If the locking mechanism is a latchbolt the kind of bolt that is spring loaded and has one angled edge and the angled edge is facing away from you you can hook it with a wire hanger.
How to force a door handle.
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Large double door wrap for deadbolt lever the best way to handle this is to install some sort of a door wrap.
In fact the paragraph relative to door opening force different from operable force stated that interior non fire rated doors must have a maximum opening force of 5 pounds but clarified the requirement by stating these forces do not apply to the force required to retract latch bolts or disengage other devices that may hold the door in a.
The handle doorknob you rely on a force at a distance.
Push on the tool.
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You should feel some resistance similar to a spring being depressed.
It s called a wrap because it wraps around the edge of the door.
Push the spring as far as possible with the tool with one hand while pulling the doorknob off with your other hand.
Most of the time all you need to do is jab a paperclip in the hole and push on the locking mechanism.
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If the doorknob has a slit on the outside handle a butter knife should do the trick.