked while a butter knife is at hand..

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#1258158 13-Mar-2015 22:15

why on earth is a bathroom door opening in that direction ...

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#1258160 13-Mar-2015 22:18

MadEngineer: why on earth is a bathroom door opening in that direction ...

Probably used to be a veranda or something in some "heratige house" - saw that a lot when house shopping with a friend who had an idiot wife that wanted a villa for some illogical reason.

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#1258218 14-Mar-2015 07:58

If it is a mens toilet, you need a John Key to unlock the door.

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#1258221 14-Mar-2015 08:12

Groan!!

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#1258257 14-Mar-2015 09:47

MadEngineer: why on earth is a bathroom door opening in that direction ...

It was described as a very small bathroom, maybe it was an added ensuite. Some people worry that if they collapse for any reason an inward opening door might be blocked.

Unless I knew why the lock jammed I wouldn't trust that mechanism. You might lock it from the inside and find yourself locked in. A basic toolkit is cheap, leave butter knives in the kitchen.

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