Round doorknobs would be quite effective countermeasure for this kind of device. Upd: thanks to everyone for response guys, i learned a few new things from you. Building regulations are not that strong in my country, so round doorknobs are still very common.
Doorknobs are not permitted, I believe, per fire code in buildings since anyone has to be able to open the door in the case of an emergency. For example if you don't have hands or are not able to grip properly for whatever reason.
As a locksmith I went to a class on high security access control locks the instructor had not seen the tool before and I showed him how it worked and he was amazed . I thought it was hilarious 😅
These handles were on the residence rooms in my dorm, back in the day. Students figured out they could use coat hangers to open the doors. "Hardening" ended up just being us students who were concerned taking our door handles off, rotating them so they were vertical with the handle hanging downwards in the neutral position, and it left little for the attacker to get hold of with a wire like this.
Genius, except door handles are locked in the horizontal position with a return spring on the FIXED vertical facia door plate, and can only be turned 90 degrees clockwise to open, but in the handles horizontal position, there is no way to turn the handle anticlockwise because there is a locking security tab to stop the handle being turned further than the horizontal. I could only assume that the handles were broken.
I’ve watched this several times and Noticed he gets smacked in the head every time, so eventually after a 100 or so times you will forget this technique.
I made a makeshift version of this tool, and was able to get into my room without paying a lockout fee - dorm in college. It worked great. Thanks for the amazing video!
@@ImYahndi In what way is that hard to believe, you can make something like this out of coat hangers. Won't be as elegant and will probably take a bit longer to find the handle, but once its hooked it's about as easy a backup entry method as it gets. You could make one yourself if you have the hangers, just need a door like in a dorm to use it on
@@ImYahndi lol it's honestly harder to believe he didn't than he did considering it's not much of a story to make up, but I love how there's always "nothing ever happens" folks online, they betray their lack of imagination
I got locked out of my dorm room once. But the outside of the dorm was easy to climb and window was open. Later, a friend in the dorm got locked out of their room and asked for help. I let them in the same way. Dorm staff told me stop climbing the building for safety reasons. I think that they were probably just a little embarrassed about the poor security. I only used it for white hat reasons so I avoided any real trouble.
Eric Scheid Outswing Door’s typically have NRP hinges. Non removable pins. Also, make sure they are stainless steel hinges and it makes them harder to cut.
I was wondering why Deviant was staring so intently at me in utter silence at the start of the video. But it was just because my speakers were turned off.
LOL. i had just gotten off a conference call, removed my headset but still had audio coming through it. Took me a few seconds before I realized my mistake!
Hard barrier sweeps or caps at the bottom won't help against this tool if there's carpet (like in most hotels) - you can still easily press the tool under the door. Source: I was a hotel manager on the night shift for 10 years and unlocked 5 to 10 doors a week, every week, for guests who had someone passed out inside the room with the deadbolt latched (usually drunk). For those that might wonder how pulling the handle releases the deadbolt, in hotels (at least the ones I worked with) the deadbolt is linked to the handle being opened. It's a safety thing, so that if there's a fire or some emergency and the guest needs to evacuate the room quickly, they only have to turn the handle - no fumbling with a lock that they are unfamiliar with.
When I was at the University of Waterloo in the late 1970s, we called these devices "Bishop's Hooks", and we used them to get into the underground tunnels. The administration responded by welding cans around the door handles so we couldn't reach them.
*hiding behind security door* "I think we're safe in here, the door is locked. They can't get to us in here." muffled voice: "This is the lockpicking lawyer, and today we are going to be using a classic under-the-door-style tool."
Yeah. When I was in college I made a similar device out of coat hangar wire and string. I used it when I accidentally would lock myself out of my dorm. I got good enough to work around hanging towels. It was a nifty, yet crude tool. But it got the job done.
I love when people have "high security locks" and they get locked out so I just pop open a ceiling tile and open the door from above! their reaction is priceless, they spent thousands of dollars on their door locks and I can open them with a broom from above the ceiling. also beside the door is typically drywall which is not very strong either
@@mattlogue1300 I can cut a door opening in under a minute with a battery powered rotozip. Use the right tools and it's fast and easy to make large opening in drywall
Sometimes covert entry is important if you want to conceal the fact that anyone entered, so Juggernaut smashing your way through walls usually isn't the best answer. Fair point about the ceiling though! Tons of offices have this vulnerability, since drop ceilings are everywhere.
I always find it funny how much people rely on locks. A lock is there to keep honest people honest and make common gutter trash thieves pass up that locked whatever for an easier mark. The only true security is a layered defense of multiple differing things. A mix of alarms, locks, cameras, guards (some apartments have a guard(s) now), multiple ways to secure valuables (safes, locked drawers, document boxes and so on) serial coded items ect. The goal is not to theif proof your whatever. Its to make it such a pain in the ass to steal from you they pass you up for an easier mark. Granted this can backfire and attract a much higher grade of theif. Afterall if you have a ton of security you likely also have a lot of valuable stuff in their eyes. So you also need to keep a lot of it low key enough to not scream "Valuables here!" but more "not worth my time".
@@arcticfox5118 yeah one of my favorite examples of this is at my local Lowe’s the button to call for an employee to unlock the spray paint cage is broken but the gaps in the bars are so big I can just reach through and get what I want and proceed to checkout. And on the topic of your comment, sometimes the best defense is an ADT protection sign in the front yard, most thrives won’t mess with wireless alarm systems
Im a house burgalry and you have No idea how much help ive got from your videos i thank you and so does my customers. Um err i mean those i break into to help save them from their goods and objects. Best of wishes a Swedish House burgalry living in Texas ☺️
i seem to have watched most of his talks in the passed day since i learned about him yesterday on this channel. The "I don't normally red team" and the elevator talks are my favorites.
In one of the barracks buildings I was in, I found that just leaning back onto the door with moderate pressure and a solid enough swift one with the heel of the boot worked in a pinch.
Bruh you beat me to it. Did this all the time in the army. We had a long ass bent coat hanger in case someone got locked out or the door batteries died.
@@nezu_cc the point is that almost no doors will have hooked handles, so this attack is as practical as an attack against triangular doors that open upwards
I use a tool just like this at work (with a ragged ol piece of 550 cord attached) to open dozens of offices each month. We call it the fishing pole. Our locksmith calls it a K22 tool. It really does work as easily as shown here for the vast amount of lever office doors in the 200+ buildings in which I service. Great vid!
Door knobs have been outlawed !! ALL public buildings must comply to disability laws These handle style must open door with both upper and downward movement with very light tension
@UCEVrYZbHv0vE0gKeQZSikiQ this door is most likely locked most doors in the us can be opened on the secure side even if locked also even if the under/over attack didnt work they could remove the hinge pins or slip the latch
Yes one tip I have seen for doors with an internal pedestrian detection device is to shine an infra red light on it and the door will open as if there is a person coming out.
@Dino Sauro oh, you're so mature and cool! Nah, just kidding, that kind of attention-seeking behaviour you have lets me know you have issues. Good luck dealing with them boy.
Figured this out with a coat hanger in 2002 when my dad locked the computer room. Those sounds of it riding the inside of the door before getting the handle brings back memories.
@@Irisphotojournal rub vaseline on the neck of the knob (that sounds wrong) and you'll never get grip, and who completely grabs a doorknob anyway, usually it's gripped by the profile of the knob, so you can do this and not worry about getting vaseline on your hands every time you use the door
locks are more for insurances and the police so that there are signs of burglary. Also if a thief has to spent more time or noise to break in a burglary could be prevented or be found easier. So it makes sense.
@@prydzen if you get robbed and your door was not locked the cops do not even file a case!! it dumb i say if someone took somthing that not theirs its robbery
My favorite part is at 1:02 when he opens the door so quickly, the door knob bonks him square on his head.🤕 The reverse shot at 1:16 is a whole other take. 👍
I lived in a student corridor once. It was not uncommon people looked themselves out of their room. The easy solution that everyone knew was to of course just remove the hinges, as they were on the outside.
Back when I was a locksmith, this was one of my favorite tools. We always called it “Big Al”. I don’t really know why it earned that name, though. It was always funny to see people’s faces when we’d get called out to open someone’s inside office when they’d locked their keys inside. I’d open the door in about 10 seconds, just like the video, and their jaw would hit the floor. 🤪
I love the fact that 200 years ago people put proper heat insulation on their doors and it protects against most attacks other than attacking the actual lock. There's something beautiful there.
For a round knob, you tie strings to each end of a belt, use the coat hanger thingy to loop the string over the knob, pull until the belt is over the knob, increase pressure on both strings to get the belt to grip the knob, then use the belt to turn the knob. Not as fast, and a bit trickier, but it can work if you have a big enough gap at the bottom of the door. Or use the “key to the city” from the SWAT movie.
@@J__C__ He takes the name from Old Celtic. When Anglicized the word sounds like "Ollav" or "Olaf". It's sort of a title, a means of describing a person's knowledge and/or accomplishment. An ollam was a person that was a master of their trade or skill, or an expert in a certain field of study (Professor, or other academic). Someone that was the highest rank in their respective group or trade.
@@maxino135 There are physical ways to get past a crash bar as well. Best way to prevent it is still a hardened jam protection, as fully around the door as possible, to prevent physical devices entry, without the person having to resort to destructive methods.
My wife was visiting the US from England recently, and about 2am she heard a noise outside her hotel room. She got up and walked to the door to see this tool being used to try and open the door. Thankfully she had the chain lock across the door, but she made a noise and the guy ran off. She called security and they didn't believe her. She called me (early in our morning) in a state of shock. Once I got her calmed down, and spoke to security, they reviewed the CCTV tapes and saw the guy. He had tailgated someone into the hotel, and reception were too busy on Facebook or something, so he slipped right past. He picked a random door and tried to get in. In the UK at least, almost every hotel needs a key card to be able to use the elevator, and so access to corridors is quite hard if you aren't a resident. They called the Police but there was nothing they could do. Needless to say she is now pretty scared every time she stays in a hotel by herself. Just thought I'd share that with you. Keep up the good work LPL.
Only good if there's room under the door. Now that everyone knows about it, defenses will be developed. One time I worked for a place that was getting broken into on the weekends by compromising the rear door. The owner had the door and jamb replaced with heavy duty, reinforced steel. It had 3 cross bars that were hardened along with the hardware. All was good for a while until a cut quick was used to cut through the door and cross bars. They finally got caught because it took too long and the PD finally arrived. Turns out that it was a ring of thieves robbing businesses across the city.
"Now that everyone knows about it, defenses will be developed." Go watch Deviant's video on pen testing and prepare to have your confidence in the human factor lowered...
Cold climate makes these types of attack (both top and bottom) totally impossible. The doors have to have proper heat isolation and now I know that there is an added bonus.
@@jameshealy4594 Something like this: tolkostroyka.ru/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Установка-дверной-коробки-своими-руками-2.jpg Note how the door and the frame form a complex "path".
@@AndrewFomin Or something like this: www.aluminium-haustueren-direkt.de/wp-content/uploads/aluhaustueren_sicherheit_RC2_RC3.jpg (but that pic is weird, they have the outside handle on the inside...) Found a better one: www.fensterbau-koppenhoefer.de/index_htm_files/4633@2x.jpg
1:18 - simply remove the "hook" end at the end of the door handle, and shorten the door handle to just long enough to fit your hand. A loop over it will slip right off.
On commercial doors the hook is required - it prevents someone getting impaled on the handle is there's a rush of people going through (which actually happened in my high school, btw)
"That was way to fast!" -LPL. Yet when he picks master locks, I'm saying the same thing! "That was way to fast!" 😂 In fact, come to think of it, that is the same thing my ex-wife used to say to me!
Jollyroger Hobbies it's too, not to you moron. Are you so stupid that you messed up a single word? You didn't proof read every single word and letter? How can you be so stupid? Nobody can make a mistake, ever! Don't you know that? Jollyroger Hobbies, you are so worthless, you shouldn't even be breathing for such a dumb mistake! From now on you must be PERFECT, ALWAYS! Idiot!
@@journeyfortwo5211 round handles require firm purchase and twist to open which could be bad in a fire or even if you were attacked and your hands are covered in blood or sweat or something or even people with arthritis or hand disfigurements so lever style handles eliminates all of that
After reading some of the comments on this video, and the top door video, I wonder if it would be useful to have a short explanation of how the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and certain fire codes influence door design. It seems quite a few people don't understand why door knobs aren't a thing anymore outside of housing, why you can't just "lock the door from both sides," and why having doors that move freely and loosely are prevalent.
Yep, that would be great! Or why he did not mention using a different door handle as protection. We (here in Eastern Europe) usually have straight ones on which these two penetration methods would not have worked, AFAIK.
@@imzoltan My guess is that Ollam's main focus is on helping to harden existing buildings, in which case just slapping on shrouds and gap plates is more cost effective than ripping out an entire building's worth of door fixtures.
@@ScibyTravels pretty much, you need a pretty functional hand to open a knob. even the loss of a thumb can make a normal door knob pretty difficult to use. the ADA pretty much requires you to use a push bar or lever handle because you dont need a fully functional body to operate either of those. Fire codes require that all doors in public spaces unlock automatically from the inside so that nobody gets trapped in a burning building by a door that is locked. there have been cases where locked doors have led to significant loss of life in building fires, the protection of your property is secondary to preventing loss of life. i believe that the lever working in both directions is also a fire code thing, to facilitate rapid exit in a panic, but that may be an ADA thing too.
@@ScibyTravels The act mandates a lot of things, from door placement, to how much force needs to be applied to open it, to the opening mechanism. I don't believe it specifically bans knobs (It doesn't mandate levers), but it does say that doors have to be operable to people who have grip issues, whether that be because they have severe arthritis, or simply don't have hands at all. The easy way to meet this requirement is lever action doors, which pretty much anyone can use.
I've had to use this method to defeat a bio-metric scanner on a server room door. Another thing people forget is going up and over by moving the ceiling tiles if they didn't design the room well.
This guy looks like those raptors in Jurassic Park movie. Hero: "Are you sure the raptors are secured" Heroine: "Yes, unless they figure out how to open doors"
We have a lever style child lock we use to keep our kids from running out the front door, prevents this exact attack. It requires pressure be applied from both sides in conjunction with the downward to open it.
@@_Grumpy_Panda_ the ADA doesn't dictate what temporary child locks I install in my own home. Obviously hotels, apartments and houses aren't coming with one, but they are just stick on devices, so you can install when and where you want/need them and remove them when you no longer occupy the space.
Sounds like you're in the Air Force, been there done that. Best time of my life! Travel as much as you can and enjoy the brotherhood. Thx for your service!
Also most doors here have thresholds to keep the cold out (even interior doors). I don't think I've ever seen a doorway without a threshold. Might be dumb luck too, though.
@@davekachel Honestly, from an outside view, US architecture seems to be absolutely garbage. From the wide array of renovation shows from the US available here I've learned that houses have bad or fully lacking foundation, single pane windows (even in colder areas), walls have no isolation and doors are pretty much plywood with a lock and a massive gap under them, not to mention lacking heating/ac. Obviously these shows don't prioritize to show us well built and properly upkept houses, and there are decent houses in the US, but they seem to be "uppgrades" whereas the default option is absolute garbage.
I admire LPL's work, since a very very long time, especially the passion and time that he has for it. But you have to admit that this whole channel is the representation of one of USA's biggest issue. There are so many countries where we don't even lock our car knowing that nobody would ever try to open it. Here we learn about how to secure our doors and guns against the weirdest attempts to bypass the securities.
This is the same concept as what we called “cat’s eye” unlocking where you poke a tool thru the peephole. That’s why our locks can’t be open with just a handle pull but a button must be pressed as well to unlock
At least in British Columbia you can’t install door KNOBS has to be levers like these, because people with hand issue struggle with knobs. Well LPL just added to the discussion.
In environments where sound proofing is desired, a drop down seal from the door can be triggered as the door closes. If there is a floor plate with even the smallest lip that works in conjunction with this, you can negate this kind of attack.
Earlier this year I walked out of the house and closed the door as I had a visitor and I had yet put my keys in my pocket after changing clothes. After locating a piece of wire in the yard, I was surprised how easy it was to trip the latch on the door knob to get back in the house. Long story short, I modified the door knob to always lock after taking off for a trip and almost 200 miles away wondered if I had locked the door. Nearest friend able to check the door was 45 minutes away and that prompted the auto lock feature after taking flack over the round trip. The door also got modified to eliminate the easier ways of gaining entry without just kicking in the door instead. **One other note for those who are looking at door security, check the length of the screws in your door hinges and the striker plate as most are installed with what was provided with the door frame assembly. You will be surprised that they likely are only at best 2" long and not screwed into the stud behind the frame. Changing out the screws to 3"+ going directly into the stud strengthens the door assembly from a swift kick. Add a door reinforcement kit to strengthen the frame with provided plates, kicked in doors are less of a problem. Just my two cents for those who are looking to increase their safety in their home.
I would love the lockpickinglawyer to give his recommendations on what materials we the consumer should look out for when buying a lock whether it be for a door or a padlock or a bike chain. I don't want brand recommendations just materials.
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Protecting my bottom against the insertion of foreign objects is a major security goal of mine.
Too bad you are now gay
@@AuGrrr you don't have to be straight to want to avoid unwelcome intrusions
@@BobHannent You didn't get the joke so now you are gay
This is especially important in the month of June!
your own fist doesnt count as "foreign object"
"This is the lockpicking lawyer and what I have for you today is a safe I stumbled across from the local bank"
LOL! Awesome!
It's the "stumbled across" that sells this
"This is the lockpicking lawyer and what I have for you today is a jail door, from my local jail"
This is the lockpicking lawyer today my wife thinks she and her boyfriend are secure behind a seventeen disc lock...
@@jeremyhall7259 "I have already prepared an impression of my cell door key I made with some dried mash potato from and a distracted guard."
Round doorknobs would be quite effective countermeasure for this kind of device.
Upd: thanks to everyone for response guys, i learned a few new things from you. Building regulations are not that strong in my country, so round doorknobs are still very common.
Doorknobs are not permitted, I believe, per fire code in buildings since anyone has to be able to open the door in the case of an emergency. For example if you don't have hands or are not able to grip properly for whatever reason.
@@naryneitred aahh that makes a lot of sense
Your home isn’t a public area or business so it doesn’t really matter.
@@Another-Address You can also just lock your door.
But in public buildings they have panic locks that open when you push down on the handle.
@@naryneitred 👍 example of common sense
As we say in the door hardware industry, locks only keep honest people out! Thanks guys.
Repent for sure man 👍
Or a door knob
Or a door knob
And a 12G keeps the dishonest people out
Not giving bad people a knowledge also help. Ty too.
When LPL himself says "Okay, that opened WAY to fast" you've got yourself a great little gizmo
Everything opens way too fast in the vicinity of LPL.
@@MytronixOfficial hence his nickname in college: PreLawPlayer 😜
Here’s a piece of bent wire that BosnianBill and I made
Worst part is someone could easily make that thing out of a coat hanger and some string.
It seems like it's a door designed for this type of training. Makes sense that someone would open it quickly.
I tried this for myself, the door didn't open but the toilet flushed.
Underrated comment.
@@majorramsey3k
I agree!
and lights went out
😂 you win!
lol
As a locksmith I went to a class on high security access control locks the instructor had not seen the tool before and I showed him how it worked and he was amazed . I thought it was hilarious 😅
Sometimes when you get far enough with something you completely forget the simplest of ideas
humble brag much
Just teaching an old dog new tricks.
@@Choppy247 get offended at innocent comments much?
@@SpltPersonaltyOF well as a locksmith blah blah humble brag blah blah innocent comment blah blah humble brag
These handles were on the residence rooms in my dorm, back in the day. Students figured out they could use coat hangers to open the doors. "Hardening" ended up just being us students who were concerned taking our door handles off, rotating them so they were vertical with the handle hanging downwards in the neutral position, and it left little for the attacker to get hold of with a wire like this.
that is very smart
Genius, except door handles are locked in the horizontal position with a return spring on the FIXED vertical facia door plate, and can only be turned 90 degrees clockwise to open, but in the handles horizontal position, there is no way to turn the handle anticlockwise because there is a locking security tab to stop the handle being turned further than the horizontal.
I could only assume that the handles were broken.
@@steviewonder7495 If the spring is on the handle itself, then it works. It all depends on which type of lock is fitted.
Was that in America ? Sounds very « third worldish » to me
@@za4ria yeah because every country other than America is third world
The easiest way to defeat this is to place a cat on the other side of the door.
Just you wait, the cat's gonna learn to open the door.
@@ezrakainz exactly. Doors with a handle like this dont stand a chance against a cat.
@SeriousName sounds about right
@SeriousName why is there such a large gap at the bottom of some bathroom doors??!!?? kids and animals know how to stop the flow...
Indeed 😌
I’ve watched this several times and Noticed he gets smacked in the head every time, so eventually after a 100 or so times you will forget this technique.
Lol only if you record yourself and play it back 100x. Other wise its just 1 knock to the noggin.
you tube police you’re gonna be in for one noggin knocking comin ‘round these parts!!
"every time..." not even one one miss?
That’s what the hat is for.
LOL
Instead of "breaking and entering", your crime will be just "entering".
That comment made my day
@@ezupworldwide5137 Thank you. 😊
I know it's a joke, but some (maybe a lot) might take it seriously. It's still _breaking_ and entering.
@@blindleader42 But you're not breaking anything. lol
@@badreality2 So, by your reasoning, picking a lock is not "breaking and entering?" I'd love to hear you argue that in court.
I made a makeshift version of this tool, and was able to get into my room without paying a lockout fee - dorm in college. It worked great. Thanks for the amazing video!
No you didn't.
@@ImYahndi In what way is that hard to believe, you can make something like this out of coat hangers. Won't be as elegant and will probably take a bit longer to find the handle, but once its hooked it's about as easy a backup entry method as it gets. You could make one yourself if you have the hangers, just need a door like in a dorm to use it on
@@chompythebeast he didn't.
@@ImYahndi lol it's honestly harder to believe he didn't than he did considering it's not much of a story to make up, but I love how there's always "nothing ever happens" folks online, they betray their lack of imagination
I got locked out of my dorm room once. But the outside of the dorm was easy to climb and window was open.
Later, a friend in the dorm got locked out of their room and asked for help. I let them in the same way.
Dorm staff told me stop climbing the building for safety reasons. I think that they were probably just a little embarrassed about the poor security. I only used it for white hat reasons so I avoided any real trouble.
If all else fails .. notice the hinges are on the outside of the door.
Yep, good point, but it is a test room, right? In fairness, he should have been working from the other side of the door.
*yeah...they've previously demonstrated a nifty device thingy that removes hinge pins in literally seconds with little to no effort what so ever*
Eric Scheid Outswing Door’s typically have NRP hinges. Non removable pins. Also, make sure they are stainless steel hinges and it makes them harder to cut.
Out swinging entry doors are correctly installed using hinges that are interlocked while closed, removing the pins doesn't gain entry.
Big Billy Wallace 1237That works nicely. But just like the sawsall, is noisy.
I was wondering why Deviant was staring so intently at me in utter silence at the start of the video. But it was just because my speakers were turned off.
lol
is it worth commenting though ?
LOL. i had just gotten off a conference call, removed my headset but still had audio coming through it. Took me a few seconds before I realized my mistake!
@@xl000 Are any youtube comments really worth making? I usually assume noone will read it anyway, which seemed to be incorrect this time.
Sound or no sound... I will always be able to stare intently at you. :-)
Hard barrier sweeps or caps at the bottom won't help against this tool if there's carpet (like in most hotels) - you can still easily press the tool under the door. Source: I was a hotel manager on the night shift for 10 years and unlocked 5 to 10 doors a week, every week, for guests who had someone passed out inside the room with the deadbolt latched (usually drunk). For those that might wonder how pulling the handle releases the deadbolt, in hotels (at least the ones I worked with) the deadbolt is linked to the handle being opened. It's a safety thing, so that if there's a fire or some emergency and the guest needs to evacuate the room quickly, they only have to turn the handle - no fumbling with a lock that they are unfamiliar with.
Tell us about some of the shocking sights you saw doing that; more interesting I'm sure than the actual technique of opening the door.
Just have round doorknobs they can't grab onto
I've been hearing burglaries using this method. Any way to stop them? Padlock the top latch so it can't be undone from the arm?
Yeah these have all been used in the hotels I’ve worked in as maintenance
I bring a fork modified to fit in the door jam. It stops intruders. Only when we're in th he room though.
When I was at the University of Waterloo in the late 1970s, we called these devices "Bishop's Hooks", and we used them to get into the underground tunnels. The administration responded by welding cans around the door handles so we couldn't reach them.
*hiding behind security door* "I think we're safe in here, the door is locked. They can't get to us in here."
muffled voice: "This is the lockpicking lawyer, and today we are going to be using a classic under-the-door-style tool."
Hahaha, epic comment is epic
Lol
Lmao! This actually made me laugh
“Sweet Neptune...”
Yooooo, I never laugh at anything but this comment was LIT AF FAM
"Who are you and how did you get in here?" "I'm a locksmith and... I'm a locksmith".
One of the greatest TV lines of all time.
Actually my favorite line of all time and the first time I’ve seen it referenced.
@@Spagyr lol ikr
What movie is that?
@@SamTheMan55555 Police Squad tv show with Leslie Neilsen. Also look up "Is this some kind of bust?" It's one of my favorites.
Yeah. When I was in college I made a similar device out of coat hangar wire and string. I used it when I accidentally would lock myself out of my dorm. I got good enough to work around hanging towels. It was a nifty, yet crude tool. But it got the job done.
LOL! Love how he tried to downplay smashing his head. It didn't go unnoticed.
Looks like we need a helmet for this one 😆
Yep - “That door opened waaay too fast, but I noticed you whacked yourself round the head which is not cool!”
"OK, just hold it behind your back and look natural."
0:00 "Like this?"
"Perfect"
haha, I noticed too. lol
I love when people have "high security locks" and they get locked out so I just pop open a ceiling tile and open the door from above! their reaction is priceless, they spent thousands of dollars on their door locks and I can open them with a broom from above the ceiling. also beside the door is typically drywall which is not very strong either
Drywall is surprisingly resilient to the strongest of fists, especially 5/8", considering what it's made out of. Gypsum
@@mattlogue1300 I can cut a door opening in under a minute with a battery powered rotozip. Use the right tools and it's fast and easy to make large opening in drywall
Sometimes covert entry is important if you want to conceal the fact that anyone entered, so Juggernaut smashing your way through walls usually isn't the best answer. Fair point about the ceiling though! Tons of offices have this vulnerability, since drop ceilings are everywhere.
I always find it funny how much people rely on locks. A lock is there to keep honest people honest and make common gutter trash thieves pass up that locked whatever for an easier mark.
The only true security is a layered defense of multiple differing things. A mix of alarms, locks, cameras, guards (some apartments have a guard(s) now), multiple ways to secure valuables (safes, locked drawers, document boxes and so on) serial coded items ect.
The goal is not to theif proof your whatever. Its to make it such a pain in the ass to steal from you they pass you up for an easier mark. Granted this can backfire and attract a much higher grade of theif. Afterall if you have a ton of security you likely also have a lot of valuable stuff in their eyes. So you also need to keep a lot of it low key enough to not scream "Valuables here!" but more "not worth my time".
@@arcticfox5118 yeah one of my favorite examples of this is at my local Lowe’s the button to call for an employee to unlock the spray paint cage is broken but the gaps in the bars are so big I can just reach through and get what I want and proceed to checkout.
And on the topic of your comment, sometimes the best defense is an ADT protection sign in the front yard, most thrives won’t mess with wireless alarm systems
His Defcon talk on elevators still hands down my favourite Defcon talk. Fascinating stuff
Im a house burgalry and you have No idea how much help ive got from your videos i thank you and so does my customers. Um err i mean those i break into to help save them from their goods and objects. Best of wishes a Swedish House burgalry living in Texas ☺️
I really like deviants material. Watched most of his talks. Smart guy.
i seem to have watched most of his talks in the passed day since i learned about him yesterday on this channel. The "I don't normally red team" and the elevator talks are my favorites.
@@iainwalker8701 elevator talks are awesome. I agree.
I made lot of these in the army for when people locked themselves out of they're rooms. A lot easier then going to CQ
We still do it today. Lol
In one of the barracks buildings I was in, I found that just leaning back onto the door with moderate pressure and a solid enough swift one with the heel of the boot worked in a pinch.
Bruh you beat me to it. Did this all the time in the army. We had a long ass bent coat hanger in case someone got locked out or the door batteries died.
+1. We used coat hangers and called them universal keys. We'd even race to see who could open a door the fastest with a fresh hanger (or 2).
Saaaaaaaame
"covert entry methods and defenses against them" sounds like a wizarding class :))
Defence against the dark arts 🪄
Sounds like a book
sounds like a Ron Jeremy film.
I missread the thumbnail as "most effective, most destructive entry tool". I was expecting a wildly different video.
Fairly sure C4 still holds that title.
One of those breaching charges will very effectively open just about anything.
My farts after Taco Bell could make any door open
@Yeet Reviews:. No, that's just the other people in the room opening the door to get away from the stench! Lol
"Bosnian Bill", "deviant Ollam"...
Seriously, your friends sound like the characters of a Tarantino movie 🧐
SAY WHAT ONE MORE TIME. I DARE YOU.......
LPL has got to pick that brief case and let us know for sure what's in it. Marcellus' soul?
@@georgeadcock2347 nah it's toilet paper
... and his wife is Russian.
Or metalgear
Revolver ocelot, Solid snake, psycho mantis, to name a few
when that door opened i was amazed how quick that was
Whatch their talk about penetrating buildings. It's amazing how easily they can get into almost anything.
of course it'll be super quick if the door handle is carefully selected to have a hook at the end
@phuc ewe yeah... /all/ door handles have hooks, right?!
@@cheater00 all don't, but usually the handle is gonna be the same on both sides; so if it has one you are gonna see it right away
@@nezu_cc the point is that almost no doors will have hooked handles, so this attack is as practical as an attack against triangular doors that open upwards
In Sweden we have threshold under almost each door, even interior doors.
Cold is a powerful protector
Apparently, Sweden has one of the highest rates of theft in the world.
@@culpd where do you base that fact on?
@@severushawk Search the Web for phrases like rates of theft by country, rates of robbery by country, etc., and see the results
In Soviet Russia we put recently castrated wolverines on other side of unlocked door-it only has to work once per criminal!
I use a tool just like this at work (with a ragged ol piece of 550 cord attached) to open dozens of offices each month. We call it the fishing pole. Our locksmith calls it a K22 tool. It really does work as easily as shown here for the vast amount of lever office doors in the 200+ buildings in which I service. Great vid!
1:02
When the door opened and Ollam stand up and hit his head against the door handle it made me laugh.
Delbin Teo thought they where gonna react but it suprised me he didn’t.
Wow I was so surprised by the speed I didn’t even notice lol
Seems like a door knob instead of a latch would easily defeat these threats.
Door knobs have been outlawed !! ALL public buildings must comply to disability laws
These handle style must open door with both upper and downward movement with very light tension
@@phoenixtypewriter2136 wow, really?!
@@southerncharity7928 Yes, it's true. You cant use a knob in a commercial space in the USA, it has to be a paddle.
@UCEVrYZbHv0vE0gKeQZSikiQ this door is most likely locked most doors in the us can be opened on the secure side even if locked also even if the under/over attack didnt work they could remove the hinge pins or slip the latch
Yes one tip I have seen for doors with an internal pedestrian detection device is to shine an infra red light on it and the door will open as if there is a person coming out.
Yet another reason to hate handles that still turn when the door is locked.
I think its a fire code thing …
Just change the knob
@@MrIngorodrigues Still a fire code thing...
From what I've seen rigid handles can be use to snap the barrel on even decent locks. Apply enough downward pressure and the lock pops
@@jamh1998 Yeah that's a good point, it shouldn't be hard to leverage a ton of force with those handles
Props for the LockPickingLawyer for not cracking up when the other guy hit his head with the handle.
@Dino Sauro oh, you're so mature and cool! Nah, just kidding, that kind of attention-seeking behaviour you have lets me know you have issues. Good luck dealing with them boy.
Me sleeping at night thinking that i'm Safe
*Some one at door*
*this is the lockpicking lawer and what I have for you today is *
"this is the lockpicking lawyer and today I have for you the back door of a house I stumbled upon during my 3 am walk in my local residential area"
The scariest thing about it would be that there are only two floatig hands opening the door.
Every horror movie: You are now locked and chained 10 levels deep and have to kill each other to get out.
LPL: ... *tires screeching away*
The End.
WHAT JUST HAPPENED?
Masterlock symbol emblazoned on the lock.
"i hear a tick on 3..."
Figured this out with a coat hanger in 2002 when my dad locked the computer room. Those sounds of it riding the inside of the door before getting the handle brings back memories.
There were too many double entendres in this video for people to resist capitalizing on. I don't blame any of them cuz they're funny!
and the real answer is in his back: a doorknob instead of a handle.
As long as it's your personal, non business property. Otherwise ADA compliance says you can't have a doorknob.
It can still be done on a doorknob with a loop of clothesline and friction, especially if the door has a letterbox.
@@Irisphotojournal rub vaseline on the neck of the knob (that sounds wrong) and you'll never get grip, and who completely grabs a doorknob anyway, usually it's gripped by the profile of the knob, so you can do this and not worry about getting vaseline on your hands every time you use the door
Way to brush aside all the cripples with stumps.
Or just don't get a door with huge gaps in it. I don't get why these are a thing.
As my father once told me, "locks only keep out the honest thieves".
And girls
Locks only keep honest people out.
No thieving is honest. Unless it's honestly thieving... ☝🏽😦
locks are more for insurances and the police so that there are signs of burglary. Also if a thief has to spent more time or noise to break in a burglary could be prevented or be found easier. So it makes sense.
@@prydzen if you get robbed and your door was not locked the cops do not even file a case!! it dumb i say if someone took somthing that not theirs its robbery
LPL: check out this new tool!
Me: ladies and gentlemen, the door knob!
I'm a patient at a psych ward and my visitor once a month let me watch this vid on their phone.
Thanks!!
My favorite part is at 1:02 when he opens the door so quickly, the door knob bonks him square on his head.🤕 The reverse shot at 1:16 is a whole other take. 👍
Haha yeah you beat me to it, yeah those are totally different takes, which if anything adds to the consistency to the method
Because it's not a fluke!
I was drinking coffee when he hit his head. Now I'm wearing coffee.
@Angry Combat Wombat hahahahah (:
@Angry Combat Wombat I’m old enough to remember a dirt bike made by Hodaka called a Combat Wombat. 👍
@Dino Sauro jees you sound like a boring grump old git
With videos like these, I always realize, how better off we are in continental Europe, where the faceted door frame is a standard.
You always realize that in videos like these? How many videos like this have you seen?
@@MrSkillzor7 there is loads like these , many by Ollam
I lived in a student corridor once. It was not uncommon people looked themselves out of their room. The easy solution that everyone knew was to of course just remove the hinges, as they were on the outside.
Back when I was a locksmith, this was one of my favorite tools. We always called it “Big Al”. I don’t really know why it earned that name, though. It was always funny to see people’s faces when we’d get called out to open someone’s inside office when they’d locked their keys inside. I’d open the door in about 10 seconds, just like the video, and their jaw would hit the floor. 🤪
Is LPL as good as he seems to be
Is no one going to talk about how he hit himself in the head with the door after it opens?😂😂
Dude I thought I was the only one that noticed that
I particularly liked the look he gave LPL, eyes pleading for another take.
I love the fact that 200 years ago people put proper heat insulation on their doors and it protects against most attacks other than attacking the actual lock. There's something beautiful there.
For a round knob, you tie strings to each end of a belt, use the coat hanger thingy to loop the string over the knob, pull until the belt is over the knob, increase pressure on both strings to get the belt to grip the knob, then use the belt to turn the knob. Not as fast, and a bit trickier, but it can work if you have a big enough gap at the bottom of the door. Or use the “key to the city” from the SWAT movie.
Love the collaboration with Deviant. Keep it coming. I wanna see more.
Good ol' Deviant Olaf.
I thought it was spelled Ollam?
He does pronounce it like Olaf. Its not an error.
Exactly I now will forever imagine him as a snowman!
@@J__C__ You thought right.
@@J__C__ He takes the name from Old Celtic. When Anglicized the word sounds like "Ollav" or "Olaf". It's sort of a title, a means of describing a person's knowledge and/or accomplishment. An ollam was a person that was a master of their trade or skill, or an expert in a certain field of study (Professor, or other academic). Someone that was the highest rank in their respective group or trade.
Would simply changing the interior lever to a knob defeat this? I realize that the lock would then probably no longer be ADA compliant.
maybe a crash bar would be better?
Was thinking the same thing.
@@maxino135 There are physical ways to get past a crash bar as well. Best way to prevent it is still a hardened jam protection, as fully around the door as possible, to prevent physical devices entry, without the person having to resort to destructive methods.
Yea, wondering if there's a reason why it has to be a lever handle
@@BiNumber3 it's an accessibility thing, knobs are no longer code for good reason.
Two of my favorite UA-camrs in one place.
My wife was visiting the US from England recently, and about 2am she heard a noise outside her hotel room. She got up and walked to the door to see this tool being used to try and open the door. Thankfully she had the chain lock across the door, but she made a noise and the guy ran off. She called security and they didn't believe her. She called me (early in our morning) in a state of shock. Once I got her calmed down, and spoke to security, they reviewed the CCTV tapes and saw the guy. He had tailgated someone into the hotel, and reception were too busy on Facebook or something, so he slipped right past. He picked a random door and tried to get in. In the UK at least, almost every hotel needs a key card to be able to use the elevator, and so access to corridors is quite hard if you aren't a resident. They called the Police but there was nothing they could do. Needless to say she is now pretty scared every time she stays in a hotel by herself. Just thought I'd share that with you. Keep up the good work LPL.
Why did you leave your wife alone?
A wife is not the property, or chattel, of her husband. This isn't the 19th century.
"Deviant Olaf?!"
Sounds like some weird Disney spinoff!!!
its Deviant Ollam
@@malhcone8868 Oh really? Is that why it says "(With Deviant Ollam)" in the title of the video? WHO KNEW!!!!
@@sunriseshell loll
I thought I heard wrong 😂 he definitely said Olaf on purpose
Only good if there's room under the door. Now that everyone knows about it, defenses will be developed. One time I worked for a place that was getting broken into on the weekends by compromising the rear door. The owner had the door and jamb replaced with heavy duty, reinforced steel. It had 3 cross bars that were hardened along with the hardware. All was good for a while until a cut quick was used to cut through the door and cross bars. They finally got caught because it took too long and the PD finally arrived. Turns out that it was a ring of thieves robbing businesses across the city.
"Now that everyone knows about it, defenses will be developed."
Go watch Deviant's video on pen testing and prepare to have your confidence in the human factor lowered...
People, are watching and using your technics im sure. Thanks for all you do.
Cold climate makes these types of attack (both top and bottom) totally impossible. The doors have to have proper heat isolation and now I know that there is an added bonus.
Is the insulation normal rubber type weather protection? Because if so, I think this attack would be more difficult but absolutely possible.
@@jameshealy4594 Something like this: tolkostroyka.ru/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Установка-дверной-коробки-своими-руками-2.jpg Note how the door and the frame form a complex "path".
@@AndrewFomin Or something like this: www.aluminium-haustueren-direkt.de/wp-content/uploads/aluhaustueren_sicherheit_RC2_RC3.jpg (but that pic is weird, they have the outside handle on the inside...)
Found a better one: www.fensterbau-koppenhoefer.de/index_htm_files/4633@2x.jpg
@@AndrewFomin Difficult to pass health and safety.. not flat.
You can cut away weather stripping. One of the things he'll talk about in his Defcon videos is not to rely on it.
1:18 - simply remove the "hook" end at the end of the door handle, and shorten the door handle to just long enough to fit your hand. A loop over it will slip right off.
Unless the attacker has heat shrink tube/rubber on the end of the tool.
@@Mori4 LOL.
or a door knob
On commercial doors the hook is required - it prevents someone getting impaled on the handle is there's a rush of people going through (which actually happened in my high school, btw)
@@phorest Oh, wow. That's crazy. Never thought of that.
I like how he mentioned all these crazy ideas to solve the problem when a simple deadbolt would suffice
Yup keyed on both sides
I use ceiling wire when we are locked out of offices in buildings, even though we had clearly asked for access in order to work there.
"That was way to fast!" -LPL. Yet when he picks master locks, I'm saying the same thing! "That was way to fast!" 😂 In fact, come to think of it, that is the same thing my ex-wife used to say to me!
Interestingly, my wife says that to me about 3-5 times a week.
s/to fast/too fast/
Jollyroger Hobbies Too* fast. Not to.
Jollyroger Hobbies it's too, not to you moron. Are you so stupid that you messed up a single word? You didn't proof read every single word and letter? How can you be so stupid? Nobody can make a mistake, ever! Don't you know that? Jollyroger Hobbies, you are so worthless, you shouldn't even be breathing for such a dumb mistake! From now on you must be PERFECT, ALWAYS! Idiot!
@@jollyrogerhobbies2386 yeah you tell him
For the “dub, use a round doorknob” crowd, realize a lot of building codes and ADA require lever style handles.
why?
@@journeyfortwo5211 round handles require firm purchase and twist to open which could be bad in a fire or even if you were attacked and your hands are covered in blood or sweat or something or even people with arthritis or hand disfigurements so lever style handles eliminates all of that
BS
@@snarkylive Smaller businesses have them
They are no thing in Europe either.
Used to be a locksmith and I love this tool!!!
Also swapping for a knob type style handle would mitigate this as well.
Unfortunately, knobs are not ADA compliant.
There's ways of doing it on a knob too, either with a loop or with a magnet. Although it is more difficult.
@@UncleLoodis ADA? American Dental Association?
@@UncleLoodis I'll never get over how retarded it is that we let the government tell us what fucking doorknobs we can use.
@@cousinzeke4888 not everyone has the grip strength to use a doorknob jackasss
"This is the Lockpicking Lawyer and today I'm going to show you how to get in when the neighbour locks you out of his house."
@thisguy Penetration testing, indeed...
Make sure there's no unnecessary gap at the bottom.
I guess most front doors would have one of those slabs for stopping small floods inside, that could probably also prevent this tool from reaching in
" Folks, sometimes, *you gotta do what you gotta do* "
@@brianng9765 Many residential doors also have doorknobs, which makes this attack nearly impossible.
After reading some of the comments on this video, and the top door video, I wonder if it would be useful to have a short explanation of how the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and certain fire codes influence door design. It seems quite a few people don't understand why door knobs aren't a thing anymore outside of housing, why you can't just "lock the door from both sides," and why having doors that move freely and loosely are prevalent.
Yep, that would be great! Or why he did not mention using a different door handle as protection. We (here in Eastern Europe) usually have straight ones on which these two penetration methods would not have worked, AFAIK.
@@imzoltan My guess is that Ollam's main focus is on helping to harden existing buildings, in which case just slapping on shrouds and gap plates is more cost effective than ripping out an entire building's worth of door fixtures.
So the act dictates the door handle has to be a level action? (Aus here, not familiar with the act particulars)
@@ScibyTravels pretty much, you need a pretty functional hand to open a knob. even the loss of a thumb can make a normal door knob pretty difficult to use. the ADA pretty much requires you to use a push bar or lever handle because you dont need a fully functional body to operate either of those. Fire codes require that all doors in public spaces unlock automatically from the inside so that nobody gets trapped in a burning building by a door that is locked. there have been cases where locked doors have led to significant loss of life in building fires, the protection of your property is secondary to preventing loss of life. i believe that the lever working in both directions is also a fire code thing, to facilitate rapid exit in a panic, but that may be an ADA thing too.
@@ScibyTravels The act mandates a lot of things, from door placement, to how much force needs to be applied to open it, to the opening mechanism.
I don't believe it specifically bans knobs (It doesn't mandate levers), but it does say that doors have to be operable to people who have grip issues, whether that be because they have severe arthritis, or simply don't have hands at all. The easy way to meet this requirement is lever action doors, which pretty much anyone can use.
I've had to use this method to defeat a bio-metric scanner on a server room door. Another thing people forget is going up and over by moving the ceiling tiles if they didn't design the room well.
To the left of Deviant Ollam (to his right) there is a door handle invulnerable to such attack
This guy looks like those raptors in Jurassic Park movie.
Hero: "Are you sure the raptors are secured"
Heroine: "Yes, unless they figure out how to open doors"
Another with the fan favourite Deviant "I'm not supposed to be here" Ollam.
I used to do maintenance at a hotel, yes that is the go-to method, those key locks have batteries that need replacement now and then.
We have a lever style child lock we use to keep our kids from running out the front door, prevents this exact attack. It requires pressure be applied from both sides in conjunction with the downward to open it.
The problem is ADA and safety compliance.
@@_Grumpy_Panda_ the ADA doesn't dictate what temporary child locks I install in my own home. Obviously hotels, apartments and houses aren't coming with one, but they are just stick on devices, so you can install when and where you want/need them and remove them when you no longer occupy the space.
We call this an "airman's key". Everyone in the dorms who locks themselves out uses this
Sounds like you're in the Air Force, been there done that. Best time of my life! Travel as much as you can and enjoy the brotherhood. Thx for your service!
@Gio Corvino dorms because it was tech school, smart ass
2 wire coat hangers does the trick
@Gio Corvino IDR Quonset Hut Barracks for 3 years in South Korea back in the early 70's. Good Times.
@@rbits5411 still called them dorms at my base... the term kind of floated from tech school ages ago because they're the same building essentially
oh damn I've seen this guy's Defcon talks. Tons of interesting stuff
All i see is two gentlemen having some bro time whilst filming it. Chillin.
Abloy/Finland, has a 2 stage method, where you need to turn a knob even on the inside to turn the handle
AFAIK this is generally common outside of north america.
Also most doors here have thresholds to keep the cold out (even interior doors). I don't think I've ever seen a doorway without a threshold. Might be dumb luck too, though.
@@williamsohlstrom1530 another comment discussed that thresholds are a myth in the USA
@@davekachel Honestly, from an outside view, US architecture seems to be absolutely garbage. From the wide array of renovation shows from the US available here I've learned that houses have bad or fully lacking foundation, single pane windows (even in colder areas), walls have no isolation and doors are pretty much plywood with a lock and a massive gap under them, not to mention lacking heating/ac.
Obviously these shows don't prioritize to show us well built and properly upkept houses, and there are decent houses in the US, but they seem to be "uppgrades" whereas the default option is absolute garbage.
I’ve been waiting for this all night
Ditto.
Locked out of your house?
@@expfcwintergreenv2.02 Locked out of the neighbour's house.
"anything that can prevent the insertion of foreign objects will help you out"
#GeneralLifeTips
"Man,
this guy is a lawyer,
that be a lot of college!
I admire LPL's work, since a very very long time, especially the passion and time that he has for it.
But you have to admit that this whole channel is the representation of one of USA's biggest issue. There are so many countries where we don't even lock our car knowing that nobody would ever try to open it. Here we learn about how to secure our doors and guns against the weirdest attempts to bypass the securities.
you should have added a picture of that albino alligator at the end of the video.
He maybe the god of lock picking
But his edit skill are close to a potato (the best editing he has done to my knowledge was a cool 80s transition)
I need that picture! Google has failed me!
Might be referring to this: ua-cam.com/video/rnmcRTnTNC8/v-deo.html
@@akayukilucifel The true hero
@@akayukilucifel Very cool, thanks!
This is the same concept as what we called “cat’s eye” unlocking where you poke a tool thru the peephole. That’s why our locks can’t be open with just a handle pull but a button must be pressed as well to unlock
Our?
I just enjoy how this nice guy is part of the video, he is so into it :)
Having a hard barrier "down there" to prevent foreign objects from being inserted is a good idea.
chastity belt?
At least in British Columbia you can’t install door KNOBS has to be levers like these, because people with hand issue struggle with knobs. Well LPL just added to the discussion.
push bars are common inside-openers too, which is hand-issue friendly and prevents this type of device.
@@jarbuthn check for a video named "I'll let myself in" from D Olaf's Ted events. Seriously, with DO and LPL? A bank is getting breached
Most places likely have acts for accommodation of disabled persons and fire codes that dictate what handles you can use.
@@jarbuthn push bars can also be opened with an under the door tool.
In environments where sound proofing is desired, a drop down seal from the door can be triggered as the door closes. If there is a floor plate with even the smallest lip that works in conjunction with this, you can negate this kind of attack.
how much would the door u r describing cost? cuz why not have a doorknob
Best crossover, Love both of your channels.
congratulations on 1 million subs!! well deserved!
Earlier this year I walked out of the house and closed the door as I had a visitor and I had yet put my keys in my pocket after changing clothes. After locating a piece of wire in the yard, I was surprised how easy it was to trip the latch on the door knob to get back in the house.
Long story short, I modified the door knob to always lock after taking off for a trip and almost 200 miles away wondered if I had locked the door. Nearest friend able to check the door was 45 minutes away and that prompted the auto lock feature after taking flack over the round trip. The door also got modified to eliminate the easier ways of gaining entry without just kicking in the door instead.
**One other note for those who are looking at door security, check the length of the screws in your door hinges and the striker plate as most are installed with what was provided with the door frame assembly. You will be surprised that they likely are only at best 2" long and not screwed into the stud behind the frame. Changing out the screws to 3"+ going directly into the stud strengthens the door assembly from a swift kick. Add a door reinforcement kit to strengthen the frame with provided plates, kicked in doors are less of a problem. Just my two cents for those who are looking to increase their safety in their home.
I would love the lockpickinglawyer to give his recommendations on what materials we the consumer should look out for when buying a lock whether it be for a door or a padlock or a bike chain. I don't want brand recommendations just materials.
Locks are to keep honest folks out. You want a material that can't be cut before attracting unwanted attention. That's about all you can hope for.
Jeezus this makes it look easy!! I'm thinking out of sight, out of mind is still the best way to go
This is how we'd get back into our barracks rooms on Fort Bliss when our key cards would quit working.
Sometimes the door gap does need to be that big. It’s actually often specified when building to allow return air flow to the air handling system.
Toilet doors used to have quite a big gap under them, but they changed that when the limbo dancers started getting in for free.
Especially in rooms with a gas-powered heater or cooker
I cannot believe that’s a real tool - GENIUS
I never thought I’d ever see someone get through a lock faster than you. :)
Just install the lock upside down, very effective to stop cats from escaping
Most lever style handles like in the video can be opened by turning in either direction. Regardless, there are over-the-door methods of entry too.