Will today get any worse?
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t and part of this is now in my van 
I've gone downstairs into my basement office, locked the door (which seemed unusually stiff) and got on with some work. I've just tried to unlock the door back into the house and the key has snapped in half.
I've tried soldering the key back together but my soldering iron isn't man enough for the job (I suspect it really needs welding).
The lock is attached to the other side of the door so I can't simply remove it.
Basically I'm stuck in the office until my GF gets home from London at around 8 pm. I'm thinking of a few creative efforts (picking the lock will be hard due to the force required) but brute force (kicking the door through) is not an option because I've got some young kittens and I don't want them getting down into the office (hence the lock on the door) as it'd be dangerous for them down here.
Not a brilliant day so far
I've tried soldering the key back together but my soldering iron isn't man enough for the job (I suspect it really needs welding).
The lock is attached to the other side of the door so I can't simply remove it.
Basically I'm stuck in the office until my GF gets home from London at around 8 pm. I'm thinking of a few creative efforts (picking the lock will be hard due to the force required) but brute force (kicking the door through) is not an option because I've got some young kittens and I don't want them getting down into the office (hence the lock on the door) as it'd be dangerous for them down here.
Not a brilliant day so far
cyberface said:
I've gone downstairs into my basement office, locked the door (which seemed unusually stiff) and got on with some work. I've just tried to unlock the door back into the house and the key has snapped in half.
I've tried soldering the key back together but my soldering iron isn't man enough for the job (I suspect it really needs welding).
The lock is attached to the other side of the door so I can't simply remove it.
Basically I'm stuck in the office until my GF gets home from London at around 8 pm. I'm thinking of a few creative efforts (picking the lock will be hard due to the force required) but brute force (kicking the door through) is not an option because I've got some young kittens and I don't want them getting down into the office (hence the lock on the door) as it'd be dangerous for them down here.
Not a brilliant day so far
and to make matters worse, someone is nicking your lovely orange parked on the road!I've tried soldering the key back together but my soldering iron isn't man enough for the job (I suspect it really needs welding).
The lock is attached to the other side of the door so I can't simply remove it.
Basically I'm stuck in the office until my GF gets home from London at around 8 pm. I'm thinking of a few creative efforts (picking the lock will be hard due to the force required) but brute force (kicking the door through) is not an option because I've got some young kittens and I don't want them getting down into the office (hence the lock on the door) as it'd be dangerous for them down here.
Not a brilliant day so far
cyberface said:
I've got some young kittens and I don't want them getting down into the office as it'd be dangerous for them down here.
Dangerous? Have you got a slavering pit-bull? Or some kitten sized mousetraps?Uh oh - did you actually get hold of some uranium?
Edited by Famous Graham on Friday 12th March 15:09
Justayellowbadge said:
Bill said:
cyberface said:
I've got some young kittens and I don't want them getting down into the office (hence the lock on the door) as it'd be dangerous for them down here.
You need to lock the door to stop kittens getting in? Can they operate door handles?
In hindsight the OP should just have fitted a round doorknob.;)
Bill said:
Justayellowbadge said:
Bill said:
cyberface said:
I've got some young kittens and I don't want them getting down into the office (hence the lock on the door) as it'd be dangerous for them down here.
You need to lock the door to stop kittens getting in? Can they operate door handles?In hindsight the OP should just have fitted a round doorknob.;)
Bebee said:
and to make matters worse, someone is nicking your lovely orange parked on the road!
I really hope you're joking, because I'm short on sense of humour at the moment...sleep envy said:
cyberface said:
. These kittens are smart.
tell them to open the door for you then
Actually, if they are that smart they won't let him out as they'll be upstairs on ebay selling his watches to fund their catnip habit.
Edited by Justayellowbadge on Friday 12th March 15:25
sleep envy said:
cyberface said:
. These kittens are smart.
tell them to open the door for you thenI *have* the key, and I have access to the lock. But holding the snapped key in pliers and trying to turn the damn thing has no effect because it's jammed or too stiff for pliers-on-rod torque to be sufficient.
The door knob is operating perfectly, and either myself or the kittens could open the door if it wasn't locked.
(they jump up and plant their paw pads on the knob. If they get the right side of the knob, then the force of them falling back to the ground and the friction between their paw pads and the knob is enough to turn the shaft just enough to open the door. It's an ancient Victorian gaff and the lock is very primitive, and the clearance between the latch and the door jamb is only a millimetre or so - enough to keep the door closed, but you don't need to turn the knob very far to unlatch the door. And these kittens are inquisitive. They are also very big, for 4 month old kittens, Ozzy is well over 2 kg already)
cyberface said:
sleep envy said:
cyberface said:
. These kittens are smart.
tell them to open the door for you thenI *have* the key, and I have access to the lock. But holding the snapped key in pliers and trying to turn the damn thing has no effect because it's jammed or too stiff for pliers-on-rod torque to be sufficient.
The door knob is operating perfectly, and either myself or the kittens could open the door if it wasn't locked.
(they jump up and plant their paw pads on the knob. If they get the right side of the knob, then the force of them falling back to the ground and the friction between their paw pads and the knob is enough to turn the shaft just enough to open the door. It's an ancient Victorian gaff and the lock is very primitive, and the clearance between the latch and the door jamb is only a millimetre or so - enough to keep the door closed, but you don't need to turn the knob very far to unlatch the door. And these kittens are inquisitive. They are also very big, for 4 month old kittens, Ozzy is well over 2 kg already)
cyberface said:
sleep envy said:
cyberface said:
. These kittens are smart.
tell them to open the door for you thenI *have* the key, and I have access to the lock. But holding the snapped key in pliers and trying to turn the damn thing has no effect because it's jammed or too stiff for pliers-on-rod torque to be sufficient.
The door knob is operating perfectly, and either myself or the kittens could open the door if it wasn't locked.
(they jump up and plant their paw pads on the knob. If they get the right side of the knob, then the force of them falling back to the ground and the friction between their paw pads and the knob is enough to turn the shaft just enough to open the door. It's an ancient Victorian gaff and the lock is very primitive, and the clearance between the latch and the door jamb is only a millimetre or so - enough to keep the door closed, but you don't need to turn the knob very far to unlatch the door. And these kittens are inquisitive. They are also very big, for 4 month old kittens, Ozzy is well over 2 kg already)
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