How To Drill Out A Garage Door Lock

Put in the drill bit into the cylinder in which the key will usually head out.

How to drill out a garage door lock.

There is no point in drilling a lock that has anti drill pins. No special tools required just a drill and small bit. Here is how to drill out your garage door lock in under a minute and open your door. Place on safety goggles and work gloves.

Use a sharp drill bit that is designed for metal drilling. We all have those rare or not so rare occasions where we lock ourselves out of our house. I recently bought a house my wife thought it would be a good idea to shut the door to one of the rooms. Put on safety goggles and gloves.

Insert the drill bit into the cylinder where the key would normally go. Drill out the lock cylinder. Your garage door lock in under a minute and open. Pick a drill bit which is sufficiently small in size to suit into the garage door lock via cylinder or even keyhole.

Select a drill bit that is small enough in diameter to fit into the garage door lock through the cylinder or keyhole. Aim the drill into the area just above the keyway. How to drill different cylinder locks including very poor footage of one being drilled. Insert the bit into the drill and tighten the drill s chuck to hold the bit firmly in place.

These type of pins are made out of hardened steel so that they are harder than the drill bit. This room happened to have a key ed lock on it that. Understand the lock well enough to drill it properly. Turn the locking mechanism in the same direction as you would with a key.

Certain locks are not going to open as easily as others even with drilling. 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. Put the bit into the drill and fasten the drill s chuck to keep the bit steady in position.