First and foremost always remember to lock this entry door.
How to discreetly keep a door from locking.
June 6 2007 at 12 25 pm.
A fancy deadbolt or sensor won t help much if your door isn t locked to begin with.
Try that to see if you deactivate the locking of the door when you close it from the outside.
Tie a rope or cord around the doorknob you want to keep shut.
But there are other methods that can be used to secure a door without a lock such as door wedges and alarms.
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You do that usually by turning the key all the way around to the right or all the way around to the left then coming back to center.
You can do two things provided you do not want to lock your door yourself.
Take a good look at how the knobs fit together when removing them since you ll need to put everything back together later.
If not you will have to replace your door lock with a classroom lock or deadbolts.
The doorknob will be held to the door by two screws.
The interior knob the exterior knob and the latch mechanism that sits inside the door.
The directions are printed on the super grip lock strap so you ll know you re putting it on correctly.
You can also remove the metal guard from the door frame with a screwdriver.
Stick a thumb tack or push pin into the door jam high enough that he can t reach it.
Place a door wedge with an alarm under the door to block it.
Simplest thing is to jam something into the hole where the latch goes like a styrofoam peanut wad of paper etc.
It works on nearly all deadbolts and on installations with the door knob and deadbolt up.
This will only work if the door you are trying to keep shut opens away from you.
1 you can disassemble the handle and remove the inside of the lock mechanism or 2 get a lock that uses a.
Remove these screws and the doorknob should pull apart into three pieces.
Tying this rope from one doorknob to the other gives the door an anchor.
This is a really awesome.
Tie the other end of the rope to another doorknob in the room.
Even a shoe or a slipper can work if the gap is large enough.
To further secure this door we recommend reinforcing the door s strike plate and hanging a solid core door with a deadbolt.
You can also anchor the door to another stable structure like a beam.
Block the door from the inside by stuffing a sock or a similar piece of fabric under the door.
This will prevent the door from shutting fully and thus locking but you can remove it easily if you need to shut the door.
