Here is a quick and easy way to unlock your bathroom door in 2 steps with just one tool.
Open locked bathroom door push button.
Like push button locksets these also have a pinhole on the non locking side of the door but usually turn button locks have a somewhat bigger hole.
The tab locks when it s turned to the right or left.
To open a locked bathroom door from the outside place the point of a butter knife into the keyhole if it s a push button lock and turn the knife sideways.
If the outside knob has a small hole about 1 4 inch in.
A pocketknife will also work for prying open a door but there is an increased risk of damaging the paint around the door or cutting yourself so the plastic card is a safer method.
With push button locks the person inside the bathroom shuts the door then pushes a button in the middle of the interior door knob.
This button then activates the lock.
If you 39 ve ever accidentally locked yourself out of a room in your home as in one of those push button or twist privacy locks that most bedroom and bathroom doors have you know it can be a.
So the first thing to look for is the.
The first type uses a push in button in the knob to lock the door from the inside.
Turning tab bathroom door locks a turning tab lock comes with a tab on the inside.
The door knob on the outside.
Push hole bathroom door locks a push hole lock features a button on the inside of the door.
Here is how to pick a bathroom door lock.
Then turn the door knob and shake the pin which should cause the lock to open.
There is a hole in the outside door knob.
If this doesn t work put a straightened out bobby pin into the lock.
You ll be able to distinguish between the two lock types by the type of slot or hole which is on the outside doorknob.
The second type of lock uses a twist button that is turned right or left to work.
The push button type of bathroom door lock can be opened by putti.
If the door has trim on it you may have to remove the trim in order to gain access to the locking mechanism with a plastic card.
Turn button locks are the familiar type that you turn with your thumb and forefinger.
I show two different types of locks in the video.
This is to accommodate an emergency key which comes with the doorknob.
