Ideally you should consider drilling your lock after you have exhausted all other bypass methods to unlock a door without a key.
How to drill lock on upvc door.
How to open the door.
The tools required for drilling a lock are an electric or battery powered drill a drill bit a suitable lubricant and a screwdriver.
How to drill different cylinder locks including very poor footage of one being drilled.
Especially if you can t get a locksmith to come out to fix your broken door you may have to be stuck in your home until you can get someone out to fix your door.
Broken upvc door lock mechanism.
The most secure standards are ss312 diamond approved lock or at least kitemarked to ts007 3 star both these standards include testing to protect against lock snapping.
To secure your upvc door locks you must use the correct standard of euro cylinder lock.
Before you attempt to drill a lock keep in mind that you won t be able to drill locks that have a center pin made of steel or a ball bearing in the middle pin.
To get started hammer a center punch into a point just above the keyhole and take it out.
Then using an 1 8 inch drill bit slowly drill through the point you made with the center punch.
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