Open Apartment Door With Credit Card

Ok im just showing you how to bypass the main lock on a household door not the deadbolt but the door knob type please do not use this in a criminal manner.

Open apartment door with credit card.

If the door doesn t unlock try leaning on the door and wiggling the. At an angle slide the edge of your card between the door and the strike plate. In addition i have tried on a couple occasions over the years to open a door with a credit card and all i got was a broken credit card. Then bend the card toward the doorknob.

This is a metal plate that screws in next to the door handle and covers the strike plate so a credit card cannot get to the bolt. Next bend the end of the card back toward the frame which will cause the card to slip under the latch and unlock the door. As long as the lock is turned the door won t open. The screw should be screwed in deeply enough that it is short enough to allow you to close the door but tall enough to prevent a credit card from fitting into the gap between the door and the doorframe.

It does move a little though when a door knob is turned even if the door is locked. Opening a door with a credit card works on a lockset because it s a lock that has a barrel that fits through the strike of the door jam. The if is if the deadbolt isn t locked and if the the small security bolt on the main bolt isn t engaged and if the door isn t tight against the weatherstrip. Install a door latch guard on the door if it swings outward.

So if there is no deadbolt the hinges are on the opposite side of the door and there isn t anything blocking the crack of the door that particular door can be unlocked with a credit card. To open a door with a credit card start by sliding the card in the gap between the doorknob and the frame.