How To Drill Out A Garage Door Lock

Aim the drill into the area just above the keyway.

How to drill out a garage door lock.

No special tools required just a drill and small bit. The goal is to drill through the pin tumblers not the keyway itself. Understand the lock well enough to drill it properly. Attach a 1 4 inch 6 5mm or larger drill bit to your drill and go through the lock again with the larger bit to break up the pins more and open the lock.

Drill out the lock cylinder. There is no point in drilling a lock that has anti drill pins. Your garage door lock in under a minute and open. This room happened to have a key ed lock on it that.

Turn the locking mechanism in the same direction as you would with a key. Select a drill bit that is small enough in diameter to fit into the garage door lock through the cylinder or keyhole. We all have those rare or not so rare occasions where we lock ourselves out of our house. 4 insert the blade of a flat headed screwdriver into the lock head.

Put the bit into the drill and fasten the drill s chuck to keep the bit steady in position. Use a sharp drill bit that is designed for metal drilling. I recently bought a house my wife thought it would be a good idea to shut the door to one of the rooms. These type of pins are made out of hardened steel so that they are harder than the drill bit.

Pick a drill bit which is sufficiently small in size to suit into the garage door lock via cylinder or even keyhole. While you could learn how to pick your own locks reader ilovetofu shows us how to open a garage door in. Place on safety goggles and work gloves. Insert the bit into the drill and tighten the drill s chuck to hold the bit firmly in place.

Put on safety goggles and gloves. Put in the drill bit into the cylinder in which the key will usually head out. How to drill different cylinder locks including very poor footage of one being drilled.