How To Get Into A Locked Garage Door

Most garage doors have a square knockout that can be removed.

How to get into a locked garage door.

Well now i am outside the garage door with no way to get into it. I think it s called a tension cord lock. You can also use the operating lever. Use a padlock to lock the garage door from the inside.

The side lock will need to be installed on the garage door using 4 bolts. Then bash the back of the screwdriver driving it into the lock. To bump a lock the bump key is inserted into the keyway and pressure is applied via a hammer or a screwdriver. Unplug the garage door opener.

A garage door side lock can be purchased for under 10 dollars. Your garage door may not have an area for the latch to slide into. Use a zip tie to secure the garage door in place. Keep the remote in the house.

The lock slides the latch into the garage door vertical track and locks the garage door. The pressure exerted on the bump key causes the key pins to push the driver pins above the shear line. The locking bar is keeping the door locked. Disable the release lever.

Remove the release lever cord. Lock the release lever. Place the blade of the screwdriver against the keyhole of the garage lock just like you are attempting to unlock it with a regular key. If you install only the sk7115 you can lock and unlock your garage door from the inside.

How to lock your garage door. Slip a c clamp through the track. To open it up all you need to do is thread a coat hanger or hooked piece of wire through the top of the door and open the emergency latch which can also be done by the rope many emergency latches. So the door will need to be opened and a new lock fitted to g.

By disengaging the safety release on your door the door can be rolled up by hand to let a thief inside and then quickly back down as if nothing were out of the ordinary. To open up a roll up garage door all a thief needs to do is thread a coat hanger or hooked piece of wire through the top of the door and pull the emergency latch. All you need do is borrow since you can t get inside to access your own supply of tools a regular flathead screwdriver. Use a padlock to lock the track.

So the garage tilt a door lock has been ripped out. To unlock it push the release lever away from the track towards the center of the door. It is a spring lock type door that when pulled down it springs the things on each side of the door and you can t pull it up.