I recently bought a house my wife thought it would be a good idea to shut the door to one of the rooms.
How to drill a door lock open.
Understand the lock well enough to drill it properly.
This destroys the pins inside the lock cylinder allowing you to force the lock open.
This room happened to have a key ed lock on it that.
Most locks have about five tumbler pins to drill through although some have six or more.
Drilling without replacing the hardware will result in an unacceptable gap in home security.
Drill a hole through the lock cylinder through the guidance point.