How To Drill Out Door Lock

Understand the lock well enough to drill it properly.

How to drill out door lock.

Make sure drilling the lock is your only option. For flat sided deadbolts you typically drill two overlapping 7 8 inch holes centered about 5 16 inch above and below the horizontal center line. Don t just drill from one side. Feel the drill work and try not to work too quickly or press too hard as this may jam or break the drill bit.

I recently bought a house my wife thought it would be a good idea to shut the door to one of the rooms. There is no point in drilling a lock that has anti drill pins. How to drill out a lock step 1. Get your gear together.

You want to drill part way into one side of the door stop and then start to drill from the other side. Use a sharp drill bit that is designed for metal drilling. Once you ve drilled through and broken the pins you may need to insert a flat screwdriver to retract the latch and open the door. Unfortunately not all locks can be drilled.

Certain locks are not going to open as easily as others even with drilling. This destroys the pins inside the lock cylinder. Drill a hole through the lock cylinder through the guidance point. With the hole centerline marked out it s time to drill.

Drilling a lock will thoroughly destroy it. Aim the drill into the area just above the keyway. Switch to a slightly larger bit. Drilling the lock 1.

These type of pins are made out of hardened steel so that they are harder than the drill bit. At the line intersection use a spade bit to drill a hole for the bolt as directed by the lock manufacturer. For security reasons some locks are specially. The goal is to drill through the pin tumblers not the keyway itself.

You ll have to get. Drill out the lock cylinder.