Bin cupboard lock....

[dreamer75]

After living here for 5 years and never having had a key for our bin cupboard we've never locked it.

It doesn't have bins in it (the wheelies don't fit) so it's used to store car parts and bits and bobs.

Tried to get in it this morning and somehow it's locked..... no idea how, who or why. And not having a key, no idea how to open it!

Does anybody know how I get into it?

[Simpo Two]

Extreme violence. You may not have a door afterwards but it will be very satisfying.

[sploosh]

Birmingham screwdriver?

Sorts most things

[Shaman]

sploosh said:

Birmingham screwdriver?

Sorts most things

Manchester Socket Set

[condor]

What sort of lock is it?
ie. is it like the lock on the outside electric meter door?
Are there other bin cupboards like it close by? - if so, you could ask a neighbour if they have a key. Chances are they'd be similar...or could be someone locked yours by accident thinking it was theirs.

[Fatboy]

Shaman said:

Manchester Socket Set

[Deva Link]

condor said:

you could ask a neighbour if they have a key.

Talk to the neighbours? Whatever next.

[dreamer75]

We are on very friendly terms with our neighbours, but they've been round in the past asking for a key so I doubt they have one! And if they locked ours by mistake I'd like to know what they were doing outside our front door

It's one of those round holes - I've never seen a key so I don't know what it would look like but there is a meter in it (I think it might have been the meter reading guy that locked it, seeing as we just got a bill with an Actual reading on it not an estimate).

Really need to get to the stuff in it, let alone the delivery men who use it to drop stuff - we've already missed out on one delivery

[condor]

In that case it will more than likely have a triangular insert - very similar, if not the same, as the meter box key.
Just ask any of your neighbours/friends/work colleagues if they have one you can borrow.
The local hardware store probably sells them for about 50p

[dreamer75]

Ah ok so they're pretty generic? I'll pop to the shops tomorrow and see what I can find!

[Deva Link]

dreamer75 said:

Ah ok so they're pretty generic? I'll pop to the shops tomorrow and see what I can find!

http://www.diy.com/diy/jsp/bq/nav.jsp?action=detai...

..but probably the plain single triangular section one will fit.

[condor]

Deva Link said:

http://www.diy.com/diy/jsp/bq/nav.jsp?action=detai...

I saw a few of those in Poundland earlier today

[FamilyGuy]

If it's the triangular type then I've found pressing the door shut (to take the pressure off the lock) and a pair of long-nosed pliers does the job. If it's a square or splined hole then the right sized screwdriver usually suffices.

[Deva Link]

condor said:

Deva Link said:

http://www.diy.com/diy/jsp/bq/nav.jsp?action=detai...

I saw a few of those in Poundland earlier today

How much were they?

[Deva Link]

FamilyGuy said:

If it's the triangular type then I've found pressing the door shut (to take the pressure off the lock) and a pair of long-nosed pliers does the job. If it's a square or splined hole then the right sized screwdriver usually suffices.

You have to be careful though - the bit that you're getting hold of is often only made of plastic.

[badboyburt]

Its probably Square internally commonly known as a Budget Lock,



http://www.locksonline.co.uk/acatalog/Era_415_Rim_...

A Large flat bladed screwdriver will open it.