Hi all, I appear to be locked inside my own house! Handle is stuck on my UPVC front door! Does anyone know any reasonably priced locksmiths? Thanks in advance
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Hi all, I appear to be locked inside my own house! Handle is stuck on my UPVC front door! Does anyone know any reasonably priced locksmiths? Thanks in advance
If you are DIY minded, knock the pins out of the hinges and lift the door off.
You may be able to see what’s wrong with the lock
What happened to ours, and it’s apparently quite common, is the spring in the handle snapped.Quote:
Originally Posted by BLUETIT
I've used Curley Locks. 02920 814 184. Very efficient. Not cheap.
What area do you live ??!??Quote:
Originally Posted by smurfhito
I used PPM locksmiths 02920231717 when my key snapped in the lock a couple of years ago. They were very good but it was in the early hours of the morning s9o wssn't cheap (about 150 parts labour(needed new lock ) and call out I thinkQuote:
Originally Posted by smurfhito
Was it a uPVC door ?????Quote:
Originally Posted by Elwood Blues
New barrel £25 !!!!!!! If you can wait till daytime :hehe:
theres a member on here who is a locksmith i used him before... may have been called citylee...
Did you get it sorted? If it's a uPVC door you can quite easily crack the lock barrel. I got a pal who rents out properties and when tenants do runners he has to get in. A bolster chisel and a lump hammer do the job. New barrel less than £20 and no £150 call out fee.Quote:
Originally Posted by smurfhito
If you want to know more, PM me.
Thanks for all the replies, ended up using a recommendation from a friend, a guy called Tony, top bloke and he sorted the problem pretty quickly. I'm now free to leave my house, turned out that part of the inner handle mechanism snapped and got stuck, which is why the handle wouldn't go down. After today's result, the weekend can only get better from this point on!