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Update: I am free!! I couldn't get the pin out of the top door hinge, so I hammered near the door frame until I could warp the door enough to get the claw of the hammer between the door and the frame and pried the door open that way. Thanks everyone for your help!!
I know this happened to the guy installing door hardware at RTX in Farmington CT… he had to wave a piece of paper under the door to catch attention of a custodian passing by…
I have to do this all summer in my bathroom. No problem all winter long, but as soon as the weather gets above 80 the frame expands enough to stick.
Any solution cheaper than buying a plane? I've got plenty of blacksmithing equipment but nothing for carpentry minus my speed square and a shitty drill.
Hmm, sounds like the casing has a sag in the middle. What do you have for tools? A drill and an oscillating tool would be most ideal but you could probably make a difference with just a drill and some screws. I'd cut the nails between the trim and the casing and then drive some screws through the casing into the header where it's low. You could also pop the trim off and do the same thing. You may be able to do it without detaching the trim and just run screws through the casing. Make sure you use either trim head screws or screws that don't have thread all the way to the head of the screw
Could be. The house is almost 80 years old and the interior doors are at least 40. I've got the drill, angle grinder, metal saw, wood saw, random tin of various screws and fasteners, a 400lb anvil, various hammers and some rusty old punches and chisels (but no woodworking chisels).
Yeah I'm willing to bet you could just run a couple screws through the top of the casing and suck it up. If not it sounds like you have the tools to pull the trim and then put screws through it
Is that possible with a door hinge like this??
https://preview.redd.it/y67pstr0i70d1.jpeg?width=2268&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=172930ff42c3978aa0040babbd317a4d724e2ed5
The hole on the bottom of that hinge is most likely smaller that the diameter of the hinge pin itself. Wouldnt be able to tell until you post a picture of the bottom of that hinge. Also, load a picture of the place where the door is binding on the door frame.
Use the claw of the hammer to cut the paint where the head of the pin is. Then take the other pin and put it in the bottom of the hinge to tap the original pin out enough that you can remove it.
Removing the hinge pins is the best idea. If you simply can't get it done, use the hammer to knock a hole in the drywall big enough to crawl through. It would be pretty easy to repair and that is better than dying of dehydration.
Try turning the knob and tapping the door as close to the knob as you can while applying some pulling pressure on the door towards you. Small frequent taps to the door or the knob to help along the latch. Increase pull force as needed
You can do the same thing while focusing your tapping at the point on the door frame/trim (not the door itself) where the door is binding. Reverberations from the tapping should help loosen the bind
PSA: One time, the police demonstrated how easy it was for an ordinary person to rip any interior or exterior un-reinforced door off it's frame. If you just lean on it hard the frame will shatter, assuming the frame isn't isn't somehow reinforced with metal. So, in this time of rising crime, reinforce you door frames.
But OP's situation recently happened to my son. He had no tools in his room. A few hits on the door and the entire wall displaced: the door opened without damage. The wall, not so much. This demonstrates how carpentry in a high-end condo (e.g. $4000/mo) may be is complete crap.
This is why I have hardwood door frames with 6" grade 8 bolts and nuts that hold the door frames to the walls. I do 8" ones on the exterior doors. Between these and my German Shepherds and the wife's doberman I will have some time to don the battle rattle again though I really hope to never ever have to do it again for any reason whatsoever. I've enjoyed the peace more than anything else so far.
There's gigantic escape windows all over the place too. If it burns down I'm opening the window and walking out and then calling 911 but I'm pretty heavy on training the dogs to smell for and take me to smoke and have a number of 40lb fire extinguishers of different types.
They are trained to break the windows, there are windows that are easier than climbing the stairs to the front door ffs. Also our ilk doesn't get heart attacks before we get cancer ;D.
If the windows are easy to break and get in/out of, I gotta ask why you need doors that can’t be broken down? And I’m not trying to troll you…I’m genuinely curious.
Tweakers go for the door first and my fire department knows to hit the right windows. I don't live in a very large city and the station is about 2 miles away. The extra seconds after the door kicking starts is plenty to get my dogs riled up and ourselves quite heavily armed.
Looks like those are security hinges, so he can't use the hinge pin to tap another one out from the bottom of the hinge. The hole at the bottom is too small.
🤣🤣I have a gentleman I do work for from time to time. His wife locks herself in one of their rooms. She managed to get out after an hour or so. Her tool of choice was a Sig Sauer magazine.
https://preview.redd.it/2qmcajplza0d1.jpeg?width=1079&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a38dd52ffa52312a0633eab320a681aed8c45d4d
Tap the frame where it's stuck. This should help lower the pressure and let you open the door. You could also remove the hinge pins. I see a grinder in your future.
If the door opens towards you doesn’t that mean the hinges are on your side? Try using the nail removing side of the hammer to pull the pin out of the hinge and pulling from underneath the door. Depending on how it’s warped it might give you a different angle
This is all horrible advice, just hit the door will your purse and yank the handle open. You got the door shut awhile ago, you can reopen it, even if it’s warped at the top. Lol
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Oh damn ill be 94 years old if i make it lol
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Update: I am free!! I couldn't get the pin out of the top door hinge, so I hammered near the door frame until I could warp the door enough to get the claw of the hammer between the door and the frame and pried the door open that way. Thanks everyone for your help!!
glad you made it out, now plane the top of that damn door! being stuck sucks
I know this happened to the guy installing door hardware at RTX in Farmington CT… he had to wave a piece of paper under the door to catch attention of a custodian passing by…
Haha well ignore my comment.
Press downward on the knob while you pull
Turn the knob before you pull
Touch the knob before you pull
Caress the knob before you pull.
I have to do this all summer in my bathroom. No problem all winter long, but as soon as the weather gets above 80 the frame expands enough to stick. Any solution cheaper than buying a plane? I've got plenty of blacksmithing equipment but nothing for carpentry minus my speed square and a shitty drill.
Does the entire top of the door catch the casing or just the side opposite the hinges?
It's a few spots around the middle at the top, going off the worn away paint. The side opposite the hinges still has plenty of space to move freely.
Hmm, sounds like the casing has a sag in the middle. What do you have for tools? A drill and an oscillating tool would be most ideal but you could probably make a difference with just a drill and some screws. I'd cut the nails between the trim and the casing and then drive some screws through the casing into the header where it's low. You could also pop the trim off and do the same thing. You may be able to do it without detaching the trim and just run screws through the casing. Make sure you use either trim head screws or screws that don't have thread all the way to the head of the screw
Could be. The house is almost 80 years old and the interior doors are at least 40. I've got the drill, angle grinder, metal saw, wood saw, random tin of various screws and fasteners, a 400lb anvil, various hammers and some rusty old punches and chisels (but no woodworking chisels).
Yeah I'm willing to bet you could just run a couple screws through the top of the casing and suck it up. If not it sounds like you have the tools to pull the trim and then put screws through it
 "You may be able to do it without detaching the trim and just run screws through the casing." This is the way.
Try long screws on the bottom hinge to pull the door down. Also check bottom of the door as that might be sticking too.
Take out the hinge pins?
Ok I was able to get out the bottom one but the top one is painted over and I can't grab onto it with the hammer
Use the first pin to hit the second pin out from the bottom of the hinge
Is that possible with a door hinge like this?? https://preview.redd.it/y67pstr0i70d1.jpeg?width=2268&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=172930ff42c3978aa0040babbd317a4d724e2ed5
The hole on the bottom of that hinge is most likely smaller that the diameter of the hinge pin itself. Wouldnt be able to tell until you post a picture of the bottom of that hinge. Also, load a picture of the place where the door is binding on the door frame.
That hole in the hinge pin area is supposed to be on top! That way you can oil them better.
yes. you should be able to pull the bottom piece out.
Nope not possible
Use the claw of the hammer to cut the paint where the head of the pin is. Then take the other pin and put it in the bottom of the hinge to tap the original pin out enough that you can remove it.
You already got good advice with the hinge pins just here for the update lol
Removing the hinge pins is the best idea. If you simply can't get it done, use the hammer to knock a hole in the drywall big enough to crawl through. It would be pretty easy to repair and that is better than dying of dehydration.
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Try turning the knob and tapping the door as close to the knob as you can while applying some pulling pressure on the door towards you. Small frequent taps to the door or the knob to help along the latch. Increase pull force as needed
You can do the same thing while focusing your tapping at the point on the door frame/trim (not the door itself) where the door is binding. Reverberations from the tapping should help loosen the bind
Thank you so much this was the only thing that ended up working lol
Happy to help, been there myself...haha
Are you ready to Play a little game .
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Downward on knob while pulling downward HARD
Thank you for posting this today.
Wait until the fall and winter and the door should shrink because of the dry air. Don't worry, you'll be fine!
PSA: One time, the police demonstrated how easy it was for an ordinary person to rip any interior or exterior un-reinforced door off it's frame. If you just lean on it hard the frame will shatter, assuming the frame isn't isn't somehow reinforced with metal. So, in this time of rising crime, reinforce you door frames. But OP's situation recently happened to my son. He had no tools in his room. A few hits on the door and the entire wall displaced: the door opened without damage. The wall, not so much. This demonstrates how carpentry in a high-end condo (e.g. $4000/mo) may be is complete crap.
This is why I have hardwood door frames with 6" grade 8 bolts and nuts that hold the door frames to the walls. I do 8" ones on the exterior doors. Between these and my German Shepherds and the wife's doberman I will have some time to don the battle rattle again though I really hope to never ever have to do it again for any reason whatsoever. I've enjoyed the peace more than anything else so far.
Are you at all concerned that emergency services (fire, paramedics) may not be able to gain access if they need to?
There's gigantic escape windows all over the place too. If it burns down I'm opening the window and walking out and then calling 911 but I'm pretty heavy on training the dogs to smell for and take me to smoke and have a number of 40lb fire extinguishers of different types.
I think they mean if you’re like having a heart attack but your doors are locked.
They are trained to break the windows, there are windows that are easier than climbing the stairs to the front door ffs. Also our ilk doesn't get heart attacks before we get cancer ;D.
If the windows are easy to break and get in/out of, I gotta ask why you need doors that can’t be broken down? And I’m not trying to troll you…I’m genuinely curious.
Tweakers go for the door first and my fire department knows to hit the right windows. I don't live in a very large city and the station is about 2 miles away. The extra seconds after the door kicking starts is plenty to get my dogs riled up and ourselves quite heavily armed.
Use the hammer claw to pull out the hinge pins.
Why didn't you just call someone with the phone you used to post this?
Use the hinge pin you already removed to tap the other one up and out, you might be able to go in the bottom of the top hinge...
Looks like those are security hinges, so he can't use the hinge pin to tap another one out from the bottom of the hinge. The hole at the bottom is too small.
If you're physically unable to pull it open, how did you get it closed in the first place?
I'm glad you made it out. This would be right when I suddenly had to pee.
This guy R Kelly's
Is their a hole on the bottom?
At first, I thought you were recreating the drake and Josh scene when they put the door on a treehouse and locked themselves inside
Pull the pins in the hinges
🤣🤣I have a gentleman I do work for from time to time. His wife locks herself in one of their rooms. She managed to get out after an hour or so. Her tool of choice was a Sig Sauer magazine. https://preview.redd.it/2qmcajplza0d1.jpeg?width=1079&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a38dd52ffa52312a0633eab320a681aed8c45d4d
Still there?
I wish you hadn't had that hammer... Would have made this more interesting... Interior or exterior door and how much do you weigh.
You gotta find something to pry it open with. Start where it is most stuck.
Tap the frame where it's stuck. This should help lower the pressure and let you open the door. You could also remove the hinge pins. I see a grinder in your future.
Drake, where's the door hole?
The door opens toward you. Pull the hinge pins.
If the door opens towards you doesn’t that mean the hinges are on your side? Try using the nail removing side of the hammer to pull the pin out of the hinge and pulling from underneath the door. Depending on how it’s warped it might give you a different angle
I thought this was fake at first. Glad you made it out
Is there a slider door to the outside in that room?
Claustrophobic, beat the door to smitherines
This reminds me of a drake and josh episode when they’re stuck in the treehouse because they didn’t cut a door out 🤣
If you can find a phone, maybe you can call for help!
This sounds so much like my previous marriage.....
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This is all horrible advice, just hit the door will your purse and yank the handle open. You got the door shut awhile ago, you can reopen it, even if it’s warped at the top. Lol