No special tools required just a drill and small bit.
Getting into a locked garage door.
We all have those rare or not so rare occasions where we lock ourselves out of our house.
Here is how to drill out your garage door lock in under a minute and open your door.
The door is now locked.
Most garage doors have a square knockout that can be removed.
If your garage door opener is locked check the wall control it may be set to vacation mode.
The lock slides the latch into the garage door vertical track and locks the garage 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.
This will turn the operating lever and extend the bolt into the locked position.
It only takes a few seconds and you could do it too.
To lock the slide lock from the outside you need to install a lock handle with the spindle inserted into the square hole next to the operating lever.
Once open go to your hardware store and get a garage door quick release lock and install it into the hole you just drilled.
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How thieves break into locked garages with just a coat hanger.
It is relatively easy for thieves to break into your home by the garage door.
Once you see how easy it is to do you should be inspired to always lock the door between the garage and the house.
A side lock for garage doors lets you lock the garage door from the inside.
I think it s called a tension cord lock.
In the future if you have a power outage or a failed garage door opener you will be able to get back in.
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Your garage door may not have an area for the latch to slide into.
Well now i am outside the garage door with no way to get into it.
This lock attaches to the inside of the garage door.