in this video we're going to take a look at what you can do if you get a snapped key
Euro cylinder these user kind of locks are very common
I do have to point out that I've actually just put this in here just to
demonstrate this lock is not actually the correct lock for this door and it is
actually sticking out considerably on the other side so a few days ago a
friend of mine had an accident and the child snapped off the key in the lock
apparently the key was damaged before so if you do have a key and it is slightly
damaged just remember that these are only made from brass and they are very soft and
they can be broken very easily we were actually very lucky in this instance the
key is actually broken in there but we can still put that part of the key in
there and we can still turn the Euro cylinder so that made fixing the lock
extremely easy if you can't actually turn the key you've got a major problem
because you need to get that part out before you can fit a new part and
you can actually get that part out unless you can turn the key with a lot of
locks you can't actually put another key in the other side and turn it because
that won't work because part of the key is still in this side the first step is
to ensure that you can actually turn the door to lock and unlock it if that is
the case it is very easy you can simply remove the Euro cylinder and then go
and get the replacement cylinder so assuming you can operate the lock still
it's very easy to do you simply need to remove the screw in the center and this
actually holds in the you Euro cylinder so we can simply take out that screw
and then we can insert the broken part of the key and we can carefully push
that back out you do need to turn the key in order to get the Euro cylinder
out which is why you need to be able to turn it like so so once you've got I've
removed all you need to do is take that to your local locksmith for your shop that
stocks these and get a direct replacement it is a good idea to get
the high security one when you are replacing with one of these you do not
want to get one that can be snapped easily because that is a real weakness
in a door like this so that is the actual lock for this door and as you can
see it is anti-snap on the inside on the outside so I'm now going to fit this
lock back in so assuming you can get your old Euro cylinder out you can
simply do that you can do a direct replacement like so that is step one if
you can turn the key you can just buy a replacement lock swap it over and that's
it the job is done nice and simple we're now going to look at there another
couple of scenarios just in case you can't actually turn the key in your door
if you can't turn the key at all what you could try doing is removing the door
handles and then you could use a technique which is known as lock
snapping that involves getting a pair more grips on the you or cylinder get
them on there nice and tight snap down on the Euro cylinder and that will snap off a
part of the Euro cylinder enabling you to use an allen key and a pair of pliers
to unlock the door you do have to be very careful when you do in this if you
have au or cylinder which is anti-snap you're simply going to snap off your
euro cylinder and you'll still be in a bad position because you will not be
able to unlock or lock the door if you can't actually turn the key to unlock
the door and you decide to try snapping it it will actually snap
where that screw is once you've done that the cam will actually fall out so then
you need to turn the cam in the door to be able to unlock it so to be able to
do that you're going to need something like that which is a hex key and a pair
of mole grips you should be able to put that in the hole and actually turn that
to unlock the door and by using the leverage of the mole grip you should
quite easily be able to turn that round and that will do the work of the cam as
you can see from this lock when you turn it the cam turns around and that is the
part that actually locks and unlocks the door so if you are brave enough to try
snapping off the lock that is of course providing you don't have an anti snap cylinder
you can then use the hex key and the pair of mole grips to turn it around to
get the leverage to unlock the door it is very risky doing that especially if
you are unsure whether or not you have a empty snap cylinder
there is a chance that if you do snap off the cylinder you won't be able to
get in there anyway to undo it using a hex key you can of course try pushing
the broken part of the key out you can do that by using the existing key that
will work in some instances you may just be able to push the key forwards enough
so that you can grab it with some pliers if not you can use something
like that which is a very small hex key that is approximately like a 1
millimeter hex key and that will actually fit in the other side of the
Euro cylinder like so you can then use that and you can push and if you
push it hard enough - enough times you may just be able to get the key to move
forwards a bit
you can see that it's just about sticking out of there now so there's a
chance that you could pull that with a pair of pliers and remove the broken
piece if you can do that you can actually reuse the Euro cylinder
there is no need to buy a new one you only need to buy a new one if you can't
actually remove the broken part of the key I've seen a couple of videos on
YouTube where they've actually pushed something down this side of the lock and
successfully been able to pull the key out I've not been able to do that on any
lock probably because the key is such a good fit in the lock in the first place
I do have a set of lock-picking tools and there's absolutely no chance at all
that you can get any of them past the key so I've been waggling that now for a
couple of minutes and we do have a little portion of the old broken key
that's sticking out so there is a chance that we can actually grip that with some
pliers and pull that out like so so I managed to get that part out there is a
chance that you can take that to a locksmith and get them to cut you
another key if not then you have a spare key you can always get one cut from
the spare key which is a much better option so I'm now going to push that
back in there and we're going to have a Go at using another technique to get
that out so as you can see that's pushed all the way in so that we can turn and
unlock the lock so we just need to apply a small amount onto there
if you find it you can't actually secure your door and you need to go to bed
until the next day or you need to go to the shop and buy a new lock most people
have at least two doors into the property one at the front and one at the back you can
actually secure one of the doors using the piece of wood like this so I need
the piece of what will go off from the floor to the ceiling sometimes you may
have to join two pieces together all we need to do with that is Mark where the
handle is
you can then fix a piece of metal on the piece of wood can use anything you've
got laying around I'm just going to use this bracket and all I'm going to do is
put that on there and then I'm just going to screw that into position using
those two screw holes I'm not even gonna bother cutting that to length you can then just
take that and slide that over the door handle
and that will prevent anybody from being able to operate the handle therefore
opening the door I hope you've enjoyed watching this video it's you have
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