Locked Out of Your Bedroom?

If you are one of those people that have a lock on your bedroom or even an in home office, then I am pretty sure that you have locked yourself out on an occasion or two. Not everyone has the type of locks that you can grab a butter knife or screwdriver to open. It is actually very common to have a keyed lock on a bedroom. For some, it is because you have roommates, for others, it may be to hide the Christmas or birthday presents away from the kids.

Whatever the reason may be, what would you do if you get locked out? How about calling your local licensed, bonded, and insured locksmith in Portland? They can come out and help get you back into your room. They have few different methods that they can use to help get your door unlocked. They can pick the lock, shim the lock, or worst case scenario, they can drill the lock.

Picking a door lock can be quick and easy or it can be kind of a pain sometimes. When picking a lock, they use a tension wrench and a pick to push the pins up and turn the key way. Different locksmiths will have different picks that they prefer to use and some will try different picks with the same lock. If this method doesn’t work, they will try to shim the lock next.

When shimming a lock, the locksmith will use a card of different sorts and try to slide it in-between the lock and the strike plate. Some locks are really easy to do this with and some are not. The locksmith may try to go from the top or bottom of the lock. If the lock can’t be shimmed, then it will need to be drilled. Drilling a lock is just as it sounds. The Portland locksmith will slowly drill through the pins in the key-way so that there is nothing in the way of getting the door opened.