Got locked out last night.

[betty swollocks]

Arrived home from work last night at 2330 hrs to find that one of my front door locks had jammed and I was stranded outside.
No matter how much I wiggled and jiggled the key or how much brute force I used, the lock would not budge. So, in desperation, I called a 24 hour locksmith.
Three hours later he arrived and even he had trouble with it. I said to him that I thought he'd have a some burglars' lockpicks and be in in a jiffy. He responded that I'd been watching too much telly.
In the end he dismantled my lock from the outside, let me in and replaced the lock with a new one while I made him a coffee. £150 it cost me, which I think is pretty reasonable, considering the time of night and that he had to come 20 miles.
So why am I up at this time on my day off you ask? Well: it's not raining (yet) my bikes are whispering to me and all the trees are out in blossom.

 

[rich p]

Commiserations Betty.

Yesterday I went out of the front door of my Dad's flat to meet an estate agent and the door was on a spring and slammed shut behind me with my keys, my bike , my coat in the flat. Bollix! I got a taxi to work and waited until my sister came home from work in the evening with the spare key.

Does anyone hide a spare home door key anywhere? My neighbours have one to our house but they were at work.

 

[betty swollocks]

thanks!
I keep a spare set of keys at work, which is 5 mins bike ride away. These didn't work either. Must remember to take the spare new one in.

 

[numbnuts]

I have one of these, have a look on e-bay

 

[fossyant]

What's wrong with under the flower pot ?

 

[Keith Oates]

or on a piece of string inside the letter box!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[ChrisKH]

I had the same problem with a deadlock on my front door but after forty minutes of gently carressing the lock it did spring. Once the door was open I dismantled the lock and found the retaining springs were overstretched and off their perch (or sommat similar). So I dismantled, cleaned all the bits with WD 40 and re-sprung the lock and added a dose of oil for good measure. Been as good as new ever since.