How To Remove A Locked Door Off Its Hinges

Taking a hammer and your nail punch gently ram the pin upwards.

How to remove a locked door off its hinges.

Step 4 remove the hardware. Tap the nail with a hammer to pop the head of the pin out by about. Continue to tap it up gradually increasing the force until the pin is finally lodged upwards. Step 1 focus on the hinges.

The hinge pin on most doors are located on the inside so removing them is unlikely and even if you could it would be very difficult to remove the door if you can at all. Unscrew the top hinge from the frame. If there is no deadbolt. Close the door most of the way and hold it firmly for this step the pry bar may try to push the door in or out as well as up.

Lay the door on a flat surface and unscrew the hinges from the door. Put the flat end of the nail against the pin and tap it up with the hammer. The doorstop on the inside of the door stops inward movement and reduces the chance that the door can be forced open. Best of all it only requires a hammer and a small screwdriver.

Put the hinges and screws in a safe place. So the only way to get a door open when you re on the outside and it s locked from the inside is to remove the door from its hinges. Step 3 pry out the door. This places the hinge cylinders on the outside of the door.

If you purchase this type of door insist that the hinges and doorknob are tamper proof. Insert the tip of a 16d nail into the hole at the bottom of the hinges. Don t worry removing a door from its hinges is an easy task that can be done in under a minute. Force the pin up from the door hinge.

Push a hinge pin into whichever hinge lines up first then tap in the remaining pins. How to remove a closed locked door. Open the door to carefully remove it. Figure 1 shows a typical heavy duty security hinge with the top and bottom sections or sleeves fastened to the door.